Contents: Preface. Intro.; The Symbolic Paradigm: Foundations of the symbolic paradigm; Knowledge representation and reasoning; Knowledge-based systems-expert systems; Symbolic learning; Summary of the symbolic paradigm. The Connectionist Paradigm: Foundations of the connectionist paradigm; Connectionist computing models; Integrating symbols into connectionist models; Summary of the connectionist paradigm. Methodological Analysis of the two Paradigms: Formal foundations; Levels of description; The notion of 'symbols'; Computational limitations of connectionist computing models; Methodological discussion; Non-factual knowledge; Conclusions; Appendix.

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Date: 09 juin 1999