The nature of physical computation
What does it mean to say that an object or system computes? What is it about laptops, smartphones, and nervous systems that they are considered to compute, and why does it seldom occur to us to describe stomachs, hurricanes, rocks, or chairs that way? Though computing systems are everywhere today, i...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, New York :
Oxford University Press
[2022]
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| Colección: | Oxford studies in philosophy of science.
Oxford scholarship online. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009769421706719 |
| Sumario: | What does it mean to say that an object or system computes? What is it about laptops, smartphones, and nervous systems that they are considered to compute, and why does it seldom occur to us to describe stomachs, hurricanes, rocks, or chairs that way? Though computing systems are everywhere today, it is very difficult to answer these questions. The book aims to shed light on the subject by arguing for the semantic view of computation, which states that computing systems are always accompanied by representations. This view is presented as an alternative to non-semantic views such as the mechanistic account of computation. |
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| Notas: | Also issued in print: 2022. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (321 pages) |
| Público: | Specialized. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197552414 9780197552391 9780197552407 |
