Title: Prerational Intelligence: Adaptive Behavior and Intelligent Systems Without Symbols and Logic, Volume 2 [Studies in Cognitive Systems, Vol. 26/2]
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht / Boston.
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0792366700
ISBN 13: 9780792366706
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good

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The focus of prerational intelligence is on the way animals and artificial systems utilise information about their surroundings in order to behave intelligently; the premise is that logic and symbolic reasoning are neither necessary nor, possibly, sufficient. Experts in the fields of biology, psychology, robotics, AI, mathematics, engineering, computer science, and philosophy review the evidence that intelligent behaviour can arise in systems of simple agents interacting according to simple rules; that self-organisation and interaction with the environment are critical; and that quick approximations may replace logical analyses. It is argued that a better understanding of the intelligence inherent in procedure like those illustrated will eventually shed light on how rational intelligence is realised in humans. Readership: Scientifically literate general readers and scientists in all fields interested in understanding and duplicating biological intelligence.

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