The nature of physical computation

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? What is it about laptops, smartphones, and nervous systems that they are deemed to compute, and why does it seldom occur to us to de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shagrir, Oron
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York Oxford University Press 2022 Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Edition:	1
Series:	Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science
Subjects:	Computer science Computer science > Philosophy Computers Computers > Philosophy Computing and Information Technology Metaphysics Philosophy of Computational Science Philosophy of Mathematics & Logic Philosophy of Science Semantic computing models Turing computability implementation program execution information mechanism explanation physical computation representation algorithm
ISBN:	0197552382, 9780197552384, 9780197552407, 0197552404
Online Access:	Get full text
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