Title: Explaining the computational mind /
Authors: Miłkowski, Marcin
Year: 2013
Subjects: Electronic Data Processing; Computing Methodologies; Neurosciences; Cognition; Cognitive neuroscience Data processing.; Computational neuroscience.; Computational complexity.
Abstract: In this work, Marcin Milkowski argues that the mind can be explained computationally because it is itself computational - whether it engages in mental arithmetic, parses natural language, or processes the auditory signals that allow us to experience music.
Contents: Computation in cognitive science : four case studies and a funeral -- Computational processes -- Computational explanation -- Computation and representation -- Limits of computational explanation.