Godel, Putnam, and functionalism : a new reading of 'representation and reality' / Jeff Buechner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buechner, Jeff.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Realism.

Functionalism (Psychology).

Mind-brain identity theory.

Computers.

Gödel, Kurt.

Putnam, Hilary. Representation and reality.

Putnam, Hilary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (357 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first systematic examination of Hilary Putnam's arguments against computational functionalism challenges each of Putnam's main arguments.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Putnam's Use of Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems to Refute Computational Functionalism; 2 Putnam's Bombshell: The Gödelian Argument in ''Reflexive Reflections''; 3 Universal Realization of Computation: Putnam's Triviality Argument; 4 Putnam's Triviality Theorem and Universal Physical Computation; 5 Searle on Triviality and the Subjective Nature of Computation; 6 There Are Infinitely Many Computational Realizations of an Arbitrary Intentional State; 7 Against Local Computational Reduction: The EQUIVALENCE Argument

8 Rational Interpretation, Synonymy Determination, and EQUIVALENCE9 The Question of the Nonformalizability of SD, Coreferentiality Decisions, and the Family of Notions: Rational Interpretation1, General Intelligence, and Reasonable Reasoning; Notes; Index

Notes:

"A Bradford book."

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-262-26197-9

1-282-09904-3

9786612099045

0-262-26951-1

1-4356-0314-1

OCLC:

177222550

Publisher Number:

9780262269513