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100	1		_aShagrir, Oron, _d1961- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe nature of physical computation / _cOron Shagrir.
264		1	_aNew York, NY, United States of America : _bOxford University Press, _c[2022]
300			_avi, 312 pages ; _c25 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aOxford studies in philosophy of science
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 271-299) and indexes.
520			_a"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 computes? What is it about laptops, smartphones, and nervous systems that they are deemed to compute, and why does it seldom occur to us to describe stomachs, hurricanes, rocks, or chairs that way? The book provides an extended argument for the semantic view of computation, which states that semantic properties are involved in the nature of computing systems. Laptops, smartphones, and nervous systems compute because they are accompanied by representations. Stomachs, hurricanes, and rocks, for instance, which do not have semantic properties, do not compute. The first part of the book argues that the linkage between the mathematical theory of computability and the notion of physical computation is weak. Theoretical notions such as algorithms, effective procedure, program, and automaton play only a minor role in identifying physical computation. The second part of the book reviews three influential accounts of physical computation and argues that while none of these accounts is satisfactory, each of them highlights certain key features of physical computation. The final part of the book develops and argues for a semantic account of physical computation and offers a characterization of computational explanations"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aComputer science _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aSemantic computing.
650		0	_aComputers _xPhilosophy.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aShagrir, Oron, 1961- _tNature of physical computation _dNew York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2022] _z9780197552407 _w(DLC) 2021027462
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