000 03669nam a22004935i 4500
001 978-3-642-41375-9
003 DE-He213
005 20200420221252.0
007 cr nn 008mamaa
008 131012s2014 gw | s |||| 0|eng d
020 _a9783642413759
_9978-3-642-41375-9
024 7 _a10.1007/978-3-642-41375-9
_2doi
050 4 _aQ342
072 7 _aUYQ
_2bicssc
072 7 _aCOM004000
_2bisacsh
082 0 4 _a006.3
_223
100 1 _aFresco, Nir.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aPhysical Computation and Cognitive Science
_h[electronic resource] /
_cby Nir Fresco.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2014.
300 _aXXII, 229 p. 2 illus.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
_bPDF
_2rda
490 1 _aStudies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics,
_x2192-6255 ;
_v12
505 0 _aSetting 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.
520 _aThis 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 requires an explicit account of digital computation. More specifically, it requires an account of how digital computation is implemented in physical systems. The main challenge is to deliver an account encompassing the multiple types of existing models of computation without ending up in pancomputationalism, that is, the view that every physical system is a digital computing system. This book shows that only two accounts, among the ones examined by the author, are adequate for explaining physical computation. One of them is the instructional information processing account, which is developed here for the first time.   "This book provides a thorough and timely analysis of differing accounts of computation while advancing the important role that information plays in understanding computation. Fresco's two-pronged approach will appeal to philosophically inclined computer scientists who want to better understand common theoretical claims in cognitive science." Marty J. Wolf, Professor of Computer Science, Bemidji State University   "An original and admirably clear discussion of central issues in the foundations of contemporary cognitive science." Frances Egan, Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey  .
650 0 _aEngineering.
650 0 _aPhilosophy of mind.
650 0 _aArtificial intelligence.
650 0 _aComputational intelligence.
650 1 4 _aEngineering.
650 2 4 _aComputational Intelligence.
650 2 4 _aPhilosophy of Mind.
650 2 4 _aArtificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783642413742
830 0 _aStudies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics,
_x2192-6255 ;
_v12
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41375-9
912 _aZDB-2-ENG
942 _cEBK
999 _c52678
_d52678