book announcement--Marcus

[Jud Wolfskill]

I thought readers of the Connectionist List might be interested in this 
book.  For more information please visit http://mitpress.mit.edu/0262133792

Best,
Jud

The Algebraic Mind
Integrating Connectionism and Cognitive Science
Gary F. Marcus

In The Algebraic Mind, Gary F. Marcus integrates two competing theories 
about how the mind works, one which says that the mind is a computer-like 
manipulator of symbols, and another which says that the mind is a large 
network of neurons working together in parallel. Refuting the conventional 
wisdom that says that if the mind is a large neural network it cannot 
simultaneously be a manipulator of symbols, Marcus shows how neural systems 
could be organized so as to manipulate symbols, why such systems explain 
language and cognition better than systems that eschew symbols, how such 
system could evolve, and how they might unfold developmentally within the 
womb. The Algebraic Mind revamps our understanding of models in cognitive 
neuroscience and helps to set a new agenda for the field.

Gary F. Marcus is Associate Professor of Psychology at New York University.

6 x 9, 225 pp., 48 illus., cloth ISBN 0-262-13379-2

Learning, Development, and Conceptual Change series
A Bradford Book


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