Notes for an up-to-date assessment of the computational approach to mind
The paper proposes an up-to-date assessment of the computational approach to mind, detailing conceptual and critical aspects. The assessment is guided by three theses α) The human mind is a computational system; β) The human mind can be described as a computational system; γ) Computational systems n...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Repository: | Veritas (Porto Alegre. Online) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/44571 |
| Online Access: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/veritas/article/view/44571 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Mental representations Connectionism Structural computationalism Mechanicism Representações mentais Conexionismo Computacionalismo estrutural Mecanicismo representaciones mentales conexionismo computacionalismo estructural mecanicismo |
| Summary: | The paper proposes an up-to-date assessment of the computational approach to mind, detailing conceptual and critical aspects. The assessment is guided by three theses α) The human mind is a computational system; β) The human mind can be described as a computational system; γ) Computational systems need representational content, from which it is shown that classical computationalism is articulated in terms of α∧γ and that contemporary strands are best understood in terms of α∧~γ or β∧~γ. Finally, after analyzing a series of objections, we argue that 21st century computationalism is a philosophically relevant research program and that the critics of the computational approach to mind incur an anachronism when they merely criticize classical strands. |
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