?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Mother+Nature+versus+the+Walking+Encyclopedia&rft.creator=Dennett%2C+Daniel+C&rft.subject=Machine+Learning&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.description=In+1982%2C+Feldman+and+Ballard+published+%22Connectionist+models+and+their+properties%22+in+Cognitive+Science%2C+helping+to+focus+attention+on+a+family+of+similarly+inspired+research+strategies+just+then+under+way%2C+by+giving+the+family+a+name%3A+%22connectionism.%22+Now%2C+seven+years+later%2C+the+connectionist+nation+has+swelled+to+include+such+subfamilies+as+%22PDP%22+and+%22neural+net+models.%22+Since+the+ideological+foes+of+connectionism+are+keen+to+wipe+it+out+in+one+fell+swoop+aimed+at+its+%22essence%22%2C+it+is+worth+noting+the+diversity+of+not+only+the+models+but+also+the+aspirations+of+the+modelers.+There+is+no+good+reason+to+suppose+that+they+all+pledge+allegiance+to+any+one+principle+or+set+of+principles+that+could+be+shown+to+be+false+or+incoherent.+Those+who+think+they+are+making+exciting+progress+on+their+chosen+projects+have+no+particular+reason+to+declare+their+own+brand+orthodox%2C+and+other+brands+(%22rival%22+brands)+heretical.+Let+a+thousand+flowers+bloom+and+soon+enough+the+sickly+plants+will+succumb%2C+without+need+of+ideological+condemnation.&rft.publisher=Hillsdale%2C+NJ%3A+Erlbaum&rft.contributor=W.+Ramsey%2C+S.+Stich&rft.date=1989&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F433%2F1%2Fmotherna.htm&rft.identifier=++Dennett%2C+Daniel+C++(1989)+Mother+Nature+versus+the+Walking+Encyclopedia.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F433%2F