Computers and Cognition

Why Minds are not Machines

By: J.H. Fetzer

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Paperback | 30 November 2001

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An important collection of studies providing a fresh and original perspective on the nature of mind, including thoughtful and detailed arguments that explain why the prevailing paradigm - the computational conception of language and mentality - can no longer be sustained. An alternative approach is advanced, inspired by the work of Charles S. Peirce, according to which minds are sign-using (or `semiotic') systems, which in turn generates distinctions between different kinds of minds and overcomes problems that burden more familiar alternatives. Unlike conceptions of minds as machines, this novel approach has obvious evolutionary implications, where differences in semiotic abilities tend to distinguish the species. From this point of view, the scope and limits of computer and AI systems can be more adequately appraised and alternative accounts of consciousness and cognition can be more thoroughly criticised.
Readership: Intermediate and advanced students of computer science, AI, cognitive science, and all students of the philosophy of the mind.

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Non-Fiction Science Science in General Psychology Cognition & Cognitive Psychology Computing & I.T.Information Technology General Issue Ethical & Social Aspects of IT Computer Science Artificial Intelligence

Series Preface	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
Prologue
Minds and Machines: Behaviorism, Dualism and Beyond	p. 3
Semiotic Systems
Primitive Concepts: Habits, Conventions, and Laws	p. 25
Signs and Minds: An Introduction to the Theory of Semiotic Systems	p. 43
Language and Mentality: Computational, Representational, and Dispositional Conceptions	p. 73
Computers and Cognition
Mental Algorithms: Are Minds Computational Systems?	p. 101
What Makes Connectionism Different? A Criticial Review of Philosophy and Connectionist Theory	p. 131
People are Not Computers: (Most) Thought processes are Not Computational Procedures	p. 153
Computer Epistemology
Program Verification: The Very Idea	p. 183
Philosophical Aspects of Program Verification	p. 221
Philosophy and Computer Science: Reflections on the Program Verification Debate	p. 247
Epilogue
Computer Reliability and Public Policy: Limits of Knowledge of Computer-Based Systems	p. 271
Index of Names	p. 309
Index of Subjects	p. 313
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