Talk:Theory of computation

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Computation as a explanation of the mind

This is a discussion that is becoming increasingly popular: Can computation as it is defined act as an adequate model of the way an organic neurological system behaves? In other words does the theory of computation give us any further understanding of the mind? This is a topic of both philosophy and computer science/AI. My feelings on this matter are that our understanding of the function of machines is misleading, often the way it is perceived that a computer works is actually far from the reality of what the machine is doing. This is similar to the problems of introspective thinking that led to ideas like Cartesian Dualism. So, can we (as intelligent animals) be described in terms of symbol manipulation and finite state machines? I’m not so convinced, but at the same time I don’t completely reject the notion. Katateochi 09:10, 22 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]