A cognitive computation fallacy? Cognition, computations and panpsychism

Cognitive Computation

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-233

  Bishop, John Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computationalism; Machine consciousness; Panpsychism

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SYSTEMS; ATTENTION CONTROL; BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED; COGNITIVE PROCESS; COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION; COMPUTATIONALISM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; MACHINE CONSCIOUSNESS; MANMADE SYSTEMS; OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING; PANPSYCHISM; PHYSICAL UNIVERSE; SCIENCE FICTIONS;

DECISION MAKING; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

EID: 78651568003     PISSN: 18669956     EISSN: 18669964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12559-009-9019-6     Document Type: Article

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