computationalism

noun

The view that the human mind and/or brain is an information-processing system and that thinking is a form of computing.

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nouncomputationalism (uncountable)
  1. uncountablehuman sciencesThe view that the human mind and/or brain is an information-processing system and that thinking is a form of computing.
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    Computationalism has become something like a research paradigm in cognitive science. That does not mean the brain has the architecture of a standard computer: It doesn't. Furthermore, the precise computational format of the brain is a matter of ongoing controversy. But nowadays computationalism has taken on a broader significance that involves describing the brain and its parts algorithmically.

    2019, Susan Schneider, Artificial You: AI and the Future of Your Mind, Princeton University Press, page 23

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
computationism

Origin

From computational + -ism.

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