Computation Is Just Interpretable Symbol Manipulation: Cognition Isn't

Computation is interpretable symbol manipulation. Symbols are objects that are manipulated on the basis of rules operating only on the symbols' shapes , which are arbitrary in relation to what they can be interpreted as meaning. Even if one accepts the Church/Turing Thesis that computation is u...

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Main Author: Harnad, Stevan (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 1994.
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