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| Paul Churchland - Philosophy Dictionary of Arguments | |||
| Paul Churchland (1942), Canadian philosopher of mind and neurophilosopher. His major works include Scientific Realism and the Plasticity of Mind (1979), A Neurocomputational Perspective: The Nature of Mind and the Structure of Science (1989), and The Engine of Reason, the Seat of the Soul: A Philosophical Journey into the Brain (1995). His fields of specialization are neurophilosophy, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of neuroscience.
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| Connectionism: Connectionism is the theory of neural networks as an explanation for mind states and learning. See also Neural networks, Networks, Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Neural Networks._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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| Churchland, Paul | Connectionism | Churchland | |
| Field, Hartry | Connectionism | Field | |
| Fodor, Jerry | Connectionism | Fodor | |
| Gärdenfors, Peter | Connectionism | Gärdenfors | |
| Pauen, Michael | Connectionism | Pauen | |
| Pinker, Steven | Connectionism | Pinker | |
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