creators_name: Harnad, Stevan
type: journalp
datestamp: 2001-06-26
lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:54:44
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title: Symbols and Nets: Cooperation vs. Competition
ispublished: pub
subjects: cog-psy
subjects: comp-sci-neural-nets
subjects: ling-syntax
full_text_status: public
keywords: connectionism, Chomsky, computationalism, cognitivism, symbol grounding, language, symbol systems, learning, categorization, neural networks
abstract: Critique of two critiques of connectionism.
date: 1990
date_type: published
publication: Connection Science
volume: 2
pagerange: 257-260
refereed: TRUE
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citation:   Harnad, Stevan  (1990) Symbols and Nets: Cooperation vs. Competition.  [Journal (Paginated)]     
document_url: http://cogprints.org/1651/1/harnad88.symbols.nets.htm