Physical Computation and Cognitive Science
This book presents a study of digital computation in contemporary cognitive science. Digital computation is a highly ambiguous concept, as there is no common core definition for it in cognitive science. Since this concept plays a central role in cognitive
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Nir Fresco
Physical Computation and Cognitive Science
Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics Volume 12
Editor-in-Chief Lorenzo Magnani, University of Pavia, Italy [email protected]
About This Series Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics (SAPERE) publishes new developments and advances in all the fields of philosophy, epistemology, and ethics, bringing them together with a cluster of scientific disciplines and technological outcomes: from computer science to life sciences, from economics, law, and education to engineering, logic, and mathematics, from medicine to physics, human sciences, and politics. It aims at covering all the challenging philosophical and ethical themes of contemporary society, making them appropriately applicable to contemporary theoretical, methodological, and practical problems, impasses, controversies, and conflicts. The series includes monographs, lecture notes, selected contributions from specialized conferences and workshops as well as selected PhD theses.
Editorial Board Atocha Aliseda Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Coyoacan, Mexico Giuseppe Longo Centre Cavaillès, CNRS - Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France Chris Sinha Lund University, Lund, Sweden Paul Thagard Waterloo University, Ontario, Canada John Woods University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/10087
Nir Fresco
Physical Computation and Cognitive Science
ABC
Nir Fresco School of Humanities & Languages, University of New South Wales Sydney Australia
ISSN 2192-6255 ISBN 978-3-642-41374-2 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-41375-9
ISSN 2192-6263 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-41375-9 (eBook)
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