Implementation
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§13.1.1: Implementation vs. Abstraction:
But although they are correct to say that water isn't multiply
realizable, the description of water minus some details is!
§13.1.4: The Structure of Implementation:
§13.2: Implementation as Semantic Interpretation:
For more information, see:
§13.2.2: Semantic Interpretation
§13.2.2.1: Formal Systems:
§13.2.3: Two Modes of Understanding:
Abstract bits
(e.g., 0s and 1s) are used to represent physical objects, but physical
objects (e.g., voltages) are used to represent abstract bits.
§13.3: Chalmers's Theory of Implementation:
and a reply:
which is a reply to Putnam's "theorem" that
"Every ordinary open system is a realization of every abstract finite
automaton"
(Putnam 1988,
Appendix).
"[A] computation is a special form of mathematical argument. One is
given a set of instructions, and the steps in the computation are supposed
to … follow deductively … from the instructions as given.
So a computation is just another mathematical deduction … "
On the "A Recursive Definition of Understanding" digression, see the
discussion of "the analogical practice in science" in
Nersessian 2024,
esp. pp.10–11.
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