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Physical Computation
Language: en
Pages: 324
Authors: Gualtiero Piccinini
Categories: Computers
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Computation permeates our world, but a satisfactory philosophical theory of what it is has been lacking. Gualtiero Piccinini presents a mechanistic account of w
Physical Computation
Language: en
Pages: 324
Authors: Gualtiero Piccinini
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-07-02 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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Gualtiero Piccinini articulates and defends a mechanistic account of concrete, or physical, computation. A physical system is a computing system just in case it
The Nature of Physical Computation
Language: en
Pages: 319
Authors: Oron Shagrir
Categories: Computers
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Computing systems are ubiquitous in contemporary life. Even the brain is thought to be a computing system of sorts. But what does it mean to say that a given or
Information, Physics, and Computation
Language: en
Pages: 584
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Categories: Computers
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A very active field of research is emerging at the frontier of statistical physics, theoretical computer science/discrete mathematics, and coding/information th
Physical Computation and Cognitive Science
Language: en
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Authors: Nir Fresco
Categories: Technology & Engineering
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This book presents a study of digital computation in contemporary cognitive science. Digital computation is a highly ambiguous concept, as there is no common co