Individuation without Representation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8398481 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joe Dewhurst (0000-0002-3497-2508, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 103-116 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0882 • E-ISSN: 1464-3537 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjps/axw018 |
| OpenAlex | W2465198167 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 9 |
Shagrir ([2001]) and Sprevak ([2010]) explore the apparent necessity of representation for the individuation of digits (and processors) in computational systems.1 I will first offer a response to Sprevak’s argument that does not mention Shagrir’s original formulation, which was more complex. I then extend my initial response to cover Shagrir’s argument, thus demonstrating that it is possible to individuate digits in non-representational computing mechanisms. I also consider the implications that the non-representational individuation of digits would have for the broader theory of computing mechanisms. 1 The Received View: No Computation without Representation2 Computing Mechanisms and Functional Individuation3 Against Computational Externalism4 Implications for the Mechanistic Account
Algorithm · Argument (complex analysis) · Cognitive science · Computation · Epistemology · Individuation · Representation (politics) · Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Psychology · Theoretical Computer Science
Neurocognitive Mechanisms
Wide computationalism revisited
How to be concrete
Troubles with mathematical contents
In defence of mathematical content
From Computational Indeterminacy to the Causal Relevance of Mental Content
Artificial minds and AI duplication
Syntax, Semantics, and Computer Programs
The physics of implementing logic
A challenge to the second law of thermodynamics from cognitive science and vice versa
Structuralism, indiscernibility, and physical computation
Why go for a computation-based approach to cognitive representation
Long-arm functional individuation of computation
Functional individuation, mechanistic implementation
In defense of the semantic view of computation
Integrating computation into the mechanistic hierarchy in the cognitive and neural sciences
The indeterminacy of computation
The semantic view of computation and the argument from the cognitive science practice
The determinacy of computation
An idealised account of mechanistic computation
Is the mind in the brain in contemporary computational neuroscience
Computing and modelling
Teleofunction in the Service of Computational Individuation
Are There Teleological Functions to Compute
Mechanistic Computational Individuation without Biting the Bullet
Why Do We Need a Theory of Implementation
Against Computational Perspectivalism
Mechanisms, Wide Functions, and Content
| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |