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Time for a re-think: Problems with the parallel distributed approach to semantic cognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2008

Philip Quinlan
Philip Quinlan
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Department of Psychology, University of York, Heslington, York, North Yorkshire YO10 5DD, United Kingdom. ptq1@york.ac.ukhttp://www.york.ac.uk/depts/psych/www/people/biogs/ptq1.html
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Abstract

Rogers & McClelland (R&M) have provided an impressive outline of the capabilities of a class of multi-layered perceptrons that mimic many aspects of human knowledge acquisition. Despite this success, in the literature several basic issues are raised and concerns are expressed. Indeed, the problems are so acute that a different way of thinking is called for. In this commentary it is suggested that rational models approach provides a promising alternative.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , December 2008 , pp. 724
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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