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[W]hile dynamical systems often cannot be effectively computed on a finite state machine (such as a von Neumann computer), they can often be efficiently approximated.

— Joscha Bach The Cortical Conductor Theory (2017)

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This book is an attempt to explain cognition—thought, perception, emotion, experience—in terms of a machine, that is, using a cognitive architecture.

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Whereas mathematics is the realm of specification, computation is the realm of implementation; it captures all those systems that can actually be realized.

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The goal of building cognitive architectures is to achieve an understanding of mental processes by constructing testable information processing models.

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