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This Text Provides An Introduction To Connectionist Networks And Explores Their Theoretical And Philosophical Implications. Two New Chapters Have Been Added In This Edition On The Relation Of Connectionism To Recent Work On Artificial Life And Dynamical Models Of Cognition. 1. Networks Versus Symbol Systems: Two Approaches To Modeling Cognition -- 1.1. A Revolution In The Making? -- 1.2. Forerunners Of Connectionism: Pandemonium And Perceptrons -- 1.3. The Allure Of Symbol Manipulation -- 1.4. The Decline And Re-emergence Of Network Models -- 1.5. New Alliances And Unfinished Business -- 2. Connectionist Architectures -- 2.1. The Flavor Of Connectionist Processing: A Simulation Of Memory Retrieval -- 2.2. The Design Features Of A Connectionist Architecture -- 2.3. The Allure Of The Connectionist Approach -- 2.4. Challenges Facing Connectionist Networks -- 3. Learning -- 3.1. Traditional And Contemporary Approaches To Learning -- 3.2. Connectionist Models Of Learning -- 3.3. Some Issues Regarding Learning -- 4. Pattern Recognition And Cognition -- 4.1. Networks As Pattern Recognition Devices -- 4.2. Extending Pattern Recognition To Higher Cognition -- 4.3. Logical Inference As Patte

Author

William Bechtel and Adele Abrahamsen

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Limited

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780631207139

Subjects

Computer Science, Stem