Hi Neil: I'll dig that article up. This would address some of the "connectionist outliers" that Fodor mentioned at the beginning of section 3.2, right? Thanks! --Ron --- On Tue, 8/24/10, iro3isdx <xznwrjnk-evca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: iro3isdx <xznwrjnk-evca@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [quickphilosophy] Re: Fodor on Concepts III: Other Arguments Against BCP To: quickphilosophy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 3:14 PM --- In quickphilosophy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ron Allen <wavelets@...> wrote: > responding to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/quickphilosophy/message/150 > Ron: > Fodor's second refutation of Bare-Bones Concept Pragmatism (BCP) > begins in section 3.2 of his article "Having Concepts." He introduces > the ideas of productivity and systematicity. If you have access to a suitable library, you might want to take a look at: Fodor and Pylyshyn, "Connectionism and Cognitive Architecture: A Critical Analysis", Cognition 28 (1988), pp. 3-71. That paper uses a similar argument to "refute" connectionism. Regards, Neil