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Focuses on the claim of radical connectionism about cognition. Commitment of connectionism to an analog conception of neural computation; Irrelevance of natural language as a representational medium for abstract thought; Role of internalized language in terms of the control of cognitive activities within the brain.

Examines the dilemma of cognitive scientists in applying computational theory to the problem of phenomenal consciousness. Acceptance of phenomenal experience; Availability of an alternative strategy which encodes information in the brain; Maintenance of standard intuitions.

Proposes a radical communicative conception of language. Different views on the role of natural language in human cognition; Distinctions between the communicative and cognitive conceptions of language; Description of the communicative process.

Considers a course midway between the classical unconscious and noncomputational associationism. Criticism on the notion of self-organizing consciousness; Shortcomings of the arguments on the nature of mental association; Limitations of associative processes in human cognition; Approach of the proposed middle way on the connectionist computational theory of mind.

Presents comments on a proposed framework for thinking about the nature of vision and visual consciousness called sensorimotor contingency theory. Way of explaining visual experience; Reasons for the adoption of constructivist theories of perception; Opinion on failure to address arguments for constructivism.

Presents comments on a study on the principles of kinematic geometry in apparent motion as a case of instantiation. Information on the processing of visual system with the knowledge of kinematic geometry; Role of functional resemblance in distinguishing the Turing machine.