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The case against distributed representations: Lack of evidence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2019

Simon Farrell  and
Stephan Lewandowsky
Simon Farrell
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A. 6907, Australia{simon; lewan}@psy.uwa.edu.auwww.psy.uwa.edu.au/user/{simon; lewan}
Stephan Lewandowsky
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A. 6907, Australia{simon; lewan}@psy.uwa.edu.auwww.psy.uwa.edu.au/user/{simon; lewan}
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Abstract

We focus on two components of Page's argument in favour of localist representations in connectionist networks: First, we take issue with the claim that localist representations can give rise to generalisation and show that whenever generalisation occurs, distributed representations are involved. Second, we counter the alleged shortcomings of distributed representations and show that their properties are preferable to those of localist approaches.

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Brief Report
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , August 2000 , pp. 476 - 477
Copyright
2000 Cambridge University Press

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