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- catalog abstract ""This book brings together 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. The author advances an alternative approach inspired by the work of the great American philosopher, Charles S. Peirce, according to which minds are sign-using (or "semiotic") systems, which generates in turn 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 systems and of AI systems can be more adequately appraised and alternative accounts of consciousness and cognition can be more thoroughly critiqued." "Audience: This book will appeal to intermediate and advanced students of computer science, AI, and cognitive science, as well as all students of the philosophy of mind."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12201686.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""This book brings together 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. The author advances an alternative approach inspired by the work of the great American philosopher, Charles S. Peirce, according to which minds are sign-using (or "semiotic") systems, which generates in turn distinctions between different kinds of minds and overcomes problems that burden more familiar alternatives.".
- catalog description "1. Minds and machines : behaviorism, dualism and beyond -- 2. Primitive concepts : habits, conventions, and laws -- 3. Signs and minds : an introduction to the theory of semiotic systems -- 4. Language and mentality : computational, representational, and dispositional conceptions -- 5. Mental algorithms : Are minds computational systems? -- 6. What makes connectionism different? A critical review of Philosophy and connectionist theory -- 7. People are not computers : (most) thought processes are not computational procedures -- 8. Program verification : the very idea -- 9. Philosophical aspects of program verification -- 10. Philosophy and computer science : reflections on the program verification debate -- 11. Computer reliability and public policy : limits of knowledge of computer-based systems.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
- catalog description "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 systems and of AI systems can be more adequately appraised and alternative accounts of consciousness and cognition can be more thoroughly critiqued." "Audience: This book will appeal to intermediate and advanced students of computer science, AI, and cognitive science, as well as all students of the philosophy of mind."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xix, 323 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0792366158 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in cognitive systems ; v. 25".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Dordrecht [Netherlands] ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers,".
- catalog subject "153 21".
- catalog subject "2001 G-971".
- catalog subject "Artificial Intelligence.".
- catalog subject "BF 311 F421c 2001".
- catalog subject "BF311 .F423 2001".
- catalog subject "Cognition.".
- catalog subject "Cognitive science.".
- catalog subject "Computers.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Minds and machines : behaviorism, dualism and beyond -- 2. Primitive concepts : habits, conventions, and laws -- 3. Signs and minds : an introduction to the theory of semiotic systems -- 4. Language and mentality : computational, representational, and dispositional conceptions -- 5. Mental algorithms : Are minds computational systems? -- 6. What makes connectionism different? A critical review of Philosophy and connectionist theory -- 7. People are not computers : (most) thought processes are not computational procedures -- 8. Program verification : the very idea -- 9. Philosophical aspects of program verification -- 10. Philosophy and computer science : reflections on the program verification debate -- 11. Computer reliability and public policy : limits of knowledge of computer-based systems.".
- catalog title "Computers and cognition : why minds are not machines / by James H. Fetzer.".
- catalog type "text".