the editing of this book was superb. the essays are excellent and filled with excellent content. this book was compiled for the graduate psychology student or the graduate philosophy student. any philosopher interested in "system" will enjoy these detailed presentations . they can be read in order, as chapters in a book; it was designed this way as a project that continues to build. the essay by Brown on sequence or hierarchy memory and construction was excellent and provided an excellent overview of connectionist theory. I strongly recommend this most excellent book.