The Physical Signature of Computation is an impressive book. Anderson and Piccinini have given us one of the most thoroughly articulated account of physical computation to date. At the center of their discussion is pancomputationalism, and in particular an especially strong version—known as unlimited pancomputationalism—which holds that every physical system …
This week the Brains Blog is hosting a symposium on Neal Anderson and Gualtiero Piccinini’s new book The Physical Signature of Computation: A Robust Mapping Account (Oxford University Press; eBook available here). Today’s post from Anderson and Piccinini provides introductory remarks and an overview of the content of the book. …
David Papineau talks about AI and Agency
We are pleased to announce a new episode in our interview series on the philosophical implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The rapid development of AI has rekindled interest in fundamental questions of intelligence and agency. Once confined to theoretical discourse, these issues now demand re-evaluation in light of AI’s burgeoning …
This post applies the reason-responsive consequentialist view of rational inquiry to shed light on bounded rationality, the Standard Picture, and the epistemology of inquiry.
This post gives three arguments for the reason-responsive consequentialist view of rational inquiry.
This post develops a theory of rational inquiry for bounded agents: the reason-responsive consequentialist view.
