French physician Julian Offray publishes L'Homme Machine, Offray flees persecution in France and spends the rest of his life in exile. Compelling evidence that mind is based on the brain. Cajal and Golgi both given the nobel prize for physiology. Both will later be found to be correct. Quantum mechanics and indeterminism.
Human intelligence is a matter of finding the right program.
Norbert Weiner publishes Cybernetics. Sloan foundation sponsors long-range projects in Cognitive Science. DuPont, IBM, and at least a dozen other companies are using expert systems as part of their front-line corporate software. Expert systems found to be highly effective when deployed thoughtfully in strategic areas. Connectionism leaps onto the scene once more.