Connectionism and the philosophical foundations of cognitive science

Metaphilosophy

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-30

  Horgan, Terence ^a  

^a University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive science; Computation; Connectionism; Connectionist network; Dynamical system; Dynamics; Eliminativism; Folk psychology; Foundations of cognitive science; Language of thought; Mind; Neural network

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009040641     PISSN: 00261068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9973.00039     Document Type: Review

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