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What is connectionism?

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From: Brad Sherman
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 1991 20:54
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In article <1990Dec21.154213.6876@csn.org> stevens@ganglion.colorado.edu (Curt Stevens) writes:
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>connectionism or in the area of knowledge-based systems or cooperative problem
>solving. The position is open as to rank. An important selection criterion will
>be the candidate's potential to contribute to the Institute's interdisciplinary
>missions in research, teaching, and service. Candidates in the connectionist
>area should have demonstrated ability to contribute to connectionist theory as
>well as connectionist approaches to cognitive science.

Forgive my extreme ignorance, but could someone give a thumbnail sketch
of "connectionism."  It seems not to exist in my dictionary, nor can
I find it in the title of any periodical in the UCB on-line database
(unless it is also known as "Connection Science").

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