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(1987) Synthese 70 (1).

On some fundamental distinctions of computationalism

William Demopoulos

pp. 79-96

The following paper presents a characterization of three distinctions fundamental to computationalism, viz., the distinction between analog and digital machines, representation and nonrepresentation-using systems, and direct and indirect perceptual processes. Each distinction is shown to rest on nothing more than the methodological principles which justify the explanatory framework of the special sciences.

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DOI: 10.1007/BF00414027

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Demopoulos, W. (1987). On some fundamental distinctions of computationalism. Synthese 70 (1), pp. 79-96.

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