Minds and computers : an introduction to the philosophy of artificial intelligence /

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...

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Main Author: Carter, Matt, 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2007
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Dualism
  • Behaviourism
  • Neuroanatomy
  • Australian materialism
  • Functionalism
  • Formal systems
  • Computability
  • Universal machines
  • Computationalism
  • Search
  • Games
  • Machine reasoning
  • Machines and language
  • Human reasoning
  • Human language
  • Meaning
  • Representation
  • Artificial neural networks
  • Minds and computers.