
Computationalism
New Directions
Matthias Scheutz(Author)
MIT Press
Published on 26. July 2002
Book
Hardback
223 pages
978-0-262-19478-5 (ISBN)
Description
Classical computationalism -- -the view that mental states are computational states -- -has come under attack in recent years. Critics claim that in defining computation solely in abstract, syntactic terms, computationalism neglects the real-time, embodied, real-world constraints with which cognitive systems must cope. Instead of abandoning computationalism altogether, however, some researchers are reconsidering it, recognizing that real-world computers, like minds, must deal with issues of embodiment, interaction, physical implementation, and semantics.This book lays the foundation for a successor notion of computationalism. It covers a broad intellectual range, discussing historic developments of the notions of computation and mechanism in the computationalist model, the role of Turing machines and computational practice in artificial intelligence research, different views of computation and their role in the computational theory of mind, the nature of intentionality, and the origin of language.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 0 mm
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0 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-19478-5 (9780262194785)
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Matthias Scheutz is Associate Professor of Cognitive Science and Computer Science at Tufts University.