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I propose to develop this subject in three stages, each with a view of examining the conceptual implications for the neurophysiologist: after addressing what is now often referred to as “orthodox computationalism”, I will turn to “connectivism” with a more controversial posture, and finally become outright heretic by calling into question the relevance of representational computationalism of all denominations for the neurophysiologist’s essential concerns.
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Werner, G. (1991). The Vicissitudes of Representations in the Neuro-Behavioral Sciences. In: Franzén, O., Westman, J. (eds) Information Processing in the Somatosensory System. Wenner-Gren Center International Symposium Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11597-6_1
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