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Rules, similarity, and the information-processing blind alley

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2005

Francisco Calvo Garzón
Francisco Calvo Garzón*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Murcia30100, Spainhttp://www.um.es/~logica/paco_calvo/paco_calvo.htm
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Abstract

Pothos's revision of rules and similarity in the area of language illustrates the impression that the classicist/connectionist debate is in a blind alley. Under his continuum proposal, both hypotheses fall neatly within the information-processing paradigm. In my view, the paradigm shift that dynamic systems theory represents (Spencer & Thelen 2003) should be submitted to critical scrutiny. Specific formalizations of the Rules versus Similarity distinction may not lead to a form of unification under Generalized Context Models or connectionist networks.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , February 2005 , pp. 17 - 18
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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