Open Peer Commentary O'Brien & Opie: Connectionism and phenomenal experience
Vehicles, processes, and neo-classical revival
Robert Van Gulick a1 a1 Department of Philosophy, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1170
rnvangul@mailbox.syr.edu
Abstract
O'Brien & Opie unfairly restrict the
classicist's range of options for explaining phenomenal
consciousness. Alternative approaches that rely upon differences
among representation types offer better prospects of success. The
authors rely upon two distinctions: one between symbol processing
and connectionist models, the other between process and vehicle
models. In this context, neither distinction may be as clear as they
assume.
