arXiv: cs.AI preprintsInternational6 November 2026
From Maps to Metabolism: Historical Precedents and a Unified Critique of Computationalism
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arXiv:2611.06936v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Alexander Lerchner's recent work on the 'abstraction fallacy' argues that computational functionalism confuses physical processes with abstract descriptions, and that symbolic computation alone cannot instantiate consciousness. Yet these claims were anticipated by Korzybski's map-territory distinction, Searle's critique of strong artificial intelligence, Floridi's levels of abstraction, Spencer et al.'s observer-relativity arguments, Winograd and Flores's account of computation as socially grounded practice, and Nasuto and Bishop's biological a
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