Is `artificial intelligence' a contradiction in terms? Could computers (in principle) model every aspect of the mind, including logic, language, and emotion? What of the more brain-like, connectionist computers: could they really understand, even if digital computers cannot? This collection of classic and contemporary readings (which includes an editor's introduction and an up-to-date reading list) provides a clearly signposted pathway into hotly disputed philosophical issues at the heart of artificial intelligence.
| ISBN: | 9780198248545 |
| Publication date: | 26th April 1990 |
| Author: | Margaret A. (Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, Professor of Philosophy Boden |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 460 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Readings in Philosophy |
| Genres: |
Philosophy of mind Artificial intelligence |