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Connections and symbols / edited by Steven Pinker and Jacques Mehler.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Pinker, Steven, 1954-
Mehler, Jacques.
Series:
Cognition special issues.
Cognition special issues
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Connectionism.
Human information processing.
Psycholinguistics.
Symbolism (Psychology).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations.
Edition:
1st MIT Press ed.
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1988.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Connections and Symbols provides the first systematic analysis of the explosive new field of Connectionism that is challenging the basic tenets of cognitive science.
Contents:
1. Introduction / by Steven Pinker and Jacques Mehler
2. Connectionism and cognitive architecture : a critical analysis / by Jerry A. Fodor and Zenon W. Pylyshyn
3. On language and connectionism : analysis of a parallel distributed processing model of language acquisition / by Steven Pinker
4. The relation between linguistic structure and associative theories of language learning : a constructive critique of some connectionist learning models / by Joel Lachter and Thomas G. Bever.
Notes:
"Reprinted from Cognition ... volume 28 (1988)"--Title page verso.
"A Bradford book."
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
ISBN:
0-262-31585-8
OCLC:
60758467

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