• DOI:10.1007/BF00413692
Corpus ID: 17751467

Does a rock implement every finite-state automaton?

@article{Chalmers2004DoesAR,
  title={Does a rock implement every finite-state automaton?},
  author={D. Chalmers},
  journal={Synthese},
  year={2004},
  volume={108},
  pages={309-333}
}

D. Chalmers

Published 2004

Computer Science

Synthese

Hilary Putnam has argued that computational functionalism cannot serve as a foundation for the study of the mind, as every ordinary open physical system implements every finite-state automaton. I argue that Putnam's argument fails, but that it points out the need for a better understanding of the bridge between the theory of computation and the theory of physical systems: the relation of implementation. It also raises questions about the class of automata that can serve as a basis for… CONTINUE READING

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