| Machines and Thought Contributor(s): Millican, Peter (Editor), Clark, Andy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0198238762 ISBN-13: 9780198238768 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $53.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 1999 Annotation: This is the first of two volumes of essays in commemoration of Alan Turing, whose pioneering work in the theory of artificial intelligence and computer science continues to provoke wide discussion. The essays focus on three questions: What, if any, are the limits on machine "thinking"? Can a machine be genuinely intelligent? And, Might we ourselves be biological machines? Contributors include Chris Fields, Joseph Ford, Robert M. French, Anthony Galton, Robin Gandy, Clark Glymour, J. R. Lucas, Donald Michie, Peter Mott, Ajit Narayanan, Herbert A. Simon, Aaron Sloman, Ian Stewart, and Blay Whitby. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Epistemology - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition |
| Dewey: 100 |
| Lexile Measure: 1430 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.45" W x 8.48" (0.80 lbs) 308 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This is the first of two volumes of essays in commemoration of Alan Turing, whose pioneering work in the theory of artificial intelligence and computer science continues to provoke wide discussion. The essays focus on three questions: What, if any, are the limits on machine thinking? Can a machine be genuinely intelligent? And, Might we ourselves be biological machines? Contributors include Chris Fields, Joseph Ford, Robert M. French, Anthony Galton, Robin Gandy, Clark Glymour, J. R. Lucas, Donald Michie, Peter Mott, Ajit Narayanan, Herbert A. Simon, Aaron Sloman, Ian Stewart, and Blay Whitby. |
