title: [Algorithms, brains, computers. What they know and what they do not. I].
abstract: Our concern for machines and for their abilities, though quite ancient, has increased with the outstanding achievements of modern computers. What, then, is typical of a machine? Is its output really limited by our input? For questions like these, an appropriate tool is the concept of algorithm. Algorithms are best characterized as mental tools ("Denkzeuge").
authors.affiliation: Seminar für Philosophie der Technischen Universität, Braunschweig, FRG.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vollmer
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D003201:Computers; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence
vernacular_title: Algorithmen, Gehirne, Computer. Was sie können und was nicht Teil I.