Objections to Computationalism: A Survey

  • Marcin Miłkowski Department of Logic and Cognitive Science at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rf.2018.66.3-3
Keywords: computationalism; computational theory of mind; representation; computation; modeling

Abstract

In this paper, the Author reviewed the typical objections against the claim that brains are computers, or, to be more precise, information-processing mechanisms. By showing that practically all the popular objections are based on uncharitable (or simply incorrect) interpretations of the claim, he argues that the claim is likely to be true, relevant to contemporary cognitive (neuro) science, and non-trivial.

Published
2018-10-16
Issue
Vol 66 No 3 (2018)
Section
Articles

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