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The Discovery of the Artificial : Behavior, Mind and Machines Before and Beyond Cybernetics /

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The book provides a valuable text for undergraduate and graduate courses on the historical and theoretical issues of Cognitive Science, Artificial Intelligence, Psychology, Neuroscience, and the Philosophy of Mind. The book should also be of interest for researchers in these fields, who will find in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cordeschi, Roberto
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
Series:Studies in cognitive systems ; 28.
Subjects:
Humanities.
Philosophy of mind.
Artificial intelligence.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Chemical machines and action systems
  • 2. Nervous conduction: early connectionism, physical analogies and machines
  • 3. The Robot Approach
  • 4. Behavior, purpose and teleology
  • 5. Cybernetics and the origins of Artificial Intelligence
  • 6. New steps towards the artificial
  • 7. The many forms of the artificial
  • References. List of machines
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index.