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[H. Mark Hubey]

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The Algebraic Mind: Integrating Connectionism and Cognitive Science
(Learning,
Development, and Conceptual Change)
by Gary F. Marcus
Hardcover - 208 pages (February 19, 2001)
MIT Press; ISBN: 0262133792
AMAZON - US
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262133792/darwinanddarwini/
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In The Algebraic Mind, Gary Marcus attempts to integrate two theories
about how
the mind works, one that says that the mind is a computer-like
manipulator of
symbols, and another that says that the mind is a large network of
neurons
working together in parallel. Resisting the conventional wisdom that
says that
if the mind is a large neural network it cannot simultaneously be a
manipulator
of symbols, Marcus outlines a variety of ways in which neural systems
could be
organized so as to manipulate symbols, and he shows why such systems are
more
likely to provide an adequate substrate for language and cognition than
neural
systems that are inconsistent with the manipulation of symbols.
Concluding with
a discussion of how a neurally realized system of symbol-manipulation
could
have evolved and how such a system could unfold developmentally within
the
womb, Marcus helps to set the future agenda of cognitive neuroscience.

Gary F. Marcus is Associate Professor of Psychology at New York
University
http://www.psych.nyu.edu/gary/home.html

Table of Contents

Introduction
http://www.psych.nyu.edu/gary/introduction.html#introduction
Eliminative Connectionism
Symbols
Rules and Variables
Combinations and Recursion
Type and Tokens
Development
Case Studies
Conclusions




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