Systematicity redux

Synthese

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 251-274

  McLaughlin, Brian P ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive architecture; Connectionism; Implementation; Language of thought; Productivity; Psychological laws; Systematicity; Thought abilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749091993     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9582-0     Document Type: Article

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