?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Words+Lie+in+our+Way&rft.creator=MacLennan%2C+Bruce+J.&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=The+central+claim+of+computationalism+is+generally+taken+to+be+that+the+brain+is+a+computer%2C+and+that+any+computer+implementing+the+appropriate+program+would+ipso+facto+have+a+mind.+In+this+paper+I+argue+for+the+following+propositions%3A+(1)+The+central+claim+of+computationalism+is+not+about+computers%2C+a+concept+too+imprecise+for+a+scientific+claim+of+this+sort%2C+but+is+about+physical+calculi+(instantiated+discrete+formal+systems).+(2)+In+matters+of+formality%2C+interpretability%2C+and+so+forth%2C+analog+computation+and+digital+computation+are+not+essentially+different%2C+and+so+arguments+such+as+Searle's+hold+or+not+as+well+for+one+as+for+the+other.+(3)+Whether+or+not+a+biological+system+(such+as+the+brain)+is+computational+is+a+scientific+matter+of+fact.+(4)+A+substantive+scientific+question+for+cognitive+science+is+whether+cognition+is+better+modeled+by+discrete+representations+or+by+continuous+representations.+(5)+Cognitive+science+and+AI+need+a+theoretical+construct+that+is+the+continuous+analog+of+a+calculus.+The+discussion+of+these+propositions+will+illuminate+several+terminology+traps%2C+in+which+it's+all+too+easy+to+become+ensnared.&rft.date=1994-11&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F383%2F1%2FWLIOW.ps&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F383%2F4%2FWLIOW.ps&rft.identifier=++MacLennan%2C+Bruce+J.++(1994)+Words+Lie+in+our+Way.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F383%2F