Philosophy of Mind Is (in Part) Philosophy of Computer Science

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  title={Philosophy of Mind Is (in Part) Philosophy of Computer Science},
  author={Darren Abramson},
  journal={Minds and Machines},
  year={2011},
  volume={21},
  pages={203-219},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:32116031}
}
The link between the issues identified in philosophy of mind and philosophy of computer science is used to respond to a prominent argument against the possibility of building a machine that passes the Turing test.
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