Computation and intentionality: A recipe for epistemic impasse

Minds and Machines

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 207-228

  Shani, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bickhard; Computational theory of the mind; Encoding; Intrinsic intentionality; Searle; The Chinese room; The robot reply

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DIGITAL COMPUTERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROGRAMMED CONTROL SYSTEMS;

COMPUTATIONAL THEORY OF THE MIND; ENCODING; INTRINSIC INTENTIONALITY; SEARLE; THE CHINESE ROOM; THE ROBOT REPLY;

COMPUTATION THEORY;

EID: 23944438886     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11023-005-2004-2     Document Type: Article

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