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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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- Piccinini, G.
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- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
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- Piccinini, Gualtiero
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- Piccinini, Gualtiero
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- Synthese
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- 175-215
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- 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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