Minds and Machines: Connectionism and Psychological ModelingISBN: 978-1-4051-1349-6
Paperback
296 pages
December 2003, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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List of Tables.
1. The Kids in the Hall.
Synthetic Versus Analytic Traditions. .
2. Advantages and Disadvantages of Modeling.
What Is A Model?.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Models. .
3. Models of Data.
An Example of a Model of Data.
Properties of Models of Data. .
4. Mathematical Models.
An Example Mathematical Model.
Mathematical Models vs. Models of Data. .
5. Computer Simulations.
A Sample Computer Simulation.
Connectionist Models.
Properties of Computer Simulations. .
6. First Steps Toward Synthetic Psychology.
Introduction.
Building a Thoughtless Walker.
Step 1: Synthesis.
Step 2: Emergence.
Step 3: Analysis.
Issues Concerning Synthetic Psychology. .
7. Uphill Analysis, Downhill Synthesis.
Introduction.
From Homeostats to Tortoises.
Ashby’s Homeostat.
Vehicles.
Synthesis and Emergence: Some Modern Examples.
The Law of Uphill Analysis and Downhill Synthesis. .
8. Connectionism As Synthetic Psychology.
Introduction.
Beyond Sensory Reflexes.
Connectionism, Synthesis, and Representation.
Summary and Conclusions. .
9. Building Associations.
From Associationism To Connectionism.
Building An Associative Memory.
Beyond the Limitations of Hebb Learning.
Associative Memory and Synthetic Psychology. .
10. Making Decisions.
The Limits of Linearity.
A Fundamental Nonlinearity.
Building a Perceptron: A Nonlinear Associative Memory.
The Psychology of Perceptrons.
The Need for Layers. .
11. Sequences of Decisions.
The Logic of Layers.
Training Multilayered Networks.
A Simple Case Study: Exclusive Or.
A Second Case Study: Classifying Musical Chords.
A Third Case Study: From Connectionism to Selectionism. .
12. From Synthesis To Analysis.
Representing Musical Chords in a Pdp Network.
Interpreting the Internal Structure of Value Unit Networks.
Network Interpretation and Synthetic Psychology. .
13. From Here To Synthetic Psychology.
References.
Index