Spencer was Charles Darwin "bull dog" and was very important in defending
the Theory of Evolution (1859).
Spencer lived in England. James lived in one of those developing nations
called The United States of America which by a series of unusual
circumstance becomes important. James book on Psychology was published
around 1890. James models are connected to connectionism and associationism
which is historically linked to Correlational Opponent Processing.
Go to my web site http://turn.to/ai and near the bottom of the page click on
Historical Connections.
The link to James is under the article relating to Connectionism.
Ron Blue
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From: "radmache" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Ron Blue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "TIPS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 14, 2000 11:20 PM
Subject: RE: Spencer' Connexions (1855) and Correlational Opponent
Processing
> >I am feeling woefully ignorant. I thought William James wrote the first
text
> on psychology and I am ashamed to admit that I have never heard of Herbert
> Spencer. Could you tell me more about him. I'm sure that James book was
> published after 1855, probably around 1889.
>
> ===== Original Message From "Ron Blue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =====
>
>http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/~jagota/NCS/VOL1/P3_html/node8.html#SECTION000
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> >In Herbert Spencer's two volume book "The Principles of Psychology"
(1855)
> >fundamental work on connectionism began. Today, the Correlational
Opponent
> >Processing model at http://turn.to/ai carries on the tradition. When I
was
> >a child I was given a book of poems which Herbert Spencer had given to an
> >American woman. The knowledge of his approach makes this childhood gift
a
> >deeper treasure.
> >
> >Ron Blue
>
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