Conscious representations: An intractable problem for the computational theory of mind

Minds and Machines

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-32

  Swiatczak, Bartlomiej ^a,b  

^a FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational theory of mind; Consciousness; Mental causation; Mental representation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL THEORY OF MIND; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; MENTAL ACTIVITY; MENTAL CAUSATION; MENTAL PROCESS; MENTAL REPRESENTATIONS;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

COMPUTATION THEORY;

EID: 79953059365     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11023-010-9214-y     Document Type: Article

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