Representation and reality / Hilary Putnam.

Hilary Putnam, who may have been the first philosopher to advance the notion that the computer is an apt model for the mind, takes a radically new view of his own theory of functionalism in this book. Putnam argues that in fact the computational analogy cannot answer the important questions about th...

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Main Author: Putnam, Hilary
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1988.
©1988
Series:Representation and mind.
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Summary:Hilary Putnam, who may have been the first philosopher to advance the notion that the computer is an apt model for the mind, takes a radically new view of his own theory of functionalism in this book. Putnam argues that in fact the computational analogy cannot answer the important questions about the nature of such mental states as belief, reasoning, rationality, and knowledge that lie at the heart of the philosophy of mind.
Item Description:"A Bradford book."
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 136 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-134) and index.
ISBN:0585021228
9780585021225
0262161087
9780262161084
9780262281973
026228197X
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/5891.001.0001