Machines and Thought

The Legacy of Alan Turing, Volume 1
Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-0-19-823593-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 144 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 530 g

Reihe: Mind Association Occasional Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Millican, P. J. R.

Clark, A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophische Logik, Argumentationstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz

Über Autor(innen)

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).