Introduction
I. The Engineering Distinction
I.1 Analog computers
I.2 Why analog computers are non-notational
I.3 Engineering definitions
I.4 "An analogous electrical network"
I.5 Transducers and codes
II. Philosophers' Distinctions
II.1 Von Neumann
II.2 Working analogy
II.3 The rationalist line
III. Pylyshyn and Symbol Systems
III.1 Logical functionalism
III.2 Functionalist symbols
III.3 Functionalist rules
III.4 Analog as functional architecture
III.5 Pylyshyn and transducers
IV. Thermodynamic Functionalism
IV.1 Intrinsic content
IV.2 Connection machines
IV.3 Holonomic brain theory
IV.4 Epistemological suggestions
IV.5 Intrinsic content again
V. Languages of Description
Conclusion
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