Computationalism, the church-turing thesis, and the church-turing fallacy

Synthese

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-120

  Piccinini, Gualtiero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 33845960022     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-005-0194-z     Document Type: Article

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