The myth of the turing machine: The failings of functionalism and related theses

Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Eliasmith, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational equivalence; Functionalism; Kolmogorov; Multiple realizability; Philosophy of mind; Turing machine

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

MULTIPLE REALIZABILITY;

TURING MACHINES;

EID: 0035981319     PISSN: 0952813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09528130210153514     Document Type: Article

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