Overview

This is the first of two volumes of essays in commemoration of Alan Turing, whose pioneering work in the theory of artificial intelligence and computer science continues to be widely discussed today. A group of prominent academics from a wide range of disciplines focus on three questions famously raised by Turing: What, if any, are the limits on machine `thinking'? Could a machine be genuinely intelligent? Might we ourselves be biological machines, whose thought consists essentially in nothing more than the interaction of neurons according to strictly determined rules? The discussion of these fascinating issues is accessible to non-specialists and stimulating for all readers.

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Author:   P. J. R. Millican ,  Andy Clark
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Volume:   v. 1
Dimensions:   Width: 14.40cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 22.50cm
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9780198235934

ISBN 10:   0198235933
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   01 October 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Robert M. French: Subcognition and the Limits of the Turing Test 2: Donald Michie: Turing's Test and Conscious Thought 3: Blay Whitby: The Turing Test: AI's Biggest Blind Alley? 4: Ajit Narayanan: The Intentional Stance and the Imitation Game 5: Herbert Simon: Machine as Mind 6: J. R. Lucas: Minds, Machines, and Goedel: A Retrospect 7: Robin Gandy: Human versus Mechanical Intelligence 8: Antony Galton: The Church-Turing Thesis: Its Nature and Status 9: Chris Fields: Measurement and Computational Description 10: Aaron Sloman: Beyond Turing Equivalence 11: Iain A. Stewart: The Demise of the Turing Machine in Complexity Theory 12: Peter Mott: A Grammar-Based Approach to Common-Sense Reasoning 13: Joseph Ford: Chaos: Its Past, its Present, but Mostly its Future 14: Clark Glymour: The Hierarchies of Knowledge and the Mathematics of Discovery

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A fascinating series of essays on computation by contributors in various fields of knowledge ... we can all learn by reading these essays because they encourage us to explore issues beyond our normal sphere of expertise. * Choice *

A fascinating series of essays on computation by contributors in various fields. --Choice<br>

Author Information

Peter Millican is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Computer Studies at the University of Leeds. Andy Clark is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy/Neuroscience/Psychology program at Washington State University, St Louis, Missouri. He is the author of Microcognition (MIT Press 1989) and Associative Engines (MIT Press 1993).

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