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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2014, 2014
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014 |
| Series: | Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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