consciousness Books
We've found 16 books tagged 'consciousness' relevant to the field of humanlike conversational artificial intelligence.
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A Philosophical Introduction |
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Wiley-Interscience
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1993 |
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http://www.amazon.com/Artifici... |
Summary: Presupposing no familiarity with the technical concepts of either philosophy or computing, this clear introduction reviews the progress made in AI since the inception of the field in 1956. Copeland goes on to analyze what those working in AI must achieve before they can claim...
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Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind |
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Simon & Schuster
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2006 |
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http://www.amazon.com/Emotion-... |
Summary: From Publishers Weekly
Twenty years after The Society of Mind, where he introduced the concept that “minds are what brains do,” Minsky probes deeper into the question of natural intelligence. Don’t look for simple explanations: he believes “we need to find more complicated ways to explain...
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5697
by Daniel C. Dennett |
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Back Bay Books
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1992 |
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http://www.amazon.com/Consciou... |
Summary: A unique book which presents new theories accessibly. Dennett theorizes that consciousness is comprised of “multiple drafts,” with the mind as a decentralized cognitive engine. Dennett suggests his own “heterophenomenological” approach to interpreting and analyzing consciousness, using a mix of behaviorist and nativist techniques to...
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5692
by Daniel C. Dennett |
| Subtitle: |
Toward An Understanding Of Consciousness |
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Basic Books
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1997 |
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http://www.amazon.com/Kinds-Mi... |
Summary: Amazon.com Review
In Consciousness Explained, Daniel Dennett embarks on the audacious task of explaining human consciousness. He sets his sights even higher for Kinds of Minds, attempting to provide a more general explanation of consciousness. But don’t be put off: the book is short, easy to...
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5691
by Daniel C. Dennett |
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Essays on Designing Minds |
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The MIT Press
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1988 |
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http://www.amazon.com/Brainchi... |
Summary: Amazon.com Review
One of the movers and shakers in the rapidly converging fields of cognitive science, philosophy of the mind, and cognitive ethology, Daniel C. Dennett is also one of the most popular and engaging expositors of science writing of the 1990s. The essays in Brainchildren...
Summary: Editorial Review
From Publishers Weekly
Lucidly exploring the philosophically hot topics of consciousness, intentionality and language, this set of essays provides a useful overview of Searle’s (Rationality in Action) recent work. All but one of the essays, written over the last two decades, have been previously published,...
