Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-dzt6s Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-28T13:35:41.930Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Nonclassical connectionism should enter the decathlon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2004

Francisco Calvo Garzón*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN47405, and University of Murcia, Facultad de Filosofía, Edif. Luis Vives, Campus de Espinardo, Murcia30100, Spain

Abstract:

In this commentary I explore nonclassical connectionism (NCC) as a coherent framework for evaluation in the spirit of the Newell Test. Focusing on knowledge integration, development, real-time performance, and flexible behavior, I argue that NCC's “within-theory rank ordering” would place subsymbolic modeling in a better position. Failure to adopt a symbolic level of thought cannot be interpreted as a weakness.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)