Machines and Thought by Peter Millican
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. Also available in paperback is the companion volume: Connectionism, Concepts, and Folk Psychology, edited by Andy Clark and Peter Millican. While Volume 1 concentrates on Turing's main innovations in artificial intelligence, Volume 2 looks more broadly at his intellectual legacy in philosophy and cognitive science.-
Knowing Our Own Minds
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Perspectives on Thomas Hobbes
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Empiricism, Perceptual Knowledge, Normativity, and Realism
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Metaphysics and Science
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Thinking about the Emotions
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Art, Mind, and Narrative
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The Social and Political Philosophy of Mary Wollstonecraft
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How We Fight
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Thomas Reid on Mind, Knowledge, and Value
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Values and Virtues
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Systematic Metaphysics
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Wittgenstein's Tractatus
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Quine, Structure, and Ontology
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In the Light of Experience
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The Actual and the Possible
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Reality Making
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Strawson and Kant
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Desert and Justice
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Identity and Modality
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Transcendental Arguments
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Reality, Representation and Projection
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The Highest Good in Aristotle and Kant
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The Morality of Defensive War
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Thick Concepts
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The Epistemic Life of Groups
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Spheres of Reason
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Ramsey's Legacy
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Impressions of Hume
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Truthmakers
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Objects and Properties
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The Future of Normativity
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Appearance versus Reality
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Leviathan after 350 Years
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Connectionism, Concepts, and Folk Psychology
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Dispositions and Causes
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The Measure of Greatness
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Political Epistemology
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Analytic Philosophy and History of Philosophy
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Common Sense in the Scottish Enlightenment
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Images of Empiricism
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Emergence in Mind
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The Metaphysics of Relations
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Reason and Nature
a useful and thought-provoking cross-section of some of the most interesting lines of inquiry that Turing has inspired* Norman Gall, Minds and Machines *
A fascinating series of essays ... 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 ... we can all learn by reading these essays because they encourage us to explore issues beyond our normal sphere of expertise. * Choice *
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 Project at Washington University, St Louis, Missouri.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198238768 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198238762 |
| Title | Machines and Thought |
| Author | Peter Millican |
| Series | Mind Association Occasional Series |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1999-03-18 |
| Number of pages | 308 |
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