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Minds and computers : an introduction to the philosophy of artificial intelligence /
Could a computer have a mind? What kind of machine would this be? Exactly what do we mean by 'mind' anyway? The notion of the 'intelligent' machine, whilst continuing to feature in numerous entertaining and frightening fictions, has also been the focus of a serious and dedicated...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2007.
©2007 |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | Could a computer have a mind? What kind of machine would this be? Exactly what do we mean by 'mind' anyway? The notion of the 'intelligent' machine, whilst continuing to feature in numerous entertaining and frightening fictions, has also been the focus of a serious and dedicated research tradition. Reflecting on these fictions, and on the research tradition that pursues 'Artificial Intelligence', raises a number of vexing philosophical issues. Minds and Computers introduces readers to these issues by offering an engaging, coherent, and highly approachable interdisciplinary introduction to the. |
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| Description: | Title from e-book title screen (viewed Oct. 11, 2007). |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (ix, 222 pages : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-210) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0748629300 9780748629305 1280762446 9781280762444 9786610762446 6610762449 0748620982 9780748620982 |
| Accès: | Legal Deposit; |