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Facts about the brain may be irrelevant
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Structures at different levels of organisation are often dissimilar. Thinking may have little in common with the neural structures it's implemented in. Basing a theory of cognitive architecture on a theory about the brain requires care.
For example, rocks and rivers have little in common with the atoms they are constructed of.
Jerry Fodor & Zenon Pylyshyn, 1988.
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Artificial Intelligence »
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence☜A collaboratively editable version of Robert Horns brilliant and pioneering debate map Can Computers Think?—exploring 50 years of philosophical argument about the possibility of computer thought.☜F1CEB7
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Can computers think? [1] »
Can computers think? [1]
Can computers think? [1]☜Can a computational system possess all important elements of human thinking or understanding? ☜FFB597
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Yes: connectionist networks can think [5a] »
Yes: connectionist networks can think [5a]
Yes: connectionist networks can think [5a]☜Connectionist networks can possess all important elements of human thinking or understanding.☜59C6EF
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The Connectionist Biological Assumption »
The Connectionist Biological Assumption
The Connectionist Biological Assumption ☜Connectionist networks are similar to real neural networks.☜98CE71
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Facts about the brain may be irrelevant
Facts about the brain may be irrelevant☜Structures at different levels of organisation are often dissimilar. Thinking may have little in common with the neural structures its implemented in. Basing a theory of cognitive architecture on a theory about the brain requires care.☜EF597B
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Biology relevant to a theory of cognition »
Biology relevant to a theory of cognition
Biology relevant to a theory of cognition☜Low-level properties can constrain high-level properties, even if the 2 levels are structurally dissimilar—eg physics constrains chemistry, even though the processes are structurally different. Similarly, Biology constrains a theory of cognition.☜EF597B
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Functional aspects of implementation are relevant »
Functional aspects of implementation are relevant
Functional aspects of implementation are relevant☜Material properties of the brain are irrelevant to cognition. But connectionism is concerned with functional properties of the brain (e.g. parallel processing and graceful degradation) that are relevant to cognition not material properties.☜EF597B
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Jerry Fodor »
Jerry Fodor
Jerry Fodor☜Arguments advanced by Jerry Fodor.☜FFFACD
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Zenon Pylyshyn »
Zenon Pylyshyn
Zenon Pylyshyn☜Arguments advanced by Zenon Pylyshyn.☜FFFACD
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