?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+third+contender%3A+A+critical+examination+of+the+dynamicist+theory+of+cognition&rft.creator=Eliasmith%2C+Chris&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=In+a+recent+series+of+publications%2C+dynamicist+researchers+have+proposed+a+new+conception+of+cognitive+functioning.+This+conception+is+intended+to+replace+the+currently+dominant+theories+of+connectionism+and+symbolicism.+The+dynamicist+approach+to+cognitive+modeling+employs+concepts+developed+in+the+mathematical+field+of+dynamical+systems+theory.+They+claim+that+cognitive+models+should+be+embedded%2C+low-dimensional%2C+complex%2C+described+by+coupled+differential+equations%2C+and+non-representational.+In+this+paper+I+begin+with+a+short+description+of+the+dynamicist+project+and+its+role+as+a+cognitive+theory.+Subsequently%2C+I+determine+the+theoretical+commitments+of+dynamicists%2C+critically+examine+those+commitments+and+discuss+current+examples+of+dynamicist+models.+In+conclusion%2C+I+determine+dynamicism's+relation+to+symbolicism+and+connectionism+and+find+that+the+dynamicist+goal+to+establish+a+new+paradigm+has+yet+to+be+realized.&rft.date=1996&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F324%2F1%2Fthirdcontender.html&rft.identifier=++Eliasmith%2C+Chris++(1996)+The+third+contender%3A+A+critical+examination+of+the+dynamicist+theory+of+cognition.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F324%2F