Notas para una evaluación actualizada del enfoque computacional de la mente

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2024.1.44571

Palabras clave:

representaciones mentales, conexionismo, computacionalismo estructural, mecanicismo

Resumen

El artículo propone una evaluación actualizada del enfoque computacional de la mente, detallando cuestiones conceptuales y críticas. La evaluación
se guía por tres tesis – α) La mente humana es un sistema computacional; β) La
mente humana puede describirse como un sistema computacional; γ) Los sistemas
computacionales necesitan contenido representacional –, a partir de las cuales
muestro que el computacionalismo clásico se articula en términos de α∧γ y que
las vertientes contemporáneas se entienden mejor en términos de α∧~γ o β∧~γ.
Finalmente, después de analizar una serie de objeciones, argumentamos que el
computacionalismo del siglo XXI es un programa de investigación filosóficamente
relevante y que los críticos del enfoque computacional de la mente incurren en
un anacronismo cuando se limitan a criticar vertientes clásicas.

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Biografía del autor/a

César Fernando Meurer, Universidad Estatal del Norte Fluminense (UENF), Río de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.

Profesor Asociado de Filosofía del Laboratorio de Cognición y Lenguaje de la Universidad Estadual Norte Fluminense. Su formación incluye pregrado, maestría y doctorado en Filosofía, así como pasantías postdoctorales en Brasil y en el exterior. Su investigación se centra en cuestiones filosóficas y científicas relacionadas con el lenguaje, la mente y el tiempo.

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2024-06-28

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Meurer, C. F. (2024). Notas para una evaluación actualizada del enfoque computacional de la mente. Veritas (Porto Alegre), 69(1), e44571. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2024.1.44571

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