?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Information+Processing%2C+Computation+and+Cognition&rft.creator=Piccinini%2C+Dr.+Gualtiero&rft.creator=Scarantino%2C+Dr.++Andrea&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Computational+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.description=Computation+and+information+processing+are+among+the+most+fundamental+notions+in+cognitive+science.++They+are+also+among+the+most+imprecisely+discussed.++Many+cognitive+scientists+take+it+for+granted+that+cognition+involves+computation%2C+information+processing%2C+or+both+%E2%80%93+although+others+disagree+vehemently.++Yet+different+cognitive+scientists+use+%E2%80%98computation%E2%80%99+and+%E2%80%98information+processing%E2%80%99+to+mean+different+things%2C+sometimes+without+realizing+that+they+do.++In+addition%2C+computation+and+information+processing+are+surrounded+by+several+myths%3B+first+and+foremost%2C+that+they+are+the+same+thing.++In+this+paper%2C+we+address+this+unsatisfactory+state+of+affairs+by+presenting+a+general+and+theory-neutral+account+of+computation+and+information+processing.++We+also+apply+our+framework+by+analyzing+the+relations+between+computation+and+information+processing+on+one+hand+and+classicism+and+connectionism%2Fcomputational+neuroscience+on+the+other.++We+defend+the+relevance+to+cognitive+science+of+both+computation%2C+at+least+in+a+generic+sense%2C+and+information+processing%2C+in+three+important+senses+of+the+term.++Our+account+advances+several+foundational+debates+in+cognitive+science+by+untangling+some+of+their+conceptual+knots+in+a+theory-neutral+way.++By+leveling+the+playing+field%2C+we+pave+the+way+for+the+future+resolution+of+the+debates%E2%80%99+empirical+aspects.&rft.date=2010-07-06&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6880%2F1%2FInformation_Processing_Computation_and_Cognition_preprint.pdf&rft.identifier=++Piccinini%2C+Dr.+Gualtiero+and+Scarantino%2C+Dr.+Andrea++(2010)+Information+Processing%2C+Computation+and+Cognition.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6880%2F