Symbols and computation: A critique of the computational theory of mind

Minds and Machines

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 347-381

  Horst, Steven ^a  

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Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

COMPUTATIONAL THEORY OF MIND (CTM);

COMPUTATION THEORY;

EID: 0032643759     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008351818306     Document Type: Article

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