TY - GEN N2 - Hilary Putnam, who may have been the first philosopher to advance the notion that the computer is an apt model for the mind, takes a radically new view of his own theory of functionalism in this book. Putnam argues that in fact the computational analogy cannot answer the important questions about the nature of such mental states as belief, reasoning, rationality, and knowledge that lie at the heart of the philosophy of mind. AB - Hilary Putnam, who may have been the first philosopher to advance the notion that the computer is an apt model for the mind, takes a radically new view of his own theory of functionalism in this book. Putnam argues that in fact the computational analogy cannot answer the important questions about the nature of such mental states as belief, reasoning, rationality, and knowledge that lie at the heart of the philosophy of mind. T1 - Representation and reality / DA - ©1988. CY - Cambridge, Mass. : AU - Putnam, Hilary. CN - B835 PB - MIT Press, PP - Cambridge, Mass. : PY - ©1988. N1 - "A Bradford book." ID - 1412224 KW - Realism. KW - Mind-brain identity theory. KW - Functionalism (Psychology) KW - Truth. KW - Reference (Philosophy) KW - Mathematics KW - Computers. KW - COGNITIVE SCIENCES/General KW - PHILOSOPHY/Philosophy of Mind/General SN - 0585021228 SN - 9780585021225 SN - 0262161087 SN - 9780262161084 SN - 9780262281973 SN - 026228197X TI - Representation and reality / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/5891.001.0001?locatt=mode:legacy LK - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/5891.001.0001?locatt=mode:legacy UR - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf ER -