Overview

Few developments in the intellectual life of the past quarter-century have provoked more controversy than the attempt to engineer human-like intelligence by artificial means. Born of computer science, this effort has sparked a continuing debate among the psychologists, neuroscientists, philosophers,and linguists who have pioneered--and criticized--

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Author:   Peter Baumgartner ,  Sabine Payr
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Volume:   292
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.652kg
ISBN:  

9780691632605

ISBN 10:   069163260
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   19 April 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

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An invaluable accompaniment to a standard text and an excellent educated layman's introduction to some of the more computational issues in the science of the mind. --Richard Cooper, The Times Higher Education Supplement Enough food for thought to satisfy the most hungry of intellects. --New Scientist These edited interviews of prominent workers in the cognitive science arena reveal lively disagreement on basic concepts, particularly between the two dominant camps... A multiperspective overview of the evolution and objective of this relatively new discipline. --Booklist The editors, Peter Baumgartner and Sabine Payr, have done a brilliant job. Enough food for thought to satisfy the most hungry of intellects. --New Scientist The frank and friendly style of the interviews makes the book both an invaluable accompaniment to a standard text and an excellent educated layman's introduction to some of the more computational issues in the science of the mind. --Richard Cooper, The Times Higher Education Supplement The authors' goal was not simply to produce another text that serves to introduce cognitive science but rather to give readers a feeling of the excitement of the field by helping them understand the personal commitment of these researchers and their connections to the work and thoughts of others in the field. They were clearly successful. --Choice

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