Wittgenstein and Artificial Intelligence, Volume I - Mind and Language

Wittgenstein and AI (Volume I): Mind and Language. This is the first of two edited collections, exploring Wittgensteinian themes in AI. The issues covered by the various chapters of this volume range over a number of topics, with a specific focus on mind and language.

List of contents

Introduction; Brian Ball, Alice C. Helliwell and Alessandro Rossi; Chapter 1. Wittgenstein and Turing on AI: Myth Versus Reality, Diane Proudfoot; Chapter 2. Between Wittgenstein and Turing: Enactive Embodied Thinking Machines, Tomi Kokkonen and Ilmari Hirvonen; Chapter 3. Wittgenstein, Psychological Language and AI, Arturo Vázquez Hernández; Chapter 4. The Metonymical Trap, Éloïse Boisseau; Chapter 5. The Forms of Artificially Intelligent Life: Brandom, Chomsky and Wittgenstein on the Possibility of Strong-AI, Laith Abdel-Rahman; Chapter 6. Black Boxes, Beetles and Beasts, Ian Ground; Chapter 7. Language Models and the Private Language Argument: A Wittgensteinian Guide to Machine Learning, Giovanni Galli; Chapter 8. Simplification without Falsification: The Problem of Relevance in Logic and AI, Oskari Kuusela; Chapter 9. Modelling Analogical Reasoning: One-Size-Fits-All?, Ioannis Votsis; Notes on Contributors; Index

About the author

Brian Ball is Associate Professor in Philosophy at Northeastern University London. His research spans a range of areas, notably the philosophy of mind, language and artificial intelligence, and he has taught the early history of analytic philosophy, including Wittgenstein.

Alice Helliwell is Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Northeastern University London. Her research is focused on computational creativity and AI art, including questions of aesthetics and ethics.

Alessandro Rossi is Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Northeastern University London. His work focuses on logic, metaphysics and the areas in which they intersect.

Summary

Wittgenstein and AI (Volume I): Mind and Language. This is the first of two edited collections, exploring Wittgensteinian themes in AI. The issues covered by the various chapters of this volume range over a number of topics, with a specific focus on mind and language.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Ball, Alice C Helliwell, Alice C. Helliwell, Alessandro Rossi
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.09.2024
• EAN: 9781839991363
• ISBN: 978-1-83999-136-3
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Anthem Studies in Wittgenstein
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Philosophy of Language, Artificial Intelligence, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, LAW / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Ethical & social aspects of IT, COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, philosophers and non-philosophers