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  • noun The theory that thought, behavior, and especially learning can be explained and modeled by neural networks.

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  • noun any of several fields of psychology that model brain processes in terms of interconnected networks

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Examples

  • A lot of the research into the mind these days focuses on connectionism and neuroscience.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Bill Kerr 2008

  • Bayesian formalisms were not well-known, but were well-known enough for those interested to come across them, and they offered a good alternative to connectionism.

    New ideas josh 2008

  • Bayesian formalisms were not well-known, but were well-known enough for those interested to come across them, and they offered a good alternative to connectionism.

    Archive 2008-06-01 josh 2008

  • A lot of the research into the mind these days focuses on connectionism and neuroscience.

    study marvin minsky's work Bill Kerr 2008

  • In terms of computational modeling, early in the decade it was clear that connectionism had run out of speed.

    New ideas josh 2008

  • In terms of computational modeling, early in the decade it was clear that connectionism had run out of speed.

    Archive 2008-06-01 josh 2008

  • There is a major debate within the philosophy of mind between proponents of classical cognitive architecture and proponents of connectionism.

    Compositionality Szabó, Zoltán Gendler 2007

  • The debate about connectionism is more closely related to the question whether reverse compositionality holds (cf. section 1.5.4.) 1.2 Meaning

    Compositionality Szabó, Zoltán Gendler 2007

  • The associationism also has clear affinities for, and indeed is in many ways the genetic antecedent of, connectionism in recent neuropsychology and cognitive science.

    John Stuart Mill Wilson, Fred 2007

  • That's because a good amount of the philosophical background to my work is rooted in connectionism, and yes, people like Minsky and Papert.

    web2.0 spray: Stager versus Downes Bill Kerr 2007

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