Extended Cognition and the Dynamics of Algorithmic Skills

This book describes a novel methodology for studying algorithmic skills, intended as cognitive activities related to rule-based symbolic transformation, and argues that some human computational abilities may be interpreted and analyzed as genuine examples of extended cognition. It shows that the per...

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Main Author: Pinna, Simone. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 35
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51841-1
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