TECH Signal 395
The Computational Theory of Mind (2015)
Engineers developing AI systems implicitly rely on the assumption that cognition can be modeled computationally, a premise this philosophical analysis scrutinizes. The text outlines specific challenges to this view, such as embodied cognition and the limits of computational modeling, which define the theoretical boundaries of current software approaches to emulating thought.
Written by elseif from the cluster below · every claim links back to a sourceThe three things worth knowing
The Computational Theory of Mind (CTM) asserts that the mind is a computational system, though this view has faced pressure from rival paradigms since its orthodox status in the 1960s and 1970s.
A key task for computationalists is explaining how computational descriptions relate to neurophysiological properties and representational mental states.
Arguments against computationalism include triviality arguments, limits of computational modeling, and the perspective of embodied cognition.
THE CLUSTER