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Physical Computation: A Mechanistic Account
Piccinini, Gualtiero (University of Missouri, St. Louis)
Physical Computation: A Mechanistic Account
Piccinini, Gualtiero (University of Missouri, St. Louis)
Computation permeates our world, but a satisfactory philosophical theory of what it is has been lacking. Gualtiero Piccinini presents a mechanistic account of what makes a physical system a computing system. He argues that computation does not entail representation or information-processing, although information-processing entails computation.
336 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | July 12, 2018 |
ISBN13 | 9780198801160 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 336 |
Dimensions | 233 × 155 × 21 mm · 502 g |