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From: martin@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (david l. martin)
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Subject: Re: Request for reviews: Neural Darwinism & The Remembered Present
Keywords: Edelman neural darwinism Darwin evolution
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Date: 31 May 90 07:03:40 GMT
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In article <KERCE.90May24220154@nu.cs.fsu.edu> kerce@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Kingsley F. Kerce) writes:
>I'm currently scanning the literature for ANN/GA/evolutionary system
>hybrids.  Glancing through G. Edelman's _Neural Darwinism_ revealed
>text that may take a while to absorb.  I'd be grateful if anyone could
>provide a brief synopsis of Edelman's theories and results so that I
>may judge the worth of investing precious reading time.

Recently there was has been some discussion of Edelman's works on comp.ai.
Steve Smoliar was kind enough to point us to a review he wrote of
_Neural Darwinism_, which does give an overview and helps to provide some
perspective on Edelman's theories.  I found the review to be quite helpful.
It's in AI magazine, May 1989, v. 39 #1.

I would also be interested in hearing of other synopses or reviews of
Edelman's work, including his most recent book _Consciousness: The Remembered 
Present_.

David Martin
U.C.L.A.