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- | Connectionism, today defined as an approach in the fields of artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, cognitive science and philosophy of mind which models mental or behavioral phenomena with networks of simple units(([[http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Connectionism|wordiQ: Connectionism - Definition]])), is not a theory in frames of [[learning_paradigms:behaviorism]], but it **preceded** and **influenced behaviorist school**. Although the origins of connectionism date back to Greek philosopher Aristotele, who claimed that memory is composed of simple elements connected in a variety of ways(([[http://books.google.hr/books?id=u6j6HTS-rVQC&pg=PA47&dq=J.+A.+Anderson,+A.+Pellionisz+and+Rosenfeld,+E.+Neurocomputing+2&hl=hr&ei=G6drTezgJMO58gPTv-nyBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|J. A. Anderson, A. Pellionisz and Rosenfeld, E. Neurocomputing 2. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1990.]])), in this article we refer mostly to Tolman's connectionism related. | + | Connectionism, today defined as an approach in the fields of artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology, cognitive science and philosophy of mind which models mental or behavioral phenomena with networks of simple units(([[http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Connectionism|wordiQ: Connectionism - Definition]])), is not a theory in frames of [[learning_paradigms:behaviorism]], but it **preceded** and **influenced behaviorist school**. Although the origins of connectionism date back to Greek philosopher Aristotele, who claimed that memory is composed of simple elements connected in a variety of ways(([[http://books.google.hr/books?id=u6j6HTS-rVQC&pg=PA47&dq=J.+A.+Anderson,+A.+Pellionisz+and+Rosenfeld,+E.+Neurocomputing+2&hl=hr&ei=G6drTezgJMO58gPTv-nyBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|J. A. Anderson, A. Pellionisz and Rosenfeld, E. Neurocomputing 2. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1990.]])), in this article we refer mostly to Thorndike's connectionism related. |
===== What is connectionism? ===== | ===== What is connectionism? ===== | ||