Anirban Bandyopadhyay - Computational Theory of the Mind

Donate to Closer To Truth and help us keep our content free and without paywalls: https://shorturl.at/OnyRq Does the mind work like a computer? Are mental processes the product of computation in that information processing is the essence of mind or consciousness? This view is popular among computer scientists but rejected by most philosophers. What can we learn about the mind by considering this computational theory? Free access to Closer to Truth's library of 5,000 videos: http://bit.ly/376lkKN Watch more interviews on theory of the mind: https://bit.ly/3omCxZk Anirban Bandyopadhyay is a Senior Scientist at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan. Register for free at CTT.com for subscriber-only exclusives: http://bit.ly/2GXmFsP Closer to Truth presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions. Discover fundamental issues of existence. Engage new and diverse ways of thinking. Appreciate intense debates. Share your own opinions. Seek your own answers.