Do connectionist representations earn their explanatory keep?

Mind and Language

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 34-66

  Ramsey, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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EID: 0003199338     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0017.1997.tb00061.x     Document Type: Article

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