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COGNITION IS NOT COMPUTATION:
THE ARGUMENT FROM IRREVERSIBILITY

Selmer Bringsjord
Dept. of Philosophy, Psychology & Cognitive Science
Department of Computer Science
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy NY 12180
selmer@rpi.edu tex2html_wrap_inline975 http://www.rpi.edu/ tex2html_wrap_inline977 brings - Michael Zenzen
Dept. of Philosophy, Psychology & Cognitive Science
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY 12180
zenzem@rpi.edu

Abstract:

The dominant scientific and philosophical view of the mind -- according to which, put starkly, cognition is computation -- is refuted herein, via specification and defense of the following new argument: Computation is reversible; cognition isn't; ergo, cognition isn't computation. After presenting a sustained dialectic arising from this defense, we conclude with a brief preview of the view we would put in place of the cognition-is-computation doctrine.





Selmer Bringsjord
Fri Sep 6 11:58:56 EDT 1996