Semantic cognition or data mining?
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| Publication date | 2008 |
| Journal | Behavioral and Brain Sciences |
| Volume | Issue number | 31 | 6 |
| Pages (from-to) | 714-715 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
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| Abstract | We argue that neural networks for semantic cognition, as proposed by Rogers & McClelland (R&M), do not acquire semantics and therefore cannot be the basis for a theory of semantic cognition. The reason is that the neural networks simply perform statistical categorization procedures, and these do not require any semantics for their successful operation. We conclude that this has severe consequences for the semantic cognition views of R&M. |
| Document type | Article |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X08005906 |
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