The informational turn in Philosophy: any novelty in the study of Mind?
Contribuinte(s) |
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) |
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Data(s) |
20/05/2014
20/05/2014
01/01/2010
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Resumo |
The concept of information is analyzed starting from Adams' hypothesis in The Informational Turn in Philosophy, according to which there has been a far-reaching turn in Philosophy following the publication of Turing's article "Computing Machinery and Intelligence". Adams maintains that new guidelines are being indicated in philosophical research, having the concept of "information" as the basis for treatment of classical problems, such as the relationships between mind-body, perception-action, and the nature of knowledge, amongst others. Partially agreeing with Adams, we believe, however, that his hypothesis faces difficulties, the most fundamental of which concerns the different meanings given to the concept of information. We argue that even though the concept of information underlying the mechanicist proposal of Turing, according to which "to think is to compute", is indeed being employed in Philosophy, this is not because of its mechanistic nature, but mainly due to the representationist presupposition dominant in this area. From this point of view, the informational turn in philosophy would not provide any great novelty, given that since the earliest days philosophical approaches to the nature of mind have always been mainly representationist. The novelty would not lie specifically in the Turing thesis, but in reflections on the nature of information, especially ecological information, and its relation to action. |
Formato |
137-151 |
Identificador |
http://www2.pucpr.br/reol/index.php/RF?dd1=3697&dd99=view Revista de Filosofia Aurora. Curitiba: Pontificia Univ Catolica Parana, v. 21, n. 30, p. 137-151, 2010. 0104-4443 http://hdl.handle.net/11449/10684 WOS:000280665100008 WOS000280665100008.pdf |
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spa |
Publicador |
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUC-PR) |
Relação |
Revista de Filosofia Aurora |
Direitos |
openAccess |
Palavras-Chave | #Ecological information #Perception-action #Mechanicism #Mental representation #Meaning |
Tipo |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |