Physical Computation and Cognitive Science

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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Autor principal: Fresco, Nir
Formato: Libro electrónico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Colección:Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 12
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Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41375-9
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Setting the Stage: Computation in Cognitive Science
  • An Analysis of the Adequacy Criteria for Evaluating Accounts of Computation
  • Starting at the Beginning: Turingâ_Ts Account Examined
  • The Triviality â_oAccountâ__ 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.