TheStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy(SEP), an open-access dynamic reference work, invites you tojoin theFriends of the SEP Society. By paying modest, annualmembership dues to join theSociety, members will receive thefollowing benefits: (a) download access to high quality PDF (PortableDocument Format, a.k.a. Acrobat) versions of SEP entries and (b)quarterly email notifications (if you ‘opt-in’) thatinform you when PDFs you've downloaded have been updated in the mostrecent quarterly SEP Archive. The SEP has a comprehensivePDF Libraryof its entries, and we generate new PDFs after each quarterly SEPArchive for those entries that have been published or revised duringthe previous 3 months. For more information, readAbout the Society.
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Entry on Turing MachinesSample PDF
Entry on Turing Machines
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For a complete description, seeAbout the Society→Membership Levels.In summary, you canjoin the Friends of the SEP Society,using our secure online payment system, at one of the following levels:
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The SEP would like to thank the William and Flora Hewlett Foundationfor providing most of the funds used to build theFriends of theSEP Society website. We'd also like to thankPaul Daniell for the programming excellence he demonstrated in developing this site.