Entry Directory, Schonbein, "Cognition and the Power of Continuous Dynamical Systems"

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[Nick Bostrom & Anders Sandberg argue for digital computation instead of analog for simulating human cognition. They base their contention in part on the "argument from noise." The entries in this series summarize Schonbein's defense of that argument.]

Whit Schonbein

Cognition and the Power

of Continuous Dynamical Systems

1. Abstract & Introduction

2. The Power of Computation

3. Beyond Traditional Computation

4. Three Arguments against AANNs

4.1 The Argument from Representation

4.2 The Argument from Measure

4.3 The Argument from Noise

5. Conclusion