Christopher D. Green (1998) Localist Connectionism Does not Address the Issue
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Psycoloquy 9(27): Localist Connectionism Does not Address the Issue
LOCALIST CONNECTIONISM DOES NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE
Reply to Watters 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
Watters (1998) is concerned that I excluded localist
connectionist networks from consideration (Green 1998a). As
indicated in my prior reply (Green 1998b), localist nets do not
suffer from the problems outlined in the target article because
they are a species of "classical" symbolic cognitive theory.
Keywords
artificial intelligence, cognition, computer modelling,
connectionism, epistemology, explanation, methodology, neural nets,
philosophy of science, theory.
References
- Green, C.D. (1998a) 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
- Green, C.D. (1998b) Does localist connectionism solve the problem? Reply to Grainger & Jacobs on Connectionist-Explanation PSYCOLOQUY 9(14) ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/Psycoloquy/1998.volume.9/ psyc.98.9.14.connectionist-explanation.11.green
- Watters, P.A. (1998) Cognitive theory and neural model: The role of local representation: Commentary on Green on Connectionist-Explanation. PSYCOLOQUY 9(20) ftp://ftp.princeton.edu/pub/harnad/Psycoloquy/1998.volume.9/ psycoloquy.98.9.20.connectionist-explanation.17.green