Foundations of computational neuroscience.
Most computational neuroscientists assume that nervous systems compute and process information. We discuss foundational issues such as what we mean by 'computation' and 'information processing' in nervous systems; whether computation and information processing are matters of objective fact or of conventional, observer-dependent description; and how computational descriptions and explanations are related to other levels of analysis and organization.
Philosophy Department, University of Missouri - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121-4400, USA.
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Piccinini
Philosophy Department and Cognitive Science Program, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91905, Israel. Electronic address: oron.shagrir@gmail.com.
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Shagrir
D000818:Animals; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D009488:Neurosciences / Q000379:methods*