Parallel architectures and mental computation.

Comments on the claim that the architecture of the Connection Machines parallel computer has fundamental implications for cognitive science. Anti-mechanist argument from Godel's theorem; Aspects of parallel computation; Serial versus parallel architectures; Active data structure.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:British Journal for the Philosophy of Science Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 531 - 543
Main Author: Wells, Andrew
Format: Article
Published: University of Chicago Press Sep93
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Summary:Comments on the claim that the architecture of the Connection Machines parallel computer has fundamental implications for cognitive science. Anti-mechanist argument from Godel's theorem; Aspects of parallel computation; Serial versus parallel architectures; Active data structure.