Physical Computation
Download or Read eBook Physical Computation PDF written by Gualtiero Piccinini and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Gualtiero Piccinini |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199658855 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199658854 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Physical Computation by : Gualtiero Piccinini
Book excerpt: 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.
