Cognition is not computation: The argument from irreversibility

Synthese

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 285-320

  Bringsjord, Selmer ^a   Zenzen, Michael ^b  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 0007272490     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005019131238     Document Type: Article

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