Functionalism, computationalism, and mental states

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 811-833

  Piccinini, Gualtiero ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational functionalism; Computational theory of mind; Computationalism; Functional analysis; Functionalism; Mental states

Indexed keywords

EID: 10244249320     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsa.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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