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TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20360309T030000 RDATE:20361102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20370308T030000 RDATE:20371101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:America/New_York EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:027c8a8b6f717755cb7f2cdefe0aaf84 CATEGORIES:What is cognitive science?:Spring 2003 CREATED:20151203T141540 SUMMARY:ICS Architectures, Classical Constituents, and Systematicity LOCATION:Rutgers University\, Department of Philosophy DESCRIPTION:ICS Architectures, Classical Constituents, and Systematicity\nBrian P. McLa ughlin\nDepartment of Philosophy \n\n\nThe central questions of the philoso phy of mind are the nature of mental phenomena, and how mental phenomena fi t into the causal structure of reality. The computational theory of mind ai ms to answer these questions. Subtleties aside, the central tenet of the th eory is that a mind is a computer. According to the theory, mental states a nd events enter into causal relations via operations of the computer. The m ain aim of the theory is to say what kind of computer�what kind of computat ional mechanism�a mind is. Computationalists hold, of course, that the func tional architecture of the computing system that grounds our mental abiliti es resides in our brains. There is, however, no consensus as to what even t he general character of that architecture is. The two dominant research par adigms are the symbol system paradigm and the connectionist (or neural-netw ork) paradigm. They differ in what kind of computer the mind is assumed to be, and thus in the kinds of functional architectures explored. The symbol system paradigm presupposes that the mind is a kind of automatic formal sys tem or system of such systems, while the connectionist paradigm presupposes that it is a system of connectionist networks. \n\n\nOne of the leading ch allenges to the view that the architecture of the mind is connectionist is to explain how a connectionist architecture could explain the systematicity and productivity of thought without implementing a symbolic��language of t hought��architecture. Paul Smolensky has proposed a kind of architecture th at he calls an �integrated connectionist, symbolic architecture� (ICS archi tecture), and which he maintains can do precisely that. The talk will intro duce the main ideas of the computational theory of mind, and then focus mai nly of a critical examination of Smolensky�s claim to have answered the cha llenge mentioned above.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
ICS Architectures, Classical Constituents, and Systematicit y
Brian P . McLaughlin
Department of Philosophy
The central questions of the philosophy of mind are the nature
of mental phenomena, and how mental phenomena fit into the causal structur
e of reality. The computational theory of mind aims to answer these questio
ns. Subtleties aside, the central tenet of the theory is that a mind is a c
omputer. According to the theory, mental states and events enter into causa
l relations via operations of the computer. The main aim of the theory is t
o say what kind of computer�what kind of computational mechanism�a mind is.
Computationalists hold, of course, that the functional architecture of the
computing system that grounds our mental abilities resides in our brains.
There is, however, no consensus as to what even the general character of th
at architecture is. The two dominant research paradigms are the symbol syst
em paradigm and the connectionist (or neural-network) paradigm. They differ
in what kind of computer the mind is assumed to be, and thus in the kinds
of functional architectures explored. The symbol system paradigm presuppose
s that the mind is a kind of automatic formal system or system of such syst
ems, while the connectionist paradigm presupposes that it is a system of co
nnectionist networks.
One of the leading challenges to the view that the architecture o f the mind is connectionist is to explain how a connectionist architecture could explain the systematicity and productivity of thought without impleme nting a symbolic��language of thought��architecture. Paul Smolensky has pro posed a kind of architecture that he calls an �integrated connectionist, sy mbolic architecture� (ICS architecture), and which he maintains can do prec isely that. The talk will introduce the main ideas of the computational the ory of mind, and then focus mainly of a critical examination of Smolensky�s claim to have answered the challenge mentioned above.
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