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Smolensky's treatment of levels is problematic
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Smolensky's account of the conceptual, subconceptual, and neural levels (and the relations between them) is problematic.
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Artificial Intelligence »
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial IntelligenceâA collaboratively editable version of Robert Horns brilliant and pioneering debate map Can Computers Think?âexploring 50 years of philosophical argument about the possibility of computer thought.âF1CEB7
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Can computers think? [1] »
Can computers think? [1]
Can computers think? [1]âCan a computational system possess all important elements of human thinking or understanding? âFFB597
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Yes: connectionist networks can think [5a] »
Yes: connectionist networks can think [5a]
Yes: connectionist networks can think [5a]âConnectionist networks can possess all important elements of human thinking or understanding.â59C6EF
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The Subsymbolic Paradigm »
The Subsymbolic Paradigm
The Subsymbolic ParadigmâThe fundamental level of analysis for studying the mind is the subconceptual level, which describes fine-grained subsymbolic activity in a connectionist network. â98CE71
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Smolensky's treatment of levels is problematic
Smolensky's treatment of levels is problematicâSmolenskys account of the conceptual, subconceptual, and neural levels (and the relations between them) is problematic.âEF597B
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Better ways to articulate the levels distinction »
Better ways to articulate the levels distinction
Better ways to articulate the levels distinctionâThere are better ways to articulate the levels distinction.â98CE71
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Conceptual and subconceptual part-whole relationship »
Conceptual and subconceptual part-whole relationship
Conceptual and subconceptual part-whole relationshipâThe relationship between the conceptual and subconceptual levels is not one of approximation but of part-whole.â98CE71
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Contact between levels is closer than suggested »
Contact between levels is closer than suggested
Contact between levels is closer than suggestedâThere should be closer contact between lthe evels than Smolensky suggests.â98CE71
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Flawed analogy between Newtonian and Quantum physics »
Flawed analogy between Newtonian and Quantum physics
Flawed analogy between Newtonian and Quantum physicsâThe analogy between Somolenskys levels and Newtonian and quantum physics is flawed.â98CE71
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Insufficient focus on the neural level »
Insufficient focus on the neural level
Insufficient focus on the neural levelâThere should be more focus on the neural level.â98CE71
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Levels are nothing but pragmatic constructs »
Levels are nothing but pragmatic constructs
Levels are nothing but pragmatic constructsâSmolenskys levels are nothing but pragmatic constructs.â98CE71
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Pursues a limited and limiting goal »
Pursues a limited and limiting goal
Pursues a limited and limiting goalâThe goal of cognitive science is not conceptual and neural levels with subsymbols in between, but rather a golden age in which a thoroughly understood neuroscience informs us a thoroughly understood cognitive psychology.â98CE71
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Three level distiction is inchoerent »
Three level distiction is inchoerent
Three level distiction is inchoerentâSmolenskys three level distinction is incoherent.â98CE71
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Three-level distinction is too simple »
Three-level distinction is too simple
Three-level distinction is too simpleâThe three levels distinction is too simple. There are more levels and modelling strategies than just three.â98CE71
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Treatment of levels is Eliminativist »
Treatment of levels is Eliminativist
Treatment of levels is EliminativistâSmolenskys treatment of levels is eliminativist.â98CE71
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Treatment of levels is implementationist »
Treatment of levels is implementationist
Treatment of levels is implementationistâSmolenskys treatment of levels is implementationist.â98CE71
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The extremist fallacy »
The extremist fallacy
The extremist fallacyâOpponents assume there are only two positions on the connectionism/symbolism issue: eliminativism and implementationismâand that to support one is to reject the other. The subsymbolic paradigm rejects both, forging a limitivist middle road.âEF597B
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