The First Computational Theory of Mind and Brain: A Close Look at Mcculloch and Pitts's “Logical Calculus of Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity”
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Employing polarized, threshold-like elements in line with McCulloch-Pitts logic may facilitate the early development of multilayer processing structures, including interneurons, re-entrant closed loops and memory circuits capable of learning.
“This approach may facilitate the early development of multilayer processing structures, including interneurons as a crucial innovation, re-entrant closed loops and memory circuits capable of learning [274,275].”
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- Authors
- Piccinini, G.
- Affiliations
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Corresponding author
- Piccinini, Gualtiero
- ORCID
- Piccinini, Gualtiero
- Venue
- Synthese
- Published
- 2004-08
- Volume
- 141
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 175-215
- ISSN
- 0039-7857 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-0964
- OpenAlex
- W2046606639
- Cited by
- 215
- References
- 82
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 35 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 6 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 19.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Synthese (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Cybernetics and Technology in Society
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurology and Historical Studies
- Keywords
- computational theory of mind, mind-body problem, artificial neural networks, finite automata, digital circuit design, history of artificial intelligence, history of neuroscience, history of computing
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