Computers, minds, and conduct
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Computers, minds, and conduct
Polity Press , Basil Blackwell [distributor], 1995
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Other authers: Jeff Coulter, John R. E. Lee, Wes Sharrock
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book provides a sustained and penetrating critique of a wide range of views in modern cognitive science and philosophy of the mind, from Turing's famous test for intelligence in machines to recent work in computational linguistic theory. While discussing many of the key arguments and topics, the authors also develop a distinctive analytic approach. Drawing on the methods of conceptual analysis first elaborated by Wittgenstein and Ryle, the authors seek to show that these methods still have a great deal to offer in the field of the cognitive theory and the philosophy of mind, providing a powerful alternative to many of the positions put forward in the contemporary literature. Among the many issues discussed in the book are the following: the Cartesian roots of modern conceptions of mind; Searle's 'Chinese Room' thought experiment; Fodor's 'language of thought' hypothesis; the place of 'folk psychology' in cognitivist thought; and the question of whether any machine may be said to 'think' or 'understand' in the ordinary senses of these words.
Wide ranging, up-to-date and forcefully argued, this book represents a major intervention in contemporary debates about the status of cognitive science and the nature of mind. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars in philosophy, psychology, linguistics and computing sciences.
Table of Contents
Introduction.1. Philosophy, Language and Mind.2. The Cartesian Nexus.3. Minds, Machines and 'Folk Psychology'.4. Connectionist Theory and Cognitive Science.5. Can a Machine Think?6. Falling Short of the Programmatics: The Case of Computational Linguistics.7. Can a Machine Talk?Conclusion: 'None of the Above.'Bibliography.Index.
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