Ken Mogi - Does the Mind Work Like a Computer?

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Does the mind work like a computer? Are mental processes the product of computation in that information processing is the essence of mind or consciousness? This view is popular among computer scientists but rejected by most philosophers. What can we learn about the mind by considering this computational theory?

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Ken Mogi is a senior researcher at Sony Computer Science Laboratories and a visiting professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

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