The first computational theory of mind and brain: A close look at McCulloch and Pitts's "logical calculus of ideas immanent in nervous activity"

Synthese

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-215

  Piccinini, Gualtiero ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33751194090     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SYNT.0000043018.52445.3e     Document Type: Article

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