Turing Test Argument

This book departs from existing accounts of Turing's imitation game and test by placing Turing's proposal in its historical, social, and cultural context.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Reception History, 1950-2020 3. Turing's Imitation Principle 4. The Controversy that Led to the Turing Test 5. The Turing Test Is a Thought Experiment 6. Galilean Resonances: The Role of Experiment in Turing's Construction of Machine Intelligence 7. Irony with a Point: Turing's Intelligent Machine Utopia 8. Conclusion

About the author

Bernardo Gonçalves is a visiting fellow at King's College, University of Cambridge, and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of São Paulo. His research focuses on Alan Turing and the future of machines in society and nature. He holds Ph.D. degrees in Philosophy and in Computational Modeling.

Product details

• Authors: Bernardo (University of Sao Paulo Goncalves, Bernardo Gonçalves
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032291581
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3229158-1
• No. of pages: 226
• Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; History, PHILOSOPHY / General, Artificial Intelligence, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Western philosophy from c 1800, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge