Abstract

One cannot summarize the intent of this insightful and engaging book better than the author himself: “The thesis... is that CTM [the Computational Theory of Mind] does not provide a solution to the philosophical problems that it is heralded as solving—indeed, it involves some deep confusions about computers, symbols, and meaning—but that this does not undercut the possibility that the computer paradigm may provide an important resource... for the development of a mature science of cognition”.