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Integration of “rules” and “similarity” in a framework of information compression by multiple alignment, unification, and search

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2005

J. Gerard Wolff
J. Gerard Wolff*
Affiliation:
Cognition Research, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, LL59 5LR, United Kingdomhttp://www.cognitionresearch.org.uk/
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jgw@cognitionresearch.org.uk
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Abstract

The Simplicity and Power (SP) theory (Wolff 2003a) provides support for Pothos's proposals by illustrating how the effect of “rules” and “similarity” may be achieved within an integrated model that makes no explicit provision for either concept. The theory is described here in outline with simple examples to show how rules and similarity can emerge as properties of the system in learning, reasoning, categorization, and the parsing of language.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , February 2005 , pp. 36 - 37
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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1. Notice how “b o y” and “g i r l” have been assigned to the same category (“%2”), in the spirit of distributional linguistics.