The Architecture of Cognition
Author | : Paco Calvo |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 483 |
Release | : 2014-04-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780262027236 |
ISBN-13 | : 0262027232 |
Rating | : 4/5 (232 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Architecture of Cognition written by Paco Calvo and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-04-18 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.