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"Computing systems are everywhere today. Even the brain is thought to be a sort of computing system. But what does it mean to say that a given organ or system c
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Authors: Oron Shagrir
Categories: Computers
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Computing systems are ubiquitous in contemporary life. Even the brain is thought to be a computing system of sorts. But what does it mean to say that a given or
Physical Computation
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Authors: Gualtiero Piccinini
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Gualtiero Piccinini articulates and defends a mechanistic account of concrete, or physical, computation. A physical system is a computing system just in case it
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Pages: 855
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This volume discusses the foundations of computation in relation to nature. It focuses on two main questions: What is computation? and How does nature compute?
The Nature of Computation
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The boundary between physics and computer science has become a hotbed of interdisciplinary collaboration. In this book the authors introduce the reader to the f