Natural and Artificial Minds
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| Title: | Natural and Artificial Minds |
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| Description: | This book describes and explores six current approaches to the study of mind: the neuroscientific, the behavioral, the competence approach, the ecological, the phenomenological, and the computational. No other book in cognitive science covers such a broad range of research programs and topics in such a balanced fashion. The first chapter is a mini-history and philosophy of psychology which reviews some of the scientific developments and philosophical arguments behind these six different approaches. Each subsequent chapter presents work that is on the frontiers of research in its field.Robert G. Burton is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Georgia. |
| Authors: | Burton, Robert G. |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Artificial intelligence, Cognition, Philosophy of mind |
| Categories: | COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / Expert Systems |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | This book describes and explores six current approaches to the study of mind: the neuroscientific, the behavioral, the competence approach, the ecological, the phenomenological, and the computational. No other book in cognitive science covers such a broad range of research programs and topics in such a balanced fashion. The first chapter is a mini-history and philosophy of psychology which reviews some of the scientific developments and philosophical arguments behind these six different approaches. Each subsequent chapter presents work that is on the frontiers of research in its field.Robert G. Burton is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Georgia. |
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| ISBN: | 9780791415085 9780791415078 9780791498101 |
