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Syntactic Semantics and the Proper Treatment of Computationalism

Syntactic Semantics and the Proper Treatment of Computationalism

William J. Rapaport
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 49
ISBN13: 9781522556220|ISBN10: 1522556222|EISBN13: 9781522556237
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5622-0.ch007
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Rapaport, William J. "Syntactic Semantics and the Proper Treatment of Computationalism." Empirical Research on Semiotics and Visual Rhetoric, edited by Marcel Danesi, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 128-176. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5622-0.ch007

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Rapaport, W. J. (2018). Syntactic Semantics and the Proper Treatment of Computationalism. In M. Danesi (Ed.), Empirical Research on Semiotics and Visual Rhetoric (pp. 128-176). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5622-0.ch007

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Rapaport, William J. "Syntactic Semantics and the Proper Treatment of Computationalism." In Empirical Research on Semiotics and Visual Rhetoric, edited by Marcel Danesi, 128-176. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5622-0.ch007

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Abstract

Computationalism should not be the view that (human) cognition is computation; it should be the view that cognition (simpliciter) is computable. It follows that computationalism can be true even if (human) cognition is not the result of computations in the brain. If semiotic systems are systems that interpret signs, then both humans and computers are semiotic systems. Finally, minds can be considered as virtual machines implemented in certain semiotic systems, primarily the brain, but also AI computers.

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