| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 222 pages : illustrations) |
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text file |
| Note |
Title from e-book title screen (viewed Oct. 11, 2007). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-210) and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Artificial intelligence.
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Artificial intelligence. |
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Philosophy of mind.
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Philosophy of mind. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Carter, Matt. Minds and computers. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2007 0748620982 9780748620982 (OCoLC)62307912 |
| ISBN |
0748629300 (electronic book) |
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9780748629305 (electronic book) |
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1280762446 |
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9781280762444 |
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0748620982 (Cloth) |
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0748620990 (Paper) |
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9780748620999 (paperback) |
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9780748620982 (hardback) |
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