?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Confirmation+and+the+Computational+Paradigm+(or%3A+Why+Do+You+Think+They+Call+It+Artifical+Intelligence%3F)&rft.creator=Buller%2C+David+J.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=The+idea+that+human+cognitive+capacities+are+explainable+by+computational+modles+is+often+conjoined+with+the+idea+that%2C+while+the+states+postulated+by+such+models+are+in+fact+realized+by+brain+states%2C+there+are+no+type-+type+correlations+between+the+states+postulated+by+computational+models+and+brain+states+(a+corollary+of+token+physicalism).+I+argue+that+these+ideas+are+not+jointly+tenable.+I+discuss+the+kinds+of+empirical+evidence+available+to+cognitive+scientists+for+(dis)confirming+computational+models+of+cognition+and+argue+that+none+of+these+kinds+of+evidence+can+be+relevant+to+a+choice+among+competing+models+unless+there+are+in+fact+type-type+correlations+between+the+states+postulated+by+computational+models+and+brain+states.+Thus%2C+I+conclude%2C+research+into+the+computational+procedures+employed+in+human+cognition+must+be+conducted+hand-in-hand+with+research+into+the+brain+processes+which+realize+those+procedures.&rft.date=1993&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F327%2F1%2Fconfirm.htm&rft.identifier=++Buller%2C+David+J.++(1993)+Confirmation+and+the+Computational+Paradigm+(or%3A+Why+Do+You+Think+They+Call+It+Artifical+Intelligence%3F).++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F327%2F