Minds and Computers
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence
Book Details:
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Series: | MIX |
| Author: | Matt Carter |
| Edition: | 1 |
| ISBN-10: | 0748620990 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780748620999 |
| Pages: | 240 |
| Published: | Feb 13 2007 |
| Posted: | Nov 19 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Book format: | |
| Book size: | 1.05 MB |
Book Description:
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 Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence.Readers are presented with introductory material from each of the disciplines which constitute Cognitive Science: Philosophy, Neuroscience, Psychology, Computer Science, and Linguistics. Throughout, readers are encouraged to consider the implications of this disparate and wide-ranging material for the possibility of developing machines with minds. And they can expect to de
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