Computer Models of Mind by Margaret A Boden
What is the mind? How does it work? How does it influence behavior? Some psychologists hope to answer such questions in terms of concepts drawn from computer science and artificial intelligence. They test their theories by modeling mental processes in computers. This book shows how computer models are used to study many psychological phenomena - including vision, language, reasoning, and learning. It also shows that computer modeling involves differing theoretical approaches. Computational psychologists disagree about some basic questions. For instance, should the mind be modeled by digital computers, or by parallel-processing systems more like brains? Do computer programs consist of meaningless patterns, or do they embody (and explain) genuine meaning?
"broad and well researched..an eloquent discussion..." International Weekly Journal of Science
Margaret A. (Margaret A.) Boden is a Cognitive Science Research Professor at Sussex University, where she founded the School of Cognitive and Computer Sciences (now the Centre for Research in Cognitive Science) in 1987.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521270335 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521270332 |
| Title | Computer Models of Mind |
| Author | Margaret A Boden |
| Series | Problems In The Behavioural Sciences |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1988-04-29 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
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