On Searle and Putnam's criticisms of computational psychology: Some reflections on conceptions of the self, science and technology

• Main Author: Apolega, Dennis De Guzman
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2009
• Subjects: Philosophy of mind; Self (Philosophy); John R. Searle; Hilary Putnam; Philosophy
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/12513
• Institution: De La Salle University

Philosophers have perennially contended with the advancements of science, In more recent times, philosophers like John Searle and Hilary Putnam have criticized the view, sometimes called "computational psychology" that the human mind is some sort of computer, This paper argues that the deb...