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The aim of this chapter is to report the panel discussion on symbolism and connectionism paradigms. In particular, the following hot point are analysed:
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what cognitive phenomena are most difficult for connectionists to explain?
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what cognitive phenomena are most naturally explained in connectionist terms?
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is symbolic deduction a central kind of human thinking? How do people make deductions?
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is nondeductive reasoning done in accord with the laws of probability?
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what areas of knowledge do you have that are easily described in terms of symbolic rules?
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concepts reduced to rules, concepts reduced to networks;
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symbolic and connectionist mechanisms of analogy;
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planning, decision, explanation, learning, language, in front of the symbolic/connectionist dichotomy.
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Magnani, L., Chella, A., da Fontoura Costa, L. (1999). Panel Summary: Symbolism and Connectionism Paradigms. In: Cantoni, V., Di Gesù, V., Setti, A., Tegolo, D. (eds) Human and Machine Perception 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4809-6_17
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