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work_swj244hmarh5nhr64jnlowzkzq	Gualtiero Piccinini	Computing Mechanisms*	2007	26	.pdf	application/pdf	11613	740	49	A computing mechanism is a mechanism whose function is to generate output strings from input strings and (possibly) A mechanism m miscomputes just in case m is computing function f on input i, , mf (i) p o1 Consider that many paradigmatic computing mechanisms (such as nonuniversal Turing machines and finite state automata) are not characterized by For under Cummins's account, we cannot say that unlike digital computers, those other mechanisms lack the Furthermore, normally, digits of different types affect primitive components of a computing mechanism in sufficiently different ways that their Some components of computing mechanisms do not manipulate digits. Processing components have the function of taking strings of digits as inputs and returning others as outputs according to a fixed rule defined over the strings. The mechanism's ability to perform computations is explained mechanistically in terms of its components, their functions, and their organization.	./cache/work_swj244hmarh5nhr64jnlowzkzq.pdf	./txt/work_swj244hmarh5nhr64jnlowzkzq.txt