Full Idea
Churchland is pushing a version of connectionism ….in which if you think of the elements as "ideas" and call the connections between them "associations", you've got a psychology that is no great advance on David Hume.
Gist of Idea
Modern connectionism is just Hume's theory of the 'association' of 'ideas'
Source
Jerry A. Fodor (In a Critical Condition [2000], Ch. 8)
Book Reference
Fodor,Jerry A.: 'In Critical Condition' [MIT 2000], p.85
A Reaction
See Fodor's book 'Humean Variations' on how Hume should be improved. This idea strikes me as important for understanding Hume, who is very reticent about what his real views are on the mind.