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| how do the mental and physical realms relate, e.g., how can mental causes have physical effects and vice-versa? |
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basic categories of mental abilities, e.g., memory, attention, language, imagination, emotion, will. |
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· the idea that the mind and the body are separate and different in kind. |
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| computational theory of mind/information processing paradigm |
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· the idea that thinking and other forms of mental activity can be understood as analogous to a kind of computer program. |
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| hardware- software distinction |
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· the distinction between a program and the physical “machine” that carries it out; used as an argument that the mind may be studied without detailed knowledge of the brain. |
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· an internal data structure. |
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· the experience, not arising from an external stimulus, that an amputated or missing limb is still present. |
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· if the sum of incoming signals exceeds this criterion, a neuron will fire; if not, then it does nothing. |
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