This is a great paper! I agree with the thesis, that theories of computation don't require an account of "proper" function. Still, I think this kind of response to Piccinini overplays the metaphysical issues, underestimates the role of our cultural attitu
RT @joe_dewhurst: @carl_b_sachs This is my most recent attempt to develop something like Paul's view, but I'm planning to write a more gene…
RT @joe_dewhurst: @carl_b_sachs This is my most recent attempt to develop something like Paul's view, but I'm planning to write a more gene…
@carl_b_sachs This is my most recent attempt to develop something like Paul's view, but I'm planning to write a more general paper on physical computation and computational explanation after I finish the miscomputation paper I keep tweeting about. I'll sen
RT @joe_dewhurst: @__stillPoint @andrewthesmart @eripsa I endorse/develop something closer to an anti-realist approach to computation in th…
@__stillPoint @andrewthesmart @eripsa I endorse/develop something closer to an anti-realist approach to computation in this paper, although I don't quite fully commit: https://t.co/uM1A2I7oap For someone who goes the whole way, but is still a 'computation
@GaneshNatesh @nirfresco @MilekPl Basically this issue has pushed me towards the somewhat-less-than-realist account of computing mechanisms explored here: https://t.co/fvzqpQLXeO. I agree that computational equivalence is theoretically important, I'm just
@wrwveit @p_realism Only on perspectivism and physical computation: https://t.co/uM1A2I7oap And I'm currently working on another paper on perspectival realism about mechanistic functions more generally.
RT @joe_dewhurst: My new paper "Computing Mechanisms Without Proper Functions" is now available open-access at Minds and Machines: https://…
RT @joe_dewhurst: My new paper "Computing Mechanisms Without Proper Functions" is now available open-access at Minds and Machines: https://…
RT @joe_dewhurst: My new paper "Computing Mechanisms Without Proper Functions" is now available open-access at Minds and Machines: https://…
Highly recommended!
RT @joe_dewhurst: My new paper "Computing Mechanisms Without Proper Functions" is now available open-access at Minds and Machines: https://…
My new paper "Computing Mechanisms Without Proper Functions" is now available open-access at Minds and Machines: https://t.co/uM1A2I7oap. I presented this at IACAP 2018 in Warsaw this summer, but it represents a much more gradual evolution of my views on c