Computing systems are everywhere today. Even the brain is thought to be a sort of
computing system. But what does it mean to say that a given organ or system computes …

The semantic view of computation is the claim that semantic properties play an essential role
in the individuation of physical computing systems such as laptops and brains. The main …

The aim of this paper is to begin developing a version of Gualtiero Piccinini's mechanistic
account of computation that does not need to appeal to any notion of proper (or teleological) …

Post-cognitive approaches to cognitive science, such as enactivism and autopoietic theory,
are typically assumed to involve the rejection of computationalism. We will argue that this …

A single physical process may often be described equally well as computing several
different mathematical functions—none of which is explanatorily privileged. How, then …

ABSTRACT A distinguishing feature of neural computation and information processing is
that it fits models that describe the most efficient strategies for performing different cognitive …

Computational explanations in the cognitive sciences span multiple levels of analysis. The
indeterminacy of computation complicates the endeavour of answering the question 'What …

This paper will argue that there is no such thing as miscomputation, contrary to the received
view in philosophy of computation and (possibly) computer science. There are just hardware …

Recently, some authors have begun to raise questions about thepotential unity of 4E
(enactive, embedded, embodied, extended) cognition as a distinct research programme …

Mechanistic explanation involves the attribution of functions to both mechanisms and their
component parts, and function attribution plays a central role in the individuation of …