"Connectionism and the Mind" provides a clear and balanced
introduction to connectionist networks and explores their
theoretical and philosophical implications.
As in the first edition, the first few chapters focus on network
architecture and offer an accessible treatment of the equations
that govern learning and the propagation of activation, including a
glossary for reference. The reader is walked step-by-step through
such tasks as memory retrieval and prototype formation. The middle
chapters pursue the implications of connectionism's focus on
pattern recognition and completion as fundamental to cognition.
Some proponents of connectionism have emphasized these functions to
the point of rejecting any role for linguistically structured
representations and rules, resulting in heated debates with
advocates of symbol processing accounts of cognition. The coverage
of this controversy has been updated and augmented by a new chapter
on modular networks. Finally, three new chapters discuss the
relation of connectionism to three emerging research programs:
dynamical systems theory, artificial life, and cognitive
neuroscience.
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