TY - CHAP
T1 - Causal and functional accounts of computation examined
AU - Fresco, Nir
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014.
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - In this chapter, we examine three fairly recent accounts of computation with at least one common characteristic, namely, that they do not posit any extrinsic representational properties. These accounts imply that concrete digital computing systems can be individuated by either their causal properties or their functional/organisational properties.
AB - In this chapter, we examine three fairly recent accounts of computation with at least one common characteristic, namely, that they do not posit any extrinsic representational properties. These accounts imply that concrete digital computing systems can be individuated by either their causal properties or their functional/organisational properties.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85019758052&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-41375-9_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-41375-9_7
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85019758052
T3 - Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
SP - 167
EP - 195
BT - Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
PB - Springer International Publishing
ER -