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The Algebraic Mind: Integrating Connectionism and Cognitive Science (Learning, Development, and Conceptual Change)
by Gary F. Marcus
from The MIT Press
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Symbol systems and neural substrates
This book tackles one of the most important (and poorly understood) questions in cognitive science: What is the form of human mental representation? Notice that this is nothing short of asking, what's in a mind such that it should think? ..., this question is not a simple one, it has by no means been answered, and there is raging debate in cognitive science as to what its answer is. ... Traditional connectionist networks that learn by back-propagation or related algorithms do not implement symbol systems... more info
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The mind as a hybrid of neural net and symbol processor
The Algebraic Mind is a technical analysis of what kind of computational device it would take to act like a human mind. What are the building blocks of the mind, and how can they be implemented in a brain? Interweaving the lessons of the two traditions of cognitive science (symbol processing and connectionist networks), Gary Marcus concludes that connectionist networks are the right approach, but that current designs are not adequate. In particular, Marcus shows the limitations of back propagation... more info
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