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Connectionism: with or without rules?

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: It is not altogether surprising that McClelland and Plaut, researchers with longstanding interests in providing alternatives to rules, find our recent experiments unconvincing [McClelland, J.L and Plaut, D.C. (1999) Does generalization in infant learning implicate abstract algebra-like rules? Trends Cognit. Sci. 3, 166–168]1. But advocates of their cognition-without-rules view might want to look elsewhere to bolster their case, as none of McClelland and Plaut’s objections turns out to be plausible.

Source: Trends in Cognitive Sciences

DOI: 10.1016/s1364-6613(99)01321-2

Author: Gary F. Marcus

Institution: New York University

Language: English

Topic: Categorization, perception, and language

Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $7,030

Funder: National Institutes of Health