The history and status of the P versus NP question
STOC '92 Proceedings of the twenty-fourth annual ACM symposium on Theory of computing
Minds and Machines
Physical Hypercomputation and the Church–Turing Thesis
Minds and Machines
Neural and Super-Turing Computing
Minds and Machines
The Turing Test: Verbal Behavior as the Hallmark of Intelligence
The Turing Test: Verbal Behavior as the Hallmark of Intelligence
Super-tasks, accelerating Turing machines and uncomputability
Theoretical Computer Science - Super-recursive algorithms and hypercomputation
Turing's Responses to Two Objections
Minds and Machines
Some Philosophical Issues in Computer Science
Minds and Machines
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In this paper I argue that whether or not a computer can be built that passes the Turing test is a central question in the philosophy of mind. Then I show that the possibility of building such a computer depends on open questions in the philosophy of computer science: the physical Church-Turing thesis and the extended Church-Turing thesis. I use the link between the issues identified in philosophy of mind and philosophy of computer science to respond to a prominent argument against the possibility of building a machine that passes the Turing test. Finally, I respond to objections against the proposed link between questions in the philosophy of mind and philosophy of computer science.