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Zusatztext A fascinating series of essays on computation by contributors in various fields. Informationen zum Autor Andy Clark is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy/Neuroscience/Psychology program at Washington State University, St Louis, Missouri. He is the author of Microcognition (MIT Press 1989) and Associative Engines (MIT Press 1993).Peter Millican is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Computer Studies at the University of Leeds. Klappentext This is the second of two volumes of essays in commemoration of Alan Turing. Key issues in contemporary philosophy of mind and cognitive science are explored in the course of celebrating Turing's work. The distinguished cast of contributors includes Paul M. Churchland, L. Jonathan Cohen, Mario Compiani, Peter Dayan, Beatrice de Gelder, Douglas R. Hofstadter, Frank Jackson, Michael Morris, Jon Oberlander, Christopher Peacocke, Philip Pettot, Ian Pratt, Joop Schopman and Aziz Shawky, Murray Shanahan, and Chris Thornton. Zusammenfassung This is the second of two volumes of essays in commemoration of Alan Turing; it celebrates his intellectual legacy within the philosophy of mind and cognitive science. A distinguished international cast of contributors focus on the relationship beteen a scientific, computational image of the mind and a common-sense picture of the mind as an inner arena populated by concepts, beliefs, intentions, and qualia. Topics covered include the causal potency of folk- psychological states, the connectionist reconception of learning and concept formation, the understanding of the notion of computation itself, and the relation between philosophical and psychological theories of concepts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Paul M. Churchland: Learning and Conceptual Change: The View from the Neurons 2: Mario Compiani: Remarks on the Paradigms of Connectionism 3: Joop Schopman and Aziz Shawky: Remarks on the Impact of Connectionism on our Thinking about Concepts 4: Frank Jackson and Philip Pettit: Causation in the Philosophy of Mind 5: Jon Oberlander and Peter Dayan: Altered States and Virtual Beliefs 6: Christopher Peacocke: The Relation between Philosophical and Psychological Theories of Concepts 7: Michael Morris: How Simple is the Simple Account? 8: Beatrice de Gelder: Modularity and Logical Cognitivism 9: Murray Shanahan: Folk Learning and Naive Physics 10: Chris Thornton: Why Concept Learning is a Good Idea 11: Douglas R. Hofstadter: Analogy-Making, Fluid Concepts, and Brain Mechanisms 12: Ian Pratt: Encoding Psychological Knowledge 13: L. Jonathan Cohen: Does Belief Exist? ...
