Philosophy and Connectionist Theory (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Ramsey, William; Stich, Stephen P.; Rumelhart, David E.

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Produktbeschreibung

The philosophy of cognitive science has recently become one of the most exciting and fastest growing domains of philosophical inquiry and analysis. Until the early 1980s, nearly all of the models developed treated cognitive processes -- like problem solving, language comprehension, memory, and higher visual processing -- as rule-governed symbol manipulation. However, this situation has changed dramatically over the last half dozen years. In that period there has been an enormous shift of attention toward connectionist models of cognition that are inspired by the network-like architecture of the brain. Because of their unique architecture and style of processing, connectionist systems are generally regarded as radically different from the more traditional symbol manipulation models.

This collection was designed to provide philosophers who have been working in the area of cognitive science with a forum for expressing their views on these recent developments. Because the symbol-manipulating paradigm has been so important to the work of contemporary philosophers, many have watched the emergence of connectionism with considerable interest. The contributors take very different stands toward connectionism, but all agree that the potential exists for a radical shift in the way many philosophers think of various aspects of cognition. Exploring this potential and other philosophical dimensions of connectionist research is the aim of this volume.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134755028
• Artikelnr.: 42681937

Autorenporträt

Stephen P. Stich, William Ramsey, David E. Rumelhart

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: D.E. Rumelhart
Series Foreword. Preface. Part I:Connectionism and Other Styles of Cognitive Modeling.M.A. Boden
Horses of a Different Color? D.C. Dennett
Mother Nature Versus the Walking Encyclopedia: A Western Drama. Part II:Representation in Connectionist Models.T. van Gelder
What is the "D" in "PDP"? A Survey of the Concept of Distribution. J. Haugeland
Representational Genera. R. Cummins
The Role of Representation in Connectionist Explanations of Cognitive Capacities. A. Clark
In Defense of Explicit Rules. T. Goschke
D. Koppelberg
The Concept of Representation and the Representation of Concepts in Connectionist Models. G. Hatfield
Representation in Perception and Cognition: Connectionist Affordances. Part III:Philosophical Implications of Connectionism.W. Ramsey
S.P. Stich
J. Garon
Connectionism
Eliminativism and the Future of Folk Psychology. M. Davies
Concepts
Connectionism
and the Language of Thought. W. Lycan
Homuncular Functionalism Meets PDP. W. Ramsey
S.P. Stich
Connectionism and Three Levels of Nativism.