VG- hardcover. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001; no additional printings indicated. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; pictorial boards in VG condition, corners sharp; front end page appears to have been removed; small pen markings in text/margins of fewer than 10 pages, else text very good throughout. Due to the size/weight of this book extra charges may apply for international shipping. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Title

Computers and Cognition: Why Minds are Not Machines (Studies in Cognitive Systems Volume 25)

Publisher

Springer

Publication Date

2000

Language

English

ISBN 10

0792366158

ISBN 13

9780792366157

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Good+

Weight

23 ounces

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Computers/Electronics

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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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Fetzer is Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the University of Minnesota, Duluth.

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