Christopher D. Green (1998) Does Localism Solve Connectionism's Problem?
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Psycoloquy 9(14): Does Localism Solve Connectionism's Problem?
DOES LOCALISM SOLVE CONNECTIONISM'S PROBLEM?
Reply to Grainger & Jacobs on Connectionist-Explanation
Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
Canada
http://www.yorku.ca/faculty/academic/christo
christo@yorku.ca
Abstract
Grainger & Jacobs (1998) argue that the problems facing
connectionism discussed in my target article (Green 1998) can be
overcome by switching to a localist connectionist perspective. I
question whether the cost of doing so outweighs the disadvantages
of staying with the parallel distributed processing approach to
connectionist cognitive science.
Keywords
artificial intelligence, cognition, computer modelling,
connectionism, epistemology, explanation, methodology, neural nets,
philosophy of science, theory.
References
- Collins, A.M. & Quillian, M.R. (1969) Retrieval time from semantic memory. Journal of Verbal Learning & Verbal Behavior, 8, 240-247.
- Grainger, J. & Jacobs, A. M. (1998a) Localist connectionism fits the bill: Commentary on Green on Connectionist-Explanation. PSYCOLOQUY 9(9) ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/Psycoloquy/1998.volume.9/ psyc.98.9.10.connectionist-explanation.7.grainger
- Grainger, J & Jacobs, A. M. (Eds.) (1998) Localist Connectionist Approaches to Human Cognition. Mahwah, NJ.: Erlbaum.
- Green, C. D. (1998) Are connectionist models theories of cognition? PSYCOLOQUY 9(4) ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/Psycoloquy/1998.volume.9/ psyc.98.9.04.connectionist-explanation.1.green