A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity
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scientific paper
paper
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Creators
- Warren McCulloch, author
- Walter Pitts, author
Canon Rationale
A core neural-computation paper, included for formal neuron models, logic, cybernetics, and the prehistory of artificial intelligence.
Evidence
- citation context: McCulloch and Pitts, 'A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity,' Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics, 1943.
- review essay: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy specialist entries on computation, connectionism, and computational theories of mind.
Audit Flags
version dependency, epistemic status required
Completion unit: read selected core sections of the paper with neural-computation context.