?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Computational+and+dynamical+models+of+mind&rft.creator=Eliasmith%2C+Chris&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=Van+Gelder+(1995)+has+recently+spearheaded+a+movement+to+challenge+the+dominance+of+connectionist+and+classicist+models+in+cognitive+science.+The+dynamical+conception+of+cognition+is+van+Gelder's+replacement+for+the+computation+bound+paradigms+provided+by+connectionism+and+classicism.+He+relies+on+the+Watt+Governor+to+fulfill+the+role+of+a+dynamicist+Turing+Machine+and+claims+that+the+Motivational+Oscillatory+Theory+(MOT)+provides+a+sound+empirical+basis+for+dynamicism.+In+other+words%2C+the+Watt+Governor+is+to+be+the+theoretical+exemplar+of+the+class+of+systems+necessary+for+cognition+and+MOT+is+an+empirical+instantiation+of+that+class.+However%2C+I+shall+argue+that+neither+the+Watt+Governor+nor+MOT+successfully+fulfill+these+prescribed+roles.+This+failure%2C+along+with+van+Gelder's+peculiar+use+of+the+concept+of+computation+and+his+struggle+with+representationalism+prevent+him+from+providing+a+convincing+alternative+to+current+cognitive+theories.&rft.date=1997&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F325%2F1%2Fdynamics.mm.html&rft.identifier=++Eliasmith%2C+Chris++(1997)+Computational+and+dynamical+models+of+mind.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F325%2F