Review of The Computational Brain by Patricia S. Churchland and Terrence J. Sejnowski

Brian P. McLaughlin

doi:10.1086/289900

Review of The Computational Brain by Patricia S. Churchland and Terrence J. Sejnowski [Book Review]

Philosophy of Science 63 (1):137-139 (1996)

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