Does the brain encode information?
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F17%3A00108708" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/17:00108708 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://aisb2017.cs.bath.ac.uk/conference-edition-proceedings.pdf" target="_blank" >http://aisb2017.cs.bath.ac.uk/conference-edition-proceedings.pdf</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Does the brain encode information?
Original language description
Our common sense intuition says that when remembering something we store a piece of information in our memory, that is, in our brain. We can go further by claiming that the brain computes a program by processing information. The computational theory of the mind treats minds as information processing systems. These claims are the main tenets of contemporary cognitive science and neuroscience. Drawing on Searle’s famous Wall argument, I argue, counter to these claims, that the brain cannot carry information by any reasonable definition of information (Shannon, semantic, algorithmic, quantum). Possessing information cannot be an intrinsic feature of any material object, including the brain. If the brain cannot store any information, it cannot compute any function or run any program, for non-trivial functions and programs presuppose the input information. Hence, the analogy between hardware/software and brain/mind is flawed in this respect.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Article name in the collection
Proceedings of AISB Annual Convention 2017
ISBN
9781908187819
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Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
21-27
Publisher name
Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour
Place of publication
Bath, UK
Event location
Bath
Event date
Apr 18, 2017
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
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