Why the Mind is Not a Computer

A Pocket Lexicon of Neuromythology

Raymond Tallis (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

96 Seiten

2004
Imprint Academic (Verlag)
978-0-907845-94-2 (ISBN)

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The equation "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 a lured a whole generation into accepting the computational model of the mind. First of all these words were used literally in the description of the human mind. Then computer scientists applied them metaphorically to the workings of their machines. And finally, their metaphorical status forgotten, the use of the terms was called as evidence of artificial intelligence in machines and the computational nature of conscious thought.

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.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.11.2004
Reihe/Serie	Societas
Verlagsort	Exeter
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 210 mm
Gewicht	200 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
ISBN-10	0-907845-94-0 / 0907845940
ISBN-13	978-0-907845-94-2 / 9780907845942
Zustand	Neuware