Minds and computers [Elektronisk resurs] : an introduction to the philosophy of artificial intelligence / Matt Carter

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Carter, Matt

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TextPublication details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2007Description: ix, 222 s. : illISBN:

9780748629305

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Additional physical formats: Även utgiven tryckt: Minds and computers : an introduction to the philosophy of artificial intelligence /DDC classification:

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Contents:

COVER; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2 DUALISM; CHAPTER 3 BEHAVIOURISM; CHAPTER 4 NEUROANATOMY; CHAPTER 5 AUSTRALIAN MATERIALISM; CHAPTER 6 FUNCTIONALISM; CHAPTER 7 FORMAL SYSTEMS; CHAPTER 8 COMPUTABILITY; CHAPTER 9 UNIVERSAL MACHINES; CHAPTER 10 COMPUTATIONALISM; CHAPTER 11 SEARCH; CHAPTER 12 GAMES; CHAPTER 13 MACHINE REASONING; CHAPTER 14 MACHINES AND LANGUAGE; CHAPTER 15 HUMAN REASONING; CHAPTER 16 HUMAN LANGUAGE; CHAPTER 17 MEANING; CHAPTER 18 REPRESENTATION; CHAPTER 19 ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; CHAPTER 20 MINDS AND COMPUTERS

APPENDIX I: SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READINGAPPENDIX II: GLOSSARY OF TERMS; INDEX

Summary: Could a computer have a mind? What kind of machine would this be? Exactly what do we mean by 'mind' anyway? The notion of the 'intelligent' machine, whilst continuing to feature in numerous entertaining and frightening fictions, has also been the focus of a serious and dedicated research tradition. Reflecting on these fictions, and on the research tradition that pursues 'Artificial Intelligence', raises a number of vexing philosophical issues. Minds and Computers introduces readers to these issues by offering an engaging, coherent, and highly approachable interdisciplinary introduction to the

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APPENDIX I: SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READINGAPPENDIX II: GLOSSARY OF TERMS; INDEX

Could a computer have a mind? What kind of machine would this be? Exactly what do we mean by 'mind' anyway? The notion of the 'intelligent' machine, whilst continuing to feature in numerous entertaining and frightening fictions, has also been the focus of a serious and dedicated research tradition. Reflecting on these fictions, and on the research tradition that pursues 'Artificial Intelligence', raises a number of vexing philosophical issues. Minds and Computers introduces readers to these issues by offering an engaging, coherent, and highly approachable interdisciplinary introduction to the