A defense of the computational explanation of cognition that relies on mechanistic
philosophy of science and advocates for explanatory pluralism. In this book, Marcin …

Computationalism has been the mainstream view of cognition for decades. There are
periodic reports of its demise, but they are greatly exaggerated. This essay surveys some …

Perhaps no concept is more central to the foundations of modern cognitive science than that
of computation. The ambitions of artificial intelligence rest on a computational framework …

It has often been thought that individualism in psychology, the view that psychological states
must be taxonomized so as to supervene on the intrinsic, physical properties of individuals, l …

Computationalism is grounded in the mechanistic ideas of Descartes, Hobbes, La Mettrie,
and others who proposed explanations of minds analogous to those of the prototypical …

Classical computationalism-the view that mental states are computational states-has come
under attack in recent years. Critics claim that in defining computation solely in abstract …

It is my great pleasure to write this preface for Dr. Nir Fresco's book “Physical Computation
and Cognitive Science” based on his doctoral thesis “Concrete Digital Computation …

Defending or attacking either functionalism or computationalism requires clarity on what they
amount to and what evidence counts for or against them. My goal here is not to evaluate …

To compute is to execute an algorithm. More precisely, to say that a device or organ
computes is to say that there exists a modelling relationship of a certain kind between it and …

The computational theory of mind construes the mind as an information-processor and
cognitive capacities as essentially representational capacities. Proponents of the view …