Representation and reality
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass.
MIT Press
1988
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| Series: | Representation and mind
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| Collection: | MIT Press eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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 |
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| Item Description: | "A Bradford book. |
| Physical Description: | xv, 136 pages |
| ISBN: | 0585021228 9780585021225 |