Physical computation: a mechanistic account

Computation permeates our world, but a satisfactory philosophical theory of what it is has been lacking. Gualtiero Piccinini presents a mechanistic account of what makes a physical system a computing system. He argues that computation does not entail representation or information-processing, althoug...

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Main Author: Piccinini, Gualtiero 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2015
Edition:First edition
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:Computation permeates our world, but a satisfactory philosophical theory of what it is has been lacking. Gualtiero Piccinini presents a mechanistic account of what makes a physical system a computing system. He argues that computation does not entail representation or information-processing, although information-processing entails computation
ISBN:9780191748158
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199658855.001.0001

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