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(1997) Synthese 113 (2).
Cognition is not computation
the argument from irreversibility
Selmer Bringsjord , Michael J. Zenzen
pp. 285-320
The dominant scientific and philosophical view of the mind – according to which, put starkly, cognition is computation – is refuted herein, via specification and defense of the following new argument: Computation is reversible; cognition isn't; ergo, cognition isn't computation. After presenting a sustained dialectic arising from this defense, we conclude with a brief preview of the view we would put in place of the cognition-is-computation doctrine.
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Bringsjord, S. , Zenzen, M. J. (1997). Cognition is not computation: the argument from irreversibility. Synthese 113 (2), pp. 285-320.
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