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From: jha@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Jamie Andrews)
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Subject: Re: request for philosophic reactions to connectionism
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Date: 21 Apr 89 15:44:20 GMT
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In article <4034@bgsuvax.UUCP> maner@bgsuvax.UUCP (Walter Maner) writes:
>The revised (paperback) edition of _Mind Over Machine_ by Hubert & Stuart
>Dreyfus would be a good place to begin...
>...  The original (hardcover) edition of this
>book appeared before connectionism was a hot item, but the revised edition
>takes connectionism into account.

     You mean they added a couple of chapters simplistically
trashing connectionism the way they simplistically trash the
rest of AI?  Terrific.

--Jamie, who has been in a bad mood all day
  jha@lfcs.ed.ac.uk
"Gonna melt them down for pills and soap"