One thinker criticized this theory for failing to explain how the "simplicity" of a thought can supervene on its mental representation.
One thinker criticized this theory for failing to explain how the "simplicity" of a thought can supervene on its mental representation. A book devoted to refuting this theory divides theories of science into "superb," "useful," and "tentative" categories. J.R. Lucas's refutation of this position using GÃ¶del's incompleteness theorem was modified and endorsed in Roger Penrose's The Emperor's New Mind. One thinker dubbed the combination of this theory with Darwinian evolution and linguistic nativism The New (*) Synthesis. The limits of this theory are explored in The Mind Doesn't Work That Way by Jerry Fodor, who nonetheless supports a modified version of this theory. This theory is defended by the "Systems Reply" to a thought experiment in which a man translates symbols in a language he doesn't understand. For 10 points, the "Chinese Room" experiment was intended to refute what theory, which states that human minds function like Turing machines
One thinker criticized this theory for failing to explain how the "simplicity" of a thought can supervene on its mental representation.
the computational theory of mind [or computationalism; or CTM; or machine functionalism; or Strong AI; or Strong Artificial Intelligence; or True Artificial Intelligence; prompt on "functionalism"; prompt on "representational or symbolic theory of mind"] 