Full Idea
Connectionists typically do not distinguish between processes and memory stores, and, more importantly, it is unclear whether connectionists can draw a distinction between the knowledge stored in a concept and the background.
Gist of Idea
Connectionists cannot distinguish concept-memories from their background, or the processes
Source
Edouard Machery (Doing Without Concepts [2009], 1.1)
Book Reference
Machery,Edouard: 'Doing Without Concepts' [OUP 2009], p.13
A Reaction
In other words connectionism fails to capture the structured nature of our thinking. There is an innate structure (which, say I, should mainly be seen as 'mental files').