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What is The Computational Theory of Mind about?

Cover 1 Title page 3 Copyright page 4 The Computational Theory of Mind 5 Contents 6 1 Introduction 7 2 Historical Background 7 2.1 Computation from Llull to Lovelace 8 2.2 From Turing to McCulloch and Pitts 10 2.3 From the Cognitive Revolution to Computational Neuroscience 13 2.4 Summary 18 3 Computing Systems 18 3.1 Computable Functions 19 3.2 Turing Machines and Digital Computation 21 3.3 The Lambda Calculus and Cellular Automata 23 3.4 Generic Computation and Information Processing 24 3.5 From Abstract Computation to Concrete Computing Systems 26 3.6 Summary 28 4 Computation in Physical Systems 28 4.1 The Simple Mapping Account 29 4.2 Restrictive Mapping Accounts 30 4.3 Semantic Accounts 31 4.4 Mechanistic Accounts 32 4.5 Anti-realism about Implementation 34 4.6 Summary 35 5 Why Believe CTM? 36 5.1 CTM Is Needed to Solve the Mind–Body Problem 36 5.2 CTM Is the Best Explanation of Cognition 39 5.3 CTM Is Supported by the Success of Computational Modelling 43 5.4 CTM Explains the Success of Artificial Intelligence 48 5.5 Summary 50 6 Challenges to CTM 50 6.1 Tractability Constraints 51 6.2 Situatedness and Dynamics 54 6.3 Brain Function 56 6.4 Intentionality, Semantic Content, and

Author

Matteo Colombo and Gualtiero Piccinini

Language

EN