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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779694203321

Autore

Miłkowski Marcin

Titolo

Explaining the computational mind / / Marcin Milkowski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-262-31392-8

1-299-45773-8

0-262-31391-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

612.8/233

Soggetti

Cognitive neuroscience - Data processing

Computational neuroscience

Computational complexity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Computation in Cognitive Science: Four Case Studies and a Funeral; 2 Computational Processes; 3 Computational Explanation; 4 Computation and Representation; 5 Limits of Computational Explanation; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this work, Marcin Milkowski argues that the mind can be explained computationally because it is itself computational - whether it engages in mental arithmetic, parses natural language, or processes the auditory signals that allow us to experience music.