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The work surveys historical support and recent critiques from connectionists, dynamicists, neuroscientific approaches, social theory, and robotics, emphasizing embodiment and real-world constraints. 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No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher.  \nThis book was set in Sabon by Achorn Graphic Services, Inc., on the Miles 33 system and was printed and bound in the United States of America.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nComputationalism : new directions / edited by Matthias Scheutz.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \n“A Bradford book.”  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 0-262-19478-3 (hc: alk. paper)  \n1. Computer science. 2. Artificial intelligence. I. Scheutz, Matthias. QA76.C54747 2002  \n004—dc21 2002019570  \nContents  \nAuthors vii Preface ix  \n1 Computationalism—The Next Generation 1  \nMatthias Scheutz  \n2 The Foundations of Computing 23  \nBrian Cantwell Smith  \n3 Narrow versus Wide Mechanism 59  \nB. Jack Copeland  \n4 The Irrelevance of Turing Machines to Artificial Intelligence 87  \nAaron Sloman  \n5 The Practical Logic of Computer Work 129  \nPhilip E. Agre  \n6 Symbol Grounding and the Origin of Language 143  \nStevan Harnad  \n7 Authentic Intentionality 159  \nJohn Haugeland  \nEpilogue 175  \nReferences 187  \nIndex 199  \nAuthors  \nPhilip E. Agre, Department of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095–1520, USA  \n[pagre@ucla.edu](pagre@ucla.edu)  \n[http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/](http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/)  \nB. Jack Copeland, Philosophy Department, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand  \n[bjcopeland@canterbury.ac.nz](bjcopeland@canterbury.ac.nz)[ ](bjcopeland@canterbury.ac.nz)[http://www.phil.canterbury.ac.nz/jack_copeland/](http://www.phil.canterbury.ac.nz/jack_copeland/)  \nStevan Harnad, Cognitive Sciences Center, ECS, Southampton University,  \nHighfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom [harnad@soton.ac.uk](harnad@soton.ac.uk)[ ](harnad@soton.ac.uk)[http://cogsci.soton.ac.uk/harnad/](http://cogsci.soton.ac.uk/harnad/)  \nJohn Haugeland, Department of Philosophy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA  \n[j-haugeland@uchicago.edu](j-haugeland@uchicago.edu)  \nMatthias Scheutz, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA [mscheutz@cse.nd.edu](mscheutz@cse.nd.edu)  \n[http://www.nd.edu/](http://www.nd.edu/) 􀀁mscheutz/  \nAaron Sloman, School of Computer Science, The University of Birmingham,  \nBirmingham B15 2TT, UK[axs@cs.bham.ac.uk](axs@cs.bham.ac.uk)[ ](axs@cs.bham.ac.uk)[http://www.bham.ac.uk/](http://www.bham.ac.uk/) 􀀁axs  \nBrian Cantwell Smith, Departments of Philosophy and Computer Science,  \nDuke University, Durham, NC 27708–0402, USA [bcsmith@duke.edu](bcsmith@duke.edu)[ ](bcsmith@duke.edu)[http://www.ageofsig.org/people/bcsmith/](http://www.ageofsig.org/people/bcsmith/)  \nPreface  \nAre minds computers? Or, to put it in more philosophical jargon, are mental states computational states? And if so, can human cognition then be understood in terms of programs? Computationalism—the view that mental states are computational states—is based on the conviction that there are program descriptions of mental processes and that, at least in principle, it is possible for computers, that is, machines of a particular kind, to possess mentality.  \nIn its early days cognitive science rallied around computationalism, but in recent times this paradigmatic computational view of mind has come increasingly under attack. Connectionists and dynamicists have tried to replace it with alternative models. Biologists and neuroscientists have attempted to understand the mind directly at the level of the brain, thus skipping the “computational level.” Social theorists and roboticists have argued that the essence of intelligence i","cbCaicISYxADgiGH","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicISYxADgiGH","pdf",617991,217,"English","# Contents\n## Computationalism—The Next Generation\n## The Foundations of Computing\n## Narrow versus Wide Mechanism\n## The Irrelevance of Turing Machines to Artificial Intelligence\n## The Practical Logic of Computer Work\n## Symbol Grounding and the Origin of Language\n## Authentic Intentionality\n## Epilogue\n## References\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What is computationalism according to the preface?\",\"answer\":\"Computationalism holds that mental states are computational states, based on the idea that mental processes have program descriptions and that computers could, in principle, possess mentality.\"},{\"question\":\"Why has computationalism faced criticism in recent times?\",\"answer\":\"Critics argue that abstract, syntactic computation cannot explain mind because it overlooks real-time, embodied, and environmental constraints that cognitive systems handle.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the book suggest is needed to repair classical computationalism?\",\"answer\":\"The book suggests developing a successor notion of computation that goes beyond purely logical or abstract theories, incorporating semantics, embodiment, interaction, and intention so it can better ground a realistic theory of mind.\"}]","Computationalism - New Directions - Preface | PDF",1789975412,334]