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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 Project at Washington University, St Louis Missouri. 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 In commemoration of Alan Turing, this text celebrates his legacy within the philosophy of mind and cognitive science. It focuses on the relationship between a scientific, computational image of the mind and a common-sense picture of the mind as an inner arena populated by concepts and beliefs. 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? ...
