Computation without Representation.

The received view is that computational states are individuated at least in part by their semantic properties. I offer an alternative, according to which computational states are individuated by their functional properties. Functional properties are specified by a mechanistic explanation without app...

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Published in:	Philosophical Studies Vol. 137; no. 2; pp. 205 - 242
Main Author:	Piccinini, Gualtiero
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Jan2008
Subjects:	Computable functions Semantics Decidability (Mathematical logic) Constructive mathematics Mathematical models
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