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Concepts, correlations, and some challenges for connectionist cognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2008

Gary F. Marcus  and
Frank C. Keil
Gary F. Marcus
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10012; gary.marcus@nyu.eduhttp://www.psych.nyu.edu/gary/
Frank C. Keil
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510. frank.keil@yale.eduhttp://www.yale.edu/psychology/FacInfo/Keil.html
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Abstract

Rogers & McClelland's (R&M's) précis represents an important effort to address key issues in concepts and categorization, but few of the simulations deliver what is promised. We argue that the models are seriously underconstrained, importantly incomplete, and psychologically implausible; more broadly, R&M dwell too heavily on the apparent successes without comparable concern for limitations already noted in the literature.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 6 , December 2008 , pp. 722 - 723
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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