Computationalism
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Computationalism is the thesis that cognition is a form of computation. See also cognitivism
[edit] Minimal Computationalism
See e.g. David Chalmers paper:
[edit] Levels of explanation
David Marr (1981) proposed that cognitive processes have three levels of description:
1. Computational level: Describes that computational problem (i.e., input/output mapping) computed by the cognitive process.
2. Algorithmic level: Presents the algorithm used for computing the problem postulated at the computational level.
3. Implementational level: Describes the physical implementation of the algorithm posulated at the algorithmic level in biological matter (e.g., the brain.)
[edit] References
- Jerry Fodor (1975) The Language of thought
- David Marr (1981) Vision.
- Zenon Pylyshyn (1984) Computation and Cognition
- Stevan Harnad (1994) Computation Is Just Interpretable Symbol Manipulation: Cognition Isn't. Minds and Machines 4: 379-390.
