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Artificial Intelligence:

A Philosophical Introduction
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Wiley, Dec 8, 1993 - Computers - 315 pages
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 to have built a thinking machine and appraises their prospects of succeeding.

There are clear introductions to connectionism and to the language of thought hypothesis which weave together material from philosophy, artificial intelligence and neuroscience. John Searle's attacks on AI and cognitive science are countered and close attention is given to foundational issues, including the nature of computation, Turing Machines, the Church-Turing Thesis and the difference between classical symbol processing and parallel distributed processing. The book also explores the possibility of machines having free will and consciousness and concludes with a discussion of in what sense the human brain may be a computer.

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User Review  - Jose - Goodreads

Besides its name, this book is non-technical, but a philosophical one. It tries to explain what are both the "intelligence" and the self awareness. If it happens in a machine, how it could be? Why a ... Read full review

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User Review  - Minorityof1 - Goodreads

out of date speculations regarding what computers will be like post 2000. has a handy history of some of the important moments in ai history, eliza, etc. also attempts to tackle some of the short comings of the turing test, though doesn't come to any definite conclusion. Read full review

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About the author (1993)

Jack Copeland is Senior Lecturer in philosophy and logic at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He has published widely on logic, philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, and is editor of Logic and Reality (1993).

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TitleArtificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Introduction
AuthorJack Copeland
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherWiley, 1993
ISBN063118385X, 9780631183853
Length315 pages
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Computers / Intelligence (AI) & Semantics
Philosophy / History & Surveys / General
  
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