Full Idea
It is possible to give an account of concept-formation without a language of thought or representation, based on perception, which in the brain seems to involve information without representation.
Gist of Idea
Perceptions could give us information without symbolic representation
Source
William Lyons (Approaches to Intentionality [1995], p.66)
Book Reference
Lyons,William: 'Approaches to Intentionality' [OUP 1998], p.66
A Reaction
This claim strikes me as being a little too confident. One might say that a concept IS a representation. However, the perception of several horses might 'blur' together to form a generalised horse.