Connectionism and the philosophy of psychology: By Terence Horgan and John Tienson. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. (1996). 207 pages. $35.00
- Book ID
- 104353193
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 79 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0898-1221
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โฆ Synopsis
Contents:
Preface. 1. Introduction and overview. 2. The fundamental assumptions of classical cognitive science. 3. What is wrong with classical cognitive science. 4. Cognitive systems as dynamical systems: A nonclassical framework for cognitive science. 5. Why there still has to be a language of thought, and what that means. 6. Mental causation without rules. 7. Standard-conception laws and soft laws. 8. Soft laws and psychological explanation. 9. Noncomputable dynamical cognition. Notes. References. Index.
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