Objections to Computationalism. A Short Survey
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In this paper, I review the objections against the claim that brains are computers, or, to be precise, informationprocessing mechanisms. By showing that practically all the popular objections are based on uncharitable (or simply incorrect) interpretations of the claim, I argue that the claim is likely to be true, relevant to contemporary cognitive (neuro)science, and non-trivial.
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تاریخ انتشار 2017