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Commentary onSmolenskyPaul (1988) On the proper treatment of connectionism. BBS 11: 1–74.

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Paul Smolensky
Paul Smolensky
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Department of Computer Science and Institute for Cognitive Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309–0430, Electronic mail: paul@boulder.colorado.edu
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , June 1990 , pp. 407 - 412
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