The computational stance is unfit for consciousness

International Journal of Machine Consciousness

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 401-420

  Manzotti, Riccardo ^a  

^a IULM UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

agents; AI; computation; consciousness; Information

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT MODELS; CENTER OF MASS; COGNITIVE AGENTS; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DYNAMIC TRANSITIONS; INFORMATION; PHYSICAL AGENTS;

AGENTS; CALCULATIONS; DATA PROCESSING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 84872706252     PISSN: 17938430     EISSN: 17938473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793843012400239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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