Computers Are Syntax All the Way Down: Reply to Bozşahin
Minds and Machines 29 (2):227-237 (2019)
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A response to a recent critique by Cem Bozşahin of the theory of syntactic semantics as it applies to Helen Keller, and some applications of the theory to the philosophy of computer science.Author's Profile
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10.1007/s11023-018-9485-2
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Do Computers "Have Syntax, But No Semantics"?Jaroslav Peregrin - 2021 - Minds and Machines 31 (2):305-321.
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.Thomas Samuel Kuhn - 1962 - Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
