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From: hughc@spinifex.eecs.unsw.oz (Hugh Clapin)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets
Subject: Representational NN
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Date: 5 Oct 89 06:20:59 GMT
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I'm presently getting my act together for my honours thesis (in philosophy),
and want to explore the comparisons between representation in NNs and in
traditional symbol systems. Also of interest is a comparsion between how
NNs use the knowledge they represent and how a Von Neumann computer uses
the knowledge it represents (at the binary level where the work is actually
done). I recognise that this is a pretty wide and unspecified area to waffle
about, but if anyone can point me to discussions which might have something
to do with representation, and particularly comparing NNs and Von Neumann
architectures, I'd appreciate it.

I'll post a summary if I get enough responses

thanks,
Hugh Clapin