TY - JOUR
T1 - Computational Modelling vs. Computational Explanation: Is Everything a Turing Machine, and Does it Matter to the Philosophy of Mind?
AU - Piccinini, Gualtiero
N1 - Computational modelling vs. Computational explanation: Is everything a Turing Machine, and does it matter to the philosophy of mind?
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - According to pancomputationalism, everything is a computing system. In this paper, I distinguish between different varieties of pancomputationalism. I findthat although some varieties are more plausible than others, only the strongest variety is relevant to the philosophy of mind, but only the most trivial varieties are true. As a side effect of this exercise, I offer a clarified distinction between computational modelling and computational explanation.
AB - According to pancomputationalism, everything is a computing system. In this paper, I distinguish between different varieties of pancomputationalism. I findthat although some varieties are more plausible than others, only the strongest variety is relevant to the philosophy of mind, but only the most trivial varieties are true. As a side effect of this exercise, I offer a clarified distinction between computational modelling and computational explanation.
UR - https://www.academia.edu/2410439/Computational_modelling_vs._Computational_explanation_Is_everything_a_Turing_Machine_and_does_it_matter_to_the_philosophy_of_mind
U2 - 10.1080/00048400601176494
DO - 10.1080/00048400601176494
M3 - Article
VL - 85
JO - Australasian Journal of Philosophy
JF - Australasian Journal of Philosophy
ER -