naa a22 4500 510723780 CHVBK 20180411082927.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s13347-011-0061-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s13347-011-0061-4 Fresco Nir School of History and Philosophy, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia aut Information Processing as an Account of Concrete Digital Computation [Elektronische Daten] [Nir Fresco] It is common in cognitive science to equate computation (and in particular digital computation) with information processing. Yet, it is hard to find a comprehensive explicit account of concrete digital computation in information processing terms. An information processing account seems like a natural candidate to explain digital computation. But when ‘information' comes under scrutiny, this account becomes a less obvious candidate. Four interpretations of information are examined here as the basis for an information processing account of digital computation, namely Shannon information, algorithmic information, factual information and instructional information. I argue that any plausible account of concrete computation has to be capable of explaining at least the three key algorithmic notions of input, output and procedures. Whist algorithmic information fares better than Shannon information, the most plausible candidate for an information processing account is instructional information. Springer-Verlag, 2012 Concrete digital computation nationallicence Turing machines nationallicence Algorithmic information nationallicence Shannon information nationallicence Factual information nationallicence Instructional information nationallicence Cognitive science nationallicence Algorithm nationallicence Program nationallicence Philosophy & Technology Springer Netherlands 26/1(2013-03-01), 31-60 2210-5433 26:1<31 2013 26 13347 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-011-0061-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-011-0061-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Fresco Nir School of History and Philosophy, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Philosophy & Technology Springer Netherlands 26/1(2013-03-01), 31-60 2210-5433 26:1<31 2013 26 13347 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer