The present paper surveys and discusses some notable recent critiques of the computational theory of mind. Computational environments normally include at least three distinct levels: physical implementation, formal computation, and semantic interpretation. The computational theory of mind is problematic insofar as it attempts to collapse the semantic level onto the other two levels. The problems are brought into focus by discussing three recent critiques of computationalism by John Searle (1980, 1984), John Heil (1981), and Hilary Putnam (1988). It is argued that mental representation, like more public symbolic activities, functions relative to the interpretive practices of a community.