Physical Computation and Cognitive Science

Physical Computation and Cognitive Science by Nir Fresco.

This book presents a study of digital computation in contemporary cognitive science. Digital computation is a highly ambiguous concept, as there is no common core definition for it in cognitive science. Since this concept plays a central role in cognitive theory, an adequate cognitive explanation re...

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Main Author: Fresco, Nir (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 12
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Subjects:
Computational intelligence.
Philosophy of mind.
Artificial intelligence.
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Table of Contents:
  • Setting the Stage: Computation in Cognitive Science
  • An Analysis of the Adequacy Criteria for Evaluating Accounts of Computation
  • Starting at the Beginning: Turing’s Account Examined
  • The Triviality “Account” Examined
  • Semantic Accounts of Computation Examined
  • Computation as Information Processing
  • Causal and Functional Accounts of Computation Examined
  • Computation Revisited in the Context of Cognitive Science.

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