Hypercomputation: philosophical issues

  • Authors:
  • B. Jack Copeland

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Philosophy, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand

  • Venue:
  • Theoretical Computer Science - Super-recursive algorithms and hypercomputation
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

A survey of the field of hypercomputation, including discussion of four a priori objections to the possibility of hypercomputation. An exegesis of Turing's pre- and post-war writings on the mind is given, and Turing's views on the scope of machines are discussed.