The scope and limits of action semantics Reply to comments on 'Action semantics: A unifying conceptual framework for the selective use of multimodal and modality-specific object knowledge'

摘要

In our target paper [1], we have provided an integrative review of the current state of affairs regarding research on the use of conceptual knowledge for action. In short, we argue that humans have developed declarative and procedural knowledge about objects, i.e. action semantics that enable them to use objects in a purposeful and effective manner. We were impressed by both the quantity and the quality of the commentaries on our position paper. We would like to thank the commentators for their valuable contributions, pointing out supportive evidence for our framework, indicating additional and complementary strands of research in this field and raising important conceptual and theoretical challenges for our proposed model. Here we take the opportunity to briefly indicate how additional lines of research could be integrated in our framework and how potentially conflicting findings could be reconciled.