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26.03.2020

The Abstraction/Representation Account of Computation and Subjective Experience

verfasst von: Jochen Szangolies

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Abstract

I examine the abstraction/representation theory of computation put forward by Horsman et al., connecting it to the broader notion of modeling, and in particular, model-based explanation, as considered by Rosen. I argue that the ‘representational entities’ it depends on cannot themselves be computational, and that, in particular, their representational capacities cannot be realized by computational means, and must remain explanatorily opaque to them. I then propose that representation might be realized by subjective experience (qualia), through being the bearer of the structure of abstract objects that are represented.
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Metadaten
Titel
The Abstraction/Representation Account of Computation and Subjective Experience
verfasst von
Jochen Szangolies
Publikationsdatum
26.03.2020
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
Minds and Machines / Ausgabe 2/2020
Print ISSN: 0924-6495
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-8641
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11023-020-09522-x

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