The Nature of Explanation - Couverture souple

Craik, Kenneth

 
9780521094450: The Nature of Explanation
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521094453 ISBN 13 : 9780521094450
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1963

Synopsis

In his brilliant and tragically brief career, Kenneth Craik anticipated certain ideas which since his death in 1945 have found wide acceptance. As one of the first to realise that machines share with the brain certain principles of functioning, Craik was a pioneer in the development of physiological psychology and cybernetics. Craik published only one complete work of any length, this essay on The Nature of Explanation. Here he considers thought as a term for the conscious working of a highly complex machine, viewing the brain as a calculating machine which can model or parallel external events, a process that is the basic feature of thought and explanation. He applies this view to a number of psychological and philosophical problems (such as paradox and illusion) and suggests possible experiments to test his theory. This book is of interest to those concerned with the concepts of brain and mind.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In his brilliant and tragically brief career, Kenneth Craik anticipated certain ideas which since his death in 1945 have found wide acceptance. As one of the first to realise that machines share with the brain certain principles of functioning, Craik was a pioneer in the development of physiological psychology and cybernetics. Craik published only one complete work of any length, this essay on The Nature of Explanation. Here he considers thought as a term for the conscious working of a highly complex machine, viewing the brain as a calculating machine which can model or parallel external events, a process that is the basic feature of thought and explanation. He applies this view to a number of psychological and philosophical problems (such as paradox and illusion) and suggests possible experiments to test his theory. This book is of interest to those concerned with the concepts of brain and mind.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1963
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521094453
ISBN 13 
9780521094450
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
136
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780521047555: The Nature of Explanation

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ISBN 10 :  0521047552 ISBN 13 :  9780521047555
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1943
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