Key works |
The seminal article Turing 1936 introduces the
Turing machine, thereby laying the foundation for all subsequent research on
computation within computer science, recursion theory, Artificial Intelligence,
cognitive psychology, and philosophy. Putnam 1967 introduced philosophers to the
thesis that Turing-style computation provides illuminating models of mental
activity. Fodor 1975 developed Putnam’s suggestion, combining it with the
traditional picture of the mind as a representational organ. Fodor’s subsequent
writings, including Fodor 1981 and many other articles and books, investigate the
relation between mental computation and mental representation. Stich 1983 combines
a computational approach to the mind with eliminativism
regarding intentionality. Dennett 1981 advocates a broadly instrumentalist
approach to intentionality. Searle 1980 is a widely discussed critique of the
computational approach, centered on the relation between syntax and semantics. Putnam 1975 introduces the Twin Earth thought experiment, which crucially
informs much of the subsequent literature on computation and representation. Burge 1982 applies the Twin Earth thought experiment to mental representation (whereas
Putnam initially applied it only to linguistic representation). |