COGS 100 Lecture Notes - Turing Machine, Theory-Theory, Universal Turing Machine

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Cognitive Science
• Course: COGS 100
• Professor: Michael Picard

Document Summary

Qi (instruction), si (seeing) , a(what to do), q(which state to go. If the function is not defined then the machine won"t stop. In turing"s time, a universal turing machine was simply a list of quadruples. The mind is a computer a software, that can run a multiple amount of instructions. If the brain is like a computer then there are two levels: neurons and such and then an abstract level (functions that are being calculated) Functionalism: position within the phil of the mind (the mind is what the brain does; the function of the brain) the mind is a software; multitude of programs. Describe the mind on an abstract level, not a concrete level. The brain represents things as the computer does.