Abstract: Connectionism is a theoretical framework for cognition whose principal tenets are (1) that all cognitive phenomena arise from the propagation of activation among neuronlike processing units and (2) that such propagation is mediated by weighted synapselike connections between units. Computer models built on these principles have profoundly influenced virtually every subdomain of cognitive science; however, some researchers believe connectionism challenges the view that the human mind is a symbol-processing system and so consider connectionist theories to be fundamentally flawed. This article considers the roots of connectionism, reviews key aspects of the approach, and addresses some of the criticisms it faces.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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