Christopher D. Green (1998) Neither Semantics nor Theory-observation are Relevant . Psycoloquy: 9(35) Connectionist Explanation (28)
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Psycoloquy 9(35): Neither Semantics nor Theory-observation are Relevant

NEITHER SEMANTICS NOR THEORY-OBSERVATION ARE RELEVANT
Reply to Raftopoulos 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

Raftopoulos (1998) claims that I (Green 1998) argued that every node in a connectionist network must be semantically interpretable, and that I rely crucially on an untenable distinction between theory and observation to make my argument run. I reply by showing that neither of these claims is correct, and that Raftopoulos's case against my argument does not appear to be coherent.

Keywords

artificial intelligence, cognition, computer modelling, connectionism, epistemology, explanation, methodology, neural nets, philosophy of science, theory.

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