Why the Mind Is Not a Computer - A Pocket Lexicon of Neuromythology

Informationen zum Autor Raymond Tallis's many books include The Hand: A Philosophical Inquiry into Human Being! On the Edge of Certainty: Philosophical Explorations! The Explicit Animal: A Defence of Human Consciousness! A Conversation with Martin Heidegger! The Raymond Tallis Reader and Newton's Sleep: The Two Cultures and the Two Kingdoms. Klappentext The equations 'Mind = Machine' is false. This pocket lexicon of 'neuromythology' shows why. Taking a series of key words such as calculation, language, information and memory, Professor Tallis shows how their misuse has lured a whole generation into accepting the computational model of the mind. Zusammenfassung The equation "Mind = Machine" is false. This pocket lexicon of "neuromythology" shows why. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction The Lexicon Calculations (Computations) Complexity (Sophistication) Fodor Goals (Functions! Objects! Purposes! Aims! Plans) Grammar Information (Knowledge) Instructions Interpretation (Translation) Language (Code) Level Logic Memory Misplaced Explicitness Pattern Process (Processing) Representation (Model) Rule

Product details

• Authors: Raymond Tallis
• Publisher: Imprint Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.11.2004
• EAN: 9780907845942
• ISBN: 978-0-907845-94-2
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: SOCIETAS; Societas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works