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<span style="font-size: 20px;"><i>Miscomputation as a Type of Malfunction</i></span><br>
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</span><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Nir Fresco (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)</span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br>
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<b>Dates: </b>Monday, 26/08/2024<br>
<b>Time: </b>5:30pm<br>
<b>Venue: </b>F09.331. Madsen Building. Madsen Seminar Room 331<br>
<b>How to register: </b>Free, no registration required<br>
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<b>Abstract: </b>When representation fails, it results in misrepresentation; likewise, faulty computation<br>
leads to miscomputation. Theories of representation that also explain misrepresentation are<br>
abundant. By contrast, theories of computation, we will argue, do not likewise explain<br>
miscomputation. Despite its significance for understanding physical computation and its<br>
theoretical role in explaining abnormal mental phenomena, surprisingly few works have<br>
characterised miscomputation explicitly (e.g., Colombo, 2021; Fresco & Primiero, 2013;<br>
Piccinini, 2015; Tucker, 2018) . When miscomputation occurs, a system computes a different<br>
mathematical function, g, rather than the normal function, f (i.e., there exists at least one input i<br>
such that g(i) ≠ f(i)). Normative accounts of computation, whether semantic or mechanistic, face<br>
a dilemma: either there is no such thing as miscomputation, or it cannot be explained. A key<br>
contentious claim here though is that miscomputation, unlike standard malfunction, is a form of<br>
computation. A system that does not compute cannot miscompute (Tucker, 2018) . In this talk,<br>
we will outline the dilemma, defend the preceding contentious claim, and propose a potential<br>
initial solution.<br>
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<b>Bio: </b>Nir is an associate professor at the department of cognitive and brain sciences, at Ben-Gurion University of the Negevת and the principal investigator of the
<i>Epistemology and Cognition</i> Lab. Most of his work is in the foundations of cognitive neuroscience, philosophy of computation and information, and philosophy of mind. One branch of his research focuses on understanding—from informational and computational
 perspectives—how information processing contributes to our cognitive life. To that effect, he studies the explanatory roles computation and information play in cognitive neuroscience. Another branch of research, which is undertaken in the Lab, combines philosophical
 and behavioural methods to study the relation between automaticity, habit formation, and skill acquisition in humans.</div>
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