Piccinini, Gualtiero

Physical Computation: A Mechanistic Account

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ISBN 13:
9780198801160
author:
Piccinini, Gualtiero
format:
Paperback / softback
publisher:
Oxford University Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2018
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
23.5 x 15.6 x 1.8 centimetres (0
Genre:
Science, Mathematics, General
Condition:
New
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£41.30

Description

Gualtiero Piccinini's Physical Computation A Mechanistic Account explores how physical systems process information. He argues that computation is not necessarily tied to representation, and instead defends a mechanistic account of concrete computation. Piccinini examines various forms of computation, including digital and analog processes, serial and parallel computations, and neural network processing. He also discusses the relationship between computation and information processing, rejecting pancomputationalism in favour of a more modest version of the physical Church-Turing thesis. This book provides a detailed analysis of previous accounts of computation and offers a new perspective on the nature of computation.

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