Abstract
The received view of computation is methodologically bifurcated: it offers different accounts of computation in the mathematical and physical cases. But little in the way of argument has been given for this approach. This paper rectifies the situation by arguing that the alternative, a unified account, is untenable. Furthermore, once these issues are brought into sharper relief we can see that work remains to be done to illuminate the relationship between physical and mathematical computation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1067-1091 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | British Journal for the Philosophy of Science |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 20 Dec 2022 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 2022 |
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