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    Challenges→The notion of a computable set generalizes effective decidability: a relation R is computable just in case there is an algorithm for deciding whether R holds of any tuple of natural numbers that always returns an answer after a finite (though potentially unbounded) number of steps

    If physically realizable processes can decide undecidable sets, then 'computable' cannot be conceptually identified with finite-step algorithmic decidability sans further qualification.

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    computable(As employed in the technical literature discussed in this passage)
    Computable by an effective method
    conceptually identified with(as used in philosophy)
    Treated as being the same thing or having the same meaning in terms of ideas and definitions.
    finite-step algorithmic decidability(as used in logic and computer science)
    The ability to solve a problem by following a limited number of clear, step-by-step instructions that will always give you a yes-or-no answer.
    physically realizable processes(as used in philosophy of mind and computation)
    Actions or computations that can actually be performed in the real world using physical objects or systems, rather than just existing as theoretical ideas.
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    A French word meaning 'without'; philosophers use it in English writing to mean 'without' or 'lacking.'
    undecidable sets(as used in logic and computability theory)
    Collections of problems or questions for which no algorithm (step-by-step procedure) can ever be created to determine whether something belongs to that collection or not.

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