What Is a Computer?

The Monist 80 (3):389-404 (1997)
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An e-mail discussion can be rendered into print in several ways. Rather than trying to imitate a genuine conversation, this is a personal essay containing comments and replies by the other contributors. Most of the substantial points made in the e-mail discussion are contained here, although not always in the order they happened.

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10.5840/monist199780316

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