?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Connections%2C+Binding%2C+Unification+and+Analogical+Promiscuity&rft.creator=Gayler%2C+Ross+W.&rft.creator=Wales%2C+Roger&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.description=This+paper+claims+that+higher+cognition+implemented+by+a+connectionist+system+will+be+essentially+analogical%2C+with+analogical+mapping+by+continuous+systematic+substitution+as+the+core+cognitive+process.+The+centrality+of+analogy+is+argued+to+be+necessary+in+order+for+a+connectionist+system+to+use+representations+that+are+effectively+symbolic.+In+turn%2C+these+representations+are+argued+to+be+a+necessary+consequence+of+a+sequence+of+broad+design+decisions+needed+to+address+technical+problems+in+adapting+a+connectionist+system+for+higher+cognition.+The+design+decisions+are+driven+by+the+demands+of+a+paradigmatic+cognitive+task+and+the+desire+to+remain+faithful+to+the+constraints+of+connectionist+components.+Thus%2C+the+argument+explains+the+origin+of+symbolic+representations+and+analogy+as+necessary+consequences+of+task+demands+and+connectionist+processing+capabilities.&rft.publisher=New+Bulgarian+University%2C+Sofia&rft.contributor=Holyoak%2C+Keith&rft.contributor=Gentner%2C+Dedre&rft.contributor=Kokinov%2C+Boicho&rft.date=1998&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F500%2F1%2FAnProm-Paper.ps&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F500%2F4%2FAnProm-Paper.ps&rft.identifier=++Gayler%2C+Ross+W.+and+Wales%2C+Roger++(1998)+Connections%2C+Binding%2C+Unification+and+Analogical+Promiscuity.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F500%2F