Symbols, Computation, and Intentionality: A Critique of the Computational Theory of Mind - Softcover

Horst, Steven W.

 
9781466348134: Symbols, Computation, and Intentionality: A Critique of the Computational Theory of Mind
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1466348135 ISBN 13: 9781466348134
Verlag: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

The computational theory of mind--the belief that the mind can be likened to a computer and that cognitive states possess the generative and compositional properties of natural languages--has proven enormously influential in recent philosophical studies of cognition. In this carefully argued critique, Steven Horst pronounces the theory deficient. He refutes its claims and assumptions, particularly the assertion that symbolic representations need not have conventional meaning. Horst goes on to sketch a new methodology for looking at the philosophy of psychology, one that provides a more fruitful way of comparing computational psychology with rival views emerging from connectionism and neuroscience. Original and comprehensive, his book is certain to provoke controversy and stimulate debate.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Steven W. Horst is Professor of Philosophy at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, and works in philosophy of mind/cognitive science, philosophy of science, epistemology and metaphysics. He is also author of Beyond Reduction (Oxford University Press 2007) and Laws, Mind, and Free Will (MIT Press, 2011).

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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1466348135
ISBN 13 
9781466348134
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Anzahl der Seiten
460
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