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This book presents a new methodological analysis of two competing research paradigms of artificial intelligence and cognitive science-the symbolic versus the connectionist paradigms. Providing an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of both paradigms, the book derives new objectives for future research that will help to integrate aspects of both areas to obtain more powerful AI techniques and to promote a deeper understanding of cognition.

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This book presents a new methodological analysis of the two competing research paradigms of artificial intelligence and cognitive science - the symbolic versus the connectionist paradigm - presenting the fundamental ideas of both. Along with an introduction to the philosophical foundations, an exposition of some of the typical techniques of each paradigm is presented in the first two parts. This is followed by the mentioned analysis of the two paradigms in the third part. The book is intended for researchers, practitioners, advanced students, and interested observers of the developing fields of artificial intelligence and cognitive science. Providing accessible introductions to the basic ideas of both paradigms, it is also suitable as a textbook for a subject on the topic at an advanced level in computer science, philosophy, cognitive science, or psychology.

Table des matières

Preface.- Introduction.- The Symbolic Paradigm: Foundations of the Symbolic Paradigm. Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. Knowledge-Based Systems - Expert Systems. Symbolic Learning. Summary of the Symbolic Paradigm. The Connectionist Paradigm: Foundations of the Connectionist Paradigm. Connectionist Computing Models. Integrating Symbols into Connectionist Models. Summary of the Connectionist Paradigm.- Methodological Analysis of the two Paradigms: Formal Foundations. Levels of Description. The Notion of 'Symbols'. Computational Limitations of Connectionist Computing Models. Methodological Discussion. Non-Factual Knowledge. Conclusions.- Appendix.

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