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List of figures | |
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Preface to the first edition | |
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Preface to the second edition | |
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Introduction: the mechanical mind | |
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The mechanical world picture | |
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The mind | |
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The puzzle of representation | |
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The idea of representation | |
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Pictures and resemblance | |
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Linguistic representation | |
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Mental representation | |
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Thought and consciousness | |
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Intentionality | |
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Brentano's thesis | |
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Conclusion: from representation to the mind | |
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Further reading | |
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Understanding thinkers and their thoughts | |
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The mind-body problem | |
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Understanding other minds | |
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The causal picture of thoughts | |
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Common-sense psychology | |
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The science of thought: elimination or vindication? | |
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Theory versus simulation | |
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Conclusion: from representation to computation | |
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Further reading | |
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Computers and thought | |
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Asking the right questions | |
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Computation, functions and algorithms | |
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Turing machines | |
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Coding and symbols | |
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Instantiating a function and computing a function | |
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Automatic algorithms | |
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Thinking computers? | |
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Artificial intelligence | |
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Can thinking be captured by rules and representations? | |
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The Chinese room | |
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Conclusion: can a computer think? | |
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Further reading | |
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The mechanisms of thought | |
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Cognition, computation and functionalism | |
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The language of thought | |
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Syntax and semantics | |
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The argument for the language of thought | |
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The modularity of mind | |
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Problems for the language of thought | |
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'Brainy' computers | |
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Conclusion: does computation explain representation? | |
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Further reading | |
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Explaining mental representation | |
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Reduction and definition | |
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Conceptual and naturalistic definitions | |
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Causal theories of mental representation | |
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The problem of error | |
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Mental representation and success in action | |
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Mental representation and biological function | |
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Evolution and the mind | |
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Against reduction and definition | |
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Conclusion: can representation be reductively explained? | |
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Further reading | |
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Consciousness and the mechanical mind | |
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The story so far | |
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Consciousness, 'what it's like' and qualia | |
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Consciousness and physicalism | |
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The limits of scientific knowledge | |
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Conclusion: what do the problems of consciousness tell us about the mechanical mind? | |
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Further reading | |
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Glossary | |
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The mechanical mind: a chronology | |
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Notes | |
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Index | |