Analog and Digital Representation

Authors:
Matthew Katz
Affiliations:
Department of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA 19104-6304
Venue:
Minds and Machines
Year:
2008

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Abstract

In this paper, I argue for three claims. The first is that the difference between analog and digital representation lies in the format and not the medium of representation. The second is that whether a given system is analog or digital will sometimes depend on facts about the user of that system. The third is that the first two claims are implicit in Haugeland's (1998) account of the distinction.