Representation and reality /
Hilary Putnam, who may have been the first philosopher to advance the notion that the computer is an apt model for the mind, takes a radically new view of his own theory of functionalism in this book. Putnam argues that in fact the computational analogy cannot answer the important questions about th...
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
©1988.
©1988 |
| Cyfres: | Representation and mind.
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| Mynediad Ar-lein: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1763 |
| Crynodeb: | Hilary Putnam, who may have been the first philosopher to advance the notion that the computer is an apt model for the mind, takes a radically new view of his own theory of functionalism in this book. Putnam argues that in fact the computational analogy cannot answer the important questions about the nature of such mental states as belief, reasoning, rationality, and knowledge that lie at the heart of the philosophy of mind. |
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| Disgrifiad o'r Eitem: | "A Bradford book." |
| Disgrifiad Corfforoll: | 1 online resource (xv, 136 pages) |
| Llyfryddiaeth: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-134) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585021228 9780585021225 0262161087 9780262161084 9780262281973 026228197X 0262660741 9780262660747 |