Mindware An Introduction to the Philosophy of Cognitive Science

Name: Mindware An Introduction to the Philosophy of Cognitive Science
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ISBN: 9780195138573

ISBN-10: 0195138570

ISBN-13: 9780195138573

Edition: 2001

Authors: Andy Clark

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Mindware is an introductory text with a difference. In eight short chapters it tells a story and invites the reader to join in some up-to-the-minute conceptual discussion of the key issues, problems, and opportunities in cognitive science. The story is about the search for a cognitive scientific understanding of mind. It is presented as a no-holds-barred journey from early work in Artificial Intelligence, through connectionist (artificial neural network) counter-visions, and onto neuroscience artificial life, dynamics and robotics. The journey ends with some wide-ranging and provacative speculation about the role of technology and the changing nature of the human mind itself. Each chapter…

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List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/21/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 8.90" wide x 5.71" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Andy Clark is Doctor of Philosophy at the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the University of Sussex.



Preface: About Mindware


Acknowledgments


Resources


Introduction: (Not) Like a Rock



Meat Machines: Mindware as Software



Symbol Systems



Patterns, Contents, and Causes



Connectionism



Perception, Action, and the Brain



Robots and Artificial Life



Dynamics



Cognitive Technology: Beyond the Naked Brain



(Not Really a) Conclusion



Some Backdrop: Dualism, Behaviorism, Functionalism, and Beyond



Consciousness and the Meta-Hard Problem


References


Index