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