Are there activities of the mind that cannot be represented by Turing machines?
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https://doi.org/10.25312/2083-2923.23_08mfoKeywords:
computationalism, computational theory of mind, Gödelian argument, John Randolph Lucas, Roger Penrose, Turing machine, Kurt GödelAbstract
The article is an attempt to answer the question whether we are able to identify such activities of the mind that are not possible to be represented by a Turing machine? Thus, it is a question of whether all our mental states have a computational nature. This problem will be considered in relation to the so-called Gödel argument, based on two Gödel theorems: 1. on incompleteness and 2. on the incompleteness of non-contradiction, directed against computational theories of mind. This argument, as presented by John Randolph Lucas, will be critically analyzed, which will lead to positive conclusions in the final part of the article.
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