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The architecture of cognition : rethinking Fodor and Pylyshyn's systematicity challenge /

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In 1988, Jerry Fodor and Zenon Pylyshyn challenged connectionist theorists to explain the systematicity of cognition. In a highly influential critical analysis of connectionism, they argued that connectionist explanations, at best, can only inform us about details of the neural substrate; explanatio...

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Other Authors: Calvo, Paco (Editor), Symons, John (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Fodor, Jerry A. > Influence.
Pylyshyn, Zenon W., > 1937- > Influence.
Cognition.
Human information processing.
Connectionism.
PHILOSOPHY/Philosophy of Mind/General
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General
Electronic books.
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Summary:In 1988, Jerry Fodor and Zenon Pylyshyn challenged connectionist theorists to explain the systematicity of cognition. In a highly influential critical analysis of connectionism, they argued that connectionist explanations, at best, can only inform us about details of the neural substrate; explanations at the cognitive level must be classical insofar as adult human cognition is essentially systematic. This volume reassesses Fodor and Pylyshyn's 'systematicity challenge' for a post-connectionist era, covering the most important recent developments in the systematicity debate.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9780262322461
0262322463
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262027236.001.0001