Claim · 1958 · publication · Stated in source · Supported

Rosenblatt (1958) uses "neural network" for a network with many random connections whose reliable functioning Ashby and von Neumann had studied.

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The Perceptron: A Probabilistic Model for Information Storage and Organization in the Brain → uses the name →

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The Perceptron: A Probabilistic Model for Information Storage and Organization in the Brainuses the name ↓

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Date: 1958 · publication Records dated 1958 →

Scope and limitsA use attributed to the problem studied by other theorists; it does not show that Rosenblatt used the term for the perceptron itself in this passage.

The evidence 01

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The Perceptron: A Probabilistic Model for Information Storage and Organization in the Brain

Psychological Review (American Psychological Association); course copy hosted at ling.upenn.edu · 1958

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Source excerpt

“have been concerned with the problems of how an imperfect neural network, containing many random connections, can be made to perform reliably those functions which might be represented by idealized wiring diagrams.”

Location in source PDF p. 2 (printed p. 386)

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Source details and check notes

Authors: F. Rosenblatt
Version: Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 f32fdf8c0657cda33ace13487856dd4facd34c3eeb6a6d3011107339928fbd57). Scan of the journal pages with an OCR text layer (the year prints as "19S8" in the text layer); course copy, University of Pennsylvania.
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Accessed: 2026-10-29
Language: English (en)
Attribution: F. Rosenblatt, “The Perceptron: A Probabilistic Model for Information Storage and Organization in the Brain”, 1958.
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