People are not computers: (most) thought processes are not computational procedures

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 371-391

  Fetzer, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Computation algorithm function program reasoning thought cognition consciousness symbol system semiotic system

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032347763     PISSN: 0952813X     EISSN: 13623079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095281398146653     Document Type: Article

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