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Computation and Human Experience

Social, Cognitive and Computational Persp

By: Philip E. Agre, Roy Pea (Editor), John Seely Brown (Editor)

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Paperback | 29 December 1997

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This book offers a critical reconstruction of the fundamental ideas and methods of artificial intelligence research. Through close attention to the metaphors of artificial intelligence and their consequences for the field's patterns of success and failure, it argues for a reorientation of the field away from thought in the head and towards activity in the world. By considering computational ideas in a large, philosophical framework, the author eases critical dialogue between technology and the social sciences. AI can benefit from an understanding of the field in relation to human nature, and in return, it offers a powerful mode of investigation into the practicalities of physical realization. This is one of a series of publications associated with the Earth System Governance Project. For more publications, see www.cambridge.org/earth-system-governance.

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Non-Fiction Computing & I.T.Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Human-Computer Interaction Psychology The Self, Ego, Identity, Personality Social Psychology Cognition & Cognitive Psychology

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Published: 29th December 1997

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Introduction
Metaphor in practice
Machinery and dynamics
Abstraction and implementation in cognitive science
The digital abstraction
Dependency maintenance
Rule system
Planning and improvisation
Running arguments
Experiments with running arguments
Representation and indexicality
Deictic representation
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Computation and Human Experience

Social, Cognitive and Computational Persp

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