Mind Design II: Philosophy, Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence

by John Haugeland

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Mind design is the endeavor to understand mind (thinking, intellect) in terms of its design (how it is built, how it works). Unlike traditional empirical psychology, it is more oriented toward the "how" than the "what." An experiment in mind design is more likely to be an attempt to build something and make it work--as in artificial intelligence--than to observe or analyze what already exists. Mind design is psychology by reverse engineering.

When Mind Design was first published in 1981, it became a classic in the then-nascent fields of cognitive science and AI. This second edition retains four landmark essays from the first, adding to them one earlier milestone (Turing's "Computing Machinery and Intelligence") and eleven more recent articles about connectionism, dynamical systems, and symbolic versus nonsymbolic models. The contributors are divided about evenly between philosophers and scientists. Yet all are "philosophical" in that they address fundamental issues and concepts; and all are "scientific" in that they are technically sophisticated and concerned with concrete empirical research.

Contributors
Rodney A. Brooks, Paul M. Churchland, Andy Clark, Daniel C. Dennett, Hubert L. Dreyfus, Jerry A. Fodor, Joseph Garon, John Haugeland, Marvin Minsky, Allen Newell, Zenon W. Pylyshyn, William Ramsey, Jay F. Rosenberg, David E. Rumelhart, John R. Searle, Herbert A. Simon, Paul Smolensky, Stephen Stich, A.M. Turing, Timothy van Gelder

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0262581531

ISBN13:9780262581530

Release Date:March 1997

Publisher:MIT Press

Length:486 Pages

Weight:1.62 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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Artificial Intelligence Behavioral Sciences Cognitive Cognitive Psychology Computer Science Computers Computers & Technology Health, Fitness & Dieting Health, Fitness & Dieting Human Vision & Language Systems Mental Health Neuropsychology Philosophy Politics & Social Sciences Psychology Psychology & Counseling

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