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    Church's thesis and cognitive science.R. J. Nelson - 1987 - Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 28 (4):581-614.
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    On mechanical recognition.R. J. Nelson - 1976 - Philosophy of Science 43 (1):24-52.
    In this paper I argue that human pattern recognition can be simulated by automata. In particular, I show that gestalt recognition and recognition of family resemblances are within the capabilities of sufficiently complex Turing machines. The argument rests on elementary facts of automata and computability theory which are used to explicate our preanalytic, informal concepts concerning gestalt patterns and recognition. The central idea is that of a machine which "knows" its own structure. Although the paper thus aims to support mechanism, (...)
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    On machine expectation.R. J. Nelson - 1975 - Synthese 31 (1):129 - 139.
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    Introduction to Automata.R. J. Nelson - 1971 - Journal of Symbolic Logic 36 (1):151-152.
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    Libet's dualism.R. J. Nelson - 1985 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 8 (4):550-550.
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    Connections among connections.R. J. Nelson - 1988 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 11 (1):45-46.
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    Correction to 'naturalizing intentions'.R. J. Nelson - 1989 - Synthese 80 (2):315 - 317.
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    Ethics and Environmental Decision Making.R. J. Nelson - 1979 - Environmental Ethics 1 (3):263-278.
    Environmental ethics tends to be dominated by the idea that the right environmental actions require a change in the value systems of many people. I argue that the “rebirth” approach is perverse in that moral attitudes are not easily changed by moral suasion. A properly ethical approach must begin where we are, as moderately moral people desiring the best for all. The real ethical problem is to develop procedures for collectively defining environmental ends that will be fair to the parties (...)
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    Naturalizing intentions.R. J. Nelson - 1984 - Synthese 61 (2):173 - 203.
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    On the content of representations.R. J. Nelson - 1982 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 5 (3):384-384.
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    Proxy functions, truth and reference.R. J. Nelson - 1997 - Synthese 111 (1):73-96.
    Quines ontological relativity is related to Tarskis theory of truth in two ways: Quine repudiates term-by-term-correspondence, as does Tarskis rule of truth; and Quines proxy argument in support of relativity finds exact formulation in Tarskis truth definition.Unfortunately, relativity is threatened by the fact that the proxy argument doesnt comply with the rule of truth (Tarskis celebrated condition (T)). Despite Quines express allegiance to (T), use of proxy schemes does not generate all of the true sentences condition (T) requires.
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    Review article.R. J. Nelson - 1980 - Synthese 43 (3):433-451.
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    Structure of Complex Systems.R. J. Nelson - 1976 - PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1976:523 - 542.
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    Skinner's philosophy of method.R. J. Nelson - 1984 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 7 (4):529-530.
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    Turing machine arguments.R. J. Nelson - 1980 - Philosophy of Science 47 (4):630-633.
    In I used Turing machine arguments to show that computers can recognize humanly recognizable patterns in principle. In 1978 James D. Heffernan has expressed some doubts about such arguments. He does not question the propositions that I defend in the paper, nor the specific arguments in their support. What he does criticize are certain background assumptions.
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    Essays in Linguistic Ontology. [REVIEW]R. J. Nelson - 1986 - International Studies in Philosophy 18 (1):85-86.
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    Davis M. D.. A note on universal Turing machines. Automata studies, edited by Shannon C. E. and McCarthy J., Annals of Mathematics studies no. 34, lithoprinted, Princeton University Press, Princeton 1956, pp. 167–175.Davis Martin. The definition of universal Turing machine. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, vol. 8 , pp. 1125–1126. [REVIEW]R. J. Nelson - 1970 - Journal of Symbolic Logic 35 (4):590.
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    Review. [REVIEW]R. J. Nelson - 1989 - Synthese 80 (2):305-313.
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    Rose Alan. Un multiplicateur ultrarapide. Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Sciences , vol. 248 , pp. 2271–2273. [REVIEW]R. J. Nelson - 1960 - Journal of Symbolic Logic 25 (4):375-376.
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