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Autore |
Buechner Jeff |
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Gödel, Putnam, and functionalism : a new reading of Representation and reality / / Jeff Buechner |
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Cambridge, Mass. : , : MIT Press, , [2008] |
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©2008 |
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0-262-26197-9 |
1-282-09904-3 |
9786612099045 |
0-262-26951-1 |
1-4356-0314-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (357 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Realism |
Functionalism (Psychology) |
Mind-brain identity theory |
Computers |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Putnam's Use of Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems to Refute Computational Functionalism; 2 Putnam's Bombshell: The Gödelian Argument in ''Reflexive Reflections''; 3 Universal Realization of Computation: Putnam's Triviality Argument; 4 Putnam's Triviality Theorem and Universal Physical Computation; 5 Searle on Triviality and the Subjective Nature of Computation; 6 There Are Infinitely Many Computational Realizations of an Arbitrary Intentional State; 7 Against Local Computational Reduction: The EQUIVALENCE Argument |
8 Rational Interpretation, Synonymy Determination, and EQUIVALENCE9 The Question of the Nonformalizability of SD, Coreferentiality Decisions, and the Family of Notions: Rational Interpretation1, General Intelligence, and Reasonable Reasoning; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The first systematic examination of Hilary Putnam's arguments against computational functionalism challenges each of Putnam's main arguments. |
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