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Neither neural networks nor the language-of-thought alone make a complete game.

Iris OvedNikhil KrishnaswamyJames PustejovskyJoshua K Hartshorne
Published in: The Behavioral and brain sciences (2023)
Cognitive science has evolved since early disputes between radical empiricism and radical nativism. The authors are reacting to the revival of radical empiricism spurred by recent successes in deep neural network (NN) models. We agree that language-like mental representations (language-of-thoughts [LoTs]) are part of the best game in town, but they cannot be understood independent of the other players.
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