Mindware : an introduction to the philosophy of cognitive science

Andy Clark

Mindware is an introductory text with a difference. In eight short chapters it tells a story and invites the reader to join in some up-to-the-minute conceptual discussion of the key issues, problems, and opportunities in cognitive science. The story is about the search for a cognitive scientific understanding of mind. It is presented as a no-holds-barred journey from early work in Artificial Intelligence, through connectionist (artificial neural network) counter-visions, and onto neuroscience artificial life, dynamics and robotics. The journey ends with some wide-ranging and provacative speculation about the role of technology and the changing nature of the human mind itself. Each chapter is organized as an initial sketch of a research program or theme, followed by a substantial discussion section in which specific problems and issues (both familiear and cutting-edge) are raised and pursued. Discussion topics include mental causation, the hardware/software distinction, the relations between life and mind, the nature of perception, cognition and action, and the continuity (or otherwise) of high-level human intelligence with other forms of adaptive response. Classic topics are treated alongside the newer ones in an integrated treatment of the various discussions. The sketches and discussions are accompanied by numerous figures and boxed sections, and followed by suggestions for futher reading.

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[目次]

  • Preface: About Mindware
  • Acknowledgements
  • Some Useful Resources
  • Introduction (Not) Like a Rock
  • 1. Meat Machines
  • 2. Symbol Systems
  • 3. Patterns, Contents, and Causes
  • 4. Connectionism and Artificial Neural Networks
  • 5. Perception, Action, and the Brain
  • 6. Robots and Artificial Life
  • 7. Dynamics
  • 8. Cognitive Technology: Beyond the Naked Brain
  • 9. (Not Really a) Conclusion
  • Appendix I: Some Backdrop: Dualism, Behaviorism, and Beyond
  • Appendix II: Consciousness and the Meta-Hard Problem
  • Bibliography

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書名 Mindware : an introduction to the philosophy of cognitive science
著作者等 Clark, Andy
出版元 Oxford University Press
刊行年月 2001
ページ数 xiii, 210 p.
大きさ 24 cm
ISBN 0195138570
0195138562
NCID BA50374811
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言語 英語
出版国 アメリカ合衆国
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