Physical computation : a mechanistic account /

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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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Mechanistic account
1. Verfasser:
Piccinini, Gualtiero
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
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.
Umfang:
1 online resource (ix, 313 pages)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-306) and index.
ISBN:
0-19-174815-3
0-19-163342-9
Schlagworte:
Computational complexity.
Computer science > Philosophy.
Philosophy and cognitive science.
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