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COMPUTERS.

I offer an explication of the notion of computer, grounded in the practices of computability theorists and computer scientists. I begin by explaining what distinguishes computers from calculators. Then, I offer a systematic taxonomy of kinds of computer, including hard-wired versus programmable, gen...

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Published in:Pacific Philosophical Quarterly Vol. 89; no. 1; pp. 32 - 74
Main Author: PICCININI, GUALTIERO
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Mar2008
Subjects:
Computers
Computable functions
Computer scientists
Calculators
Taxonomy
Digital communications
Philosophy of mind
Philosophy
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