Connectionism and the Philosophy of Mind
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STUDIES IN COGNITIVE SYSTEMS VOLUME 9 EDITOR
James H. Fetzer, University of Minnesota, Duluth ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD
Fred Dretske, Stanford University Ellery Eells, University of Wisconsin , Madison Alick Elithom, Royal Free Hospital, London Jerry Fodor, Rutgers University Alvin Goldman, University of Arizona Jaakko Hintikka, Boston University Frank Keil, Cornell University William Rapaport, State University of New York at Buffalo Barry Richards, Imperial College, London Stephen Stich, Rutgers University Lucia Vaina, Boston University Terry Winograd, Stanford University
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
CONNECTIONISM AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF MIND Edited by
TERENCE HORGAN and JOHN TIENSON Department of Philosophy, Memphis State University, Memphis, Tennessee, U.SA.
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Connectionism and the philosophy of mind I edited by Terence Horgan and John Tienson. p. cm. -- (Studies in cognitive systems ; v. 9) "A third of the pa pers in this volume originated at the 1987 Spindel Conference ... at Memphis State University"--Pref. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-94-010-5559-8 ISBN 978-94-011-3524-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-3524-5
1. Connectionism--Congresses. 2. Philosophy of mind7-Congresses. 1. Horgan, Terence. II. Tienson, John. III. Spindel Conference (6th : 1987 : Memphis State University) IV_ Series_ 60418.3.C65 1991 128' .2--dc20 91-36118
ISBN 978-94-010-5559-8
Printed on acid-free paper
Ali Rights Reserved © 1991 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 1991 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1991 No pact of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner.
To Murray Spindel
TABLE OF CONTENTS SERIES PREFACE
ix
PREFACE
xi
JOHN TIENSON / Introduction
1
I. OVERVIEW WILLIAM BECHTEL / Connectionism and the Philosophy of Mind:
An Overview
30
II. CONNECTIONISM VS. CLASSICAL COGNITIVE SCIENCE ROBERT CUMMINS AND GEORG SCHWARZ / Connectionism,
60
JAY G. RUECKL / Connectionism and the Notion of Levels
74
GARY HATFIELD / Representation and Rule-Instantiation in
90
Computation, and Cognition
Connectionist Systems
JAMES W. GARSON / What Connectionists Cannot Do:
The Threat to Classical AI
113
III. CONNECTIONISM AND CONDITIONING GEORGE GRAHAM / Connectionism in Pavlovian Harness
143
J. CHRISTOPHER MALONEY / Connectionism and Conditioning
167
IV. DOES COGNITION REQUIRE SYNTACTICALLY STRUCTURED REPRESENTATIONS? ANDY CLARK / Systematicity, Structured Representations and
198
GEORGES REY / An Explanatory Budget for Connectionism and
219
Cognitive Architecture: A Reply to Fodor and Pylyshyn
Elimina tivism
viii
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TERENCE HORGAN AND JOHN TIEN
