Physical Computation : A Mechanistic Account

Computation permeates our world, but a satisfactory philosophical theory of what it is has been lacking. Gualtiero Piccinini presents a mechanistic account of what makes a physical system a computing system. He argues that computation does not entail representation or information-processing, although information-processing entails computation.

• | : Gualtiero Piccinini (University of Missouri, St. Louis)
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 12, 2018
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 336 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0198801165
• | ISBN-13: 9780198801160