?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Connectionism+Reconsidered%3A+Minds%2C+Machines+and+Models&rft.creator=Berkeley%2C+Istvan&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=In+this+paper+the+issue+of+drawing+inferences+about+biological+cognitive+systems+on+the+basis+of+connectionist+simulations+is+addressed.+In+particular%2C+the+justification+of+inferences+based+on+connectionist+models+trained+using+the+backpropagation+learning+algorithm+is+examined.+First+it+is+noted+that+a+justification+commonly+found+in+the+philosophical+literature+is+inapplicable.+Then+some+general+issues+are+raised+about+the+relationships+between+models+and+biological+systems.+A+way+of+conceiving+the+role+of+hidden+units+in+connectionist+networks+is+then+introduced.+This%2C+in+combination+with+an+assumption+about+the+way+evolution+goes+about+solving+problems%2C+is+then+used+to+suggest+a+means+of+justifying+inferences+about+biological+systems+based+on+connectionist+research.&rft.date=1998&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1975%2F3%2FCReconF.pdf&rft.identifier=++Berkeley%2C+Istvan++(1998)+Connectionism+Reconsidered%3A+Minds%2C+Machines+and+Models.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1975%2F