How the Body Shapes the Way We Think: A New View of Intelligence (A Bradford Book)
Language: English
Published by Bradford Books, 2006
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- Title
- How the Body Shapes the Way We Think: A New View of Intelligence (A Bradford Book)
- Author
- Pfeifer, Rolf; Bongard, Josh
- Publisher
- Bradford Books
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Very good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0262162393
- ISBN 13
- 9780262162395
- Illustrator
- Iwasawa, Shun
- Item weight
- 1.519 pounds
- Dimensions
- 15.88 centimeters width by 23.5 centimeters height by 2.54 centimeters depth
How could the body influence our thinking when it seems obvious that the brain controls the body? In How the Body Shapes the Way We Think, Rolf Pfeifer and Josh Bongard demonstrate that thought is not independent of the body but is tightly constrained, and at the same time enabled, by it. They argue that the kinds of thoughts we are capable of have their foundation in our embodimentin our morphology and the material properties of our bodies.
This crucial notion of embodiment underlies fundamental changes in the field of artificial intelligence over the past two decades, and Pfeifer and Bongard use the basic methodology of artificial intelligence"understanding by building"to describe their insights. If we understand how to design and build intelligent systems, they reason, we will better understand intelligence in general. In accessible, nontechnical language, and using many examples, they introduce the basic concepts by building on recent developments in robotics, biology, neuroscience, and psychology to outline a possible theory of intelligence. They illustrate applications of such a theory in ubiquitous computing, business and management, and the psychology of human memory. Embodied intelligence, as described by Pfeifer and Bongard, has important implications for our understanding of both natural and artificial intelligence.
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About the Author
Shanti Pillai is a PhD candidate in the Department of Performance Studies at Tisch School of the Arts/NYU.
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