Minds, Machines and Evolution

Klappentext Original essays written by philosophers and scientists and dealing with philosophical questions arising from work in evolutionary biology and artificial intelligence. Zusammenfassung This is a volume of original essays written by philosophers and scientists and dealing with philosophical questions arising from work in evolutionary biology and artificial intelligence. The volume continues the informal series stemming from meetings sponsored by the Thyssen Foundation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Naturalism, fallibilism and evolutionary epistempology Christopher Hookway; 2. Historical entities and historical narratives David Hull; 3. Force and disposition in evolutionary theory Elliott Sober; 4. The evolution of animal intelligence John Maynard Smith; 5. Intentionality, syntactic structure and the evolution of language Neil Tennant; 6. Machines and consciousness Yorick Wilks; 7. Cognitive wheels: the frame problem of AI Daniel Dennett; 8. Animal perception from an Artificial Intelligence viewpoint Margaret Boden; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Hookway
• Assisted by: Hookway Christopher (Editor), Christopher Hookway (Editor)
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521338288
• ISBN: 978-0-521-33828-8
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works