Analog and digital representation

Minds and Machines 18 (3):403-408 (2008)
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In this paper, I argue for three claims. The first is that the difference between analog and digital representation lies in the format and not the medium of representation. The second is that whether a given system is analog or digital will sometimes depend on facts about the user of that system. The third is that the first two claims are implicit in Haugeland's (1998) account of the distinction.

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10.1007/s11023-008-9112-8

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Languages of Art.Nelson Goodman - 1968 - Indianapolis,: Hackett Publishing Company.
Languages of Art.Nelson Goodman - 1970 - Philosophy and Rhetoric 3 (1):62-63.
Having Thought: Essays in the Metaphysics of Mind.John Haugeland - 1998 - Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.
The Computer And The Brain.John Von Neumann - 1958 - New Haven: Yale University Press.

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