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computationalism

computationalism noun: the view that the human mind and/or brain is an information-processing system and that thinking is a form of computing.

Noun

computationalism (uncountable)

  1. The view that the human mind and/or brain is an information-processing system and that thinking is a form of computing.

Origin of computationalism

From computational + -ism.

Questions about computationalism

What does computationalism mean?
Computationalism means the view that the human mind and/or brain is an information-processing system and that thinking is a form of computing.
What part of speech is computationalism?
Computationalism is a noun.

Words near computationalism in the dictionary

  1. computational models
  2. computational neuroscience
  3. computational number theory
  4. computational semantics
  5. computational social choice
  6. computationalism
  7. computationalist
  8. computationalistic
  9. computationalists
  10. computationally
  11. computationally secure

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