Neurocognitive mechanisms : explaining biological cognition /

Gualtiero Piccinini presents a systematic and rigorous philosophical defence of the computational theory of cognition. His view posits that cognition involves neural computation within multilevel neurocognitive mechanisms, and includes novel ideas about ontology, functions, neural representation, ne...

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Main Author: Piccinini, Gualtiero (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Gualtiero Piccinini presents a systematic and rigorous philosophical defence of the computational theory of cognition. His view posits that cognition involves neural computation within multilevel neurocognitive mechanisms, and includes novel ideas about ontology, functions, neural representation, neural computation, and consciousness.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780192636041
0192636049
9780191903922
0191903922