Why the Mind Is Not a Computer: A Pocket Lexicon of Neuromythology - Couverture souple

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Tallis, Raymond

 
9780907845942: Why the Mind Is Not a Computer: A Pocket Lexicon of Neuromythology
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ISBN 10 : 0907845940 ISBN 13 : 9780907845942
Editeur : Imprint Academic, 2004

Synopsis

The equation "Mind = Machine" is false. This pocket lexicon of "neuromythology" shows why. Taking a series of key words such as calculation, language, information and memory, Professor Tallis shows how their misuse has a lured a whole generation into accepting the computational model of the mind. First of all these words were used literally in the description of the human mind. Then computer scientists applied them metaphorically to the workings of their machines. And finally, their metaphorical status forgotten, the use of the terms was called as evidence of artificial intelligence in machines and the computational nature of conscious thought.

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À propos de l?auteur

Raymond Tallis's many books include The Hand: A Philosophical Inquiry into Human Being, On the Edge of Certainty: Philosophical Explorations, The Explicit Animal: A Defence of Human Consciousness, A Conversation with Martin Heidegger, The Raymond Tallis Reader and Newton's Sleep: The Two Cultures and the Two Kingdoms.

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Éditeur
Imprint Academic
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0907845940
ISBN 13 
9780907845942
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
96
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Personne responsable
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