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The structure of thinking : a process-oriented account of mind /
Analytic philosophers and cognitive scientists have long argued that the mind is a computer-like syntactical engine, and that all human mental capacities can be described as digital computational processes. This book presents an alternative, naturalistic view of human thinking, arguing that computer...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Exeter, UK ; Charlottesville, VA :
Imprint Academic,
©2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Analytic philosophers and cognitive scientists have long argued that the mind is a computer-like syntactical engine, and that all human mental capacities can be described as digital computational processes. This book presents an alternative, naturalistic view of human thinking, arguing that computers are merely sophisticated machines. Computers are only simulating thought when they crunch symbols, not thinking. Human cognition - semantics, de re reference, indexicals, meaning and causation - ... |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (248 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-229) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781845405878 1845405870 |