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Representation in Dynamical Systems

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2105.05714v1
Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 15:03:03 GMT
Title: Representation in Dynamical Systems
Authors: Matthew Hutson
Abstract summary: The brain is often called a computer and likened to a Turing machine. This paper argues that it can, although not in the way a digital computer does.
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Abstract: The brain is often called a computer and likened to a Turing machine, in part because the mind can manipulate discrete symbols such as numbers. But the brain is a dynamical system, more like a Watt governor than a Turing machine. Can a dynamical system be said to operate using "representations"? This paper argues that it can, although not in the way a digital computer does. Instead, it uses phenomena best described using mathematic concepts such as chaotic attractors to stand in for aspects of the world.

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