Connectionism and the Philosophy of Mind

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • John Tienson

      Pages 1-29

3. Overview

   1. Connectionism and the Philosophy of Mind: An Overview

      • William Bechtel

      Pages 30-59

4. Connectionism vs. Classical Cognitive Science

   1. Connectionism, Computation, and Cognition

      • Robert Cummins, Georg Schwarz

      Pages 60-73

   2. Connectionism and the Notion of Levels

      • Jay G. Rueckl

      Pages 74-89

   3. Representation and Rule-Instantiation in Connectionist Systems

      • Gary Hatfield

      Pages 90-112

   4. What Connectionists Cannot Do: The Threat to Classical AI

      • James W. Garson

      Pages 113-142

5. Connectionism and Conditioning

   1. Connectionism in Pavlovian Harness

      • George Graham

      Pages 143-166

   2. Connectionism and Conditioning

      • J. Christopher Maloney

      Pages 167-197

6. Does Cognition Require Syntactically Structured Representations?

   1. Systematicity, Structured Representations and Cognitive Architecture: A Reply to Fodor and Pylyshyn

      • Andy Clark

      Pages 198-218

   2. An Explanatory Budget for Connectionism and Eliminativism

      • Georges Rey

      Pages 219-240

   3. Settling into a New Paradigm

      • Terence Horgan, John Tienson

      Pages 241-260

   4. Putting a Price on Cognition

      • David Kirsh

      Pages 261-280

7. Can Connectionism Provide Syntactically Structured Representations

   1. The Constituent Structure of Connectionist Mental States: A Reply to Fodor and Pylyshyn

      • Paul Smolensky

      Pages 281-308

   2. Representation in Pictorialism and Connectionism

      • Michael Tye

      Pages 309-330

   3. Connectionism and the Problem of Systematicity: Why Smolensky’s Solution doesn’t Work

      • Jerry Fodor, Brian P. McLaughlin

      Pages 331-354

   4. Classical Questions, Radical Answers: Connectionism and the Structure of Mental Representations

      • Timothy Van Gelder

      Pages 355-381

   5. Connectionism Versus Symbolism in High-Level Cognition

      • Michael G. Dyer

      Pages 382-416

8. Connectionism and Philosophy

   1. Connectionism and the Specter of Representationalism

      • D. E. Bradshaw

      Pages 417-436

   2. Is Perception Cognitively Mediated?

      • Gerald W. Glaser

      Pages 437-443

This series will include monographs and collections of studies devoted to the investigation and exploration of knowledge, information and data­ processing systems of all kinds, no matter whether human, (other) animal, or machine. Its scope is intended to span the full range of interests from classical problems in the philosophy of mind and philosophical psychology through issues in cognitive psychology and sociobiology (concerning the mental capabilities of other species) to ideas related to artificial intelligence and to computer science. While primary emphasis will be placed upon theoretical, conceptual and epistemological aspects of these problems and domains, empirical, experimental and methodological studies will also appear from time to time. One of the most, if not the most, exciting developments within cognitive science has been the emergence of connectionism as an alternative to the computational conception of the mind that tends to dominate the discipline. In this volume, John Tienson and Terence Horgan have brought together a fine collection of stimulating studies on connectionism and its significance. As the Introduction explains, the most pressing questions concern whether or not connectionism can provide a new conception of the nature of mentality. By focusing on the similarities and differences between connectionism and other approaches to cognitive science, the chapters of this book supply valuable resources that advance our understanding of these difficult issues. J.H.F.

• Connectionism
• Perception
• artificial intelligence
• cognition
• cognitive science
• consciousness
• philosophy

• Department of Philosophy, Memphis State University, Memphis, USA

  Terence Horgan, John Tienson

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