Mechanical Mind, The (Tim Crane)

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Tim Crane explains some fundamental ideas that cut across philosophy of mind, artificial intelligence and cognitive science: what the mind-body problem is; what a computer is and how it works; what thoughts are and how computers and minds might have them. He examines different models of the mind from dualist to eliminativist, and questions whether there can be thought without language and whether the mind is subject to the same causal laws as natural phenomena. The result is a fascinating exploration of the theories and arguments surrounding the notions of thought and representation.


Paperback 240 pages
Publication Date: August 2003
Publisher: Routledge
Dimensions: 7.75"H x 5"W x 0.75"D; 0.6 lbs.
ISBN-10: 0415290317
ISBN-13: 9780415290319