Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design (Language and Being) - Hardcover

Winograd, Terry; Flores, Fernando F.

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Understanding Computers and Cognition presents an important and controversial new approach to understanding what computers do and how their functioning is related to human language, thought, and action. While it is a book about computers, Understanding Computers and Cognition goes beyond the specific issues of what computers can or can't do. It is a broad-ranging discussion exploring the background of understanding in which the discourse about computers and technology takes place. Understanding Computers and Cognition is written for a wide audience, not just those professionals involved in computer design or artificial intelligence. It represents an important contribution to the ongoing discussion about what it means to be a machine, and what it means to be human.

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ISBN 10:  0201112973 ISBN 13:  9780201112979
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional, 1987
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