Can Computers Think?
The History and Status of the Debate
- Map 5 (Part 1) of 7
Can Connectionist Networks
Think?
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Issue Areas
Are connectionist networks like
human neural networks?
Do connectionist networks follow
rules?
Are connectionist networks vulnerable
to the arguments against physical symbol systems?
Does the subsymbolic paradigm
offer a valid account of connectionism?
Can connectionist networks exhibit
systematicity?
Other connectionist arguments
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Postulates of Connectionism
Learning in Connectionist Networks
History of Connectionism
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