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Machines and Thought
The Legacy of Alan Turing, Volume 1
Edited by P. J. R. Millican and A. Clark
308 pages
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line figures
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216x138mm
978-0-19-823593-4
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Hardback
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28 November 1996
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- Distinguished cast of contributors featuring some internationally famous names
- Interdisciplinary appeal: contributions from artificial intelligence, computing studies, philosophy, cognitive science, logic, and physics
This is the first of two volumes of essays in commemoration of Alan Turing, whose pioneering work in the theory of artificial intelligence and computer science continues to be widely discussed today. A group of prominent academics from a wide range of disciplines focus on three questions famously raised by Turing: What, if any, are the limits on machine `thinking'? Could a machine be genuinely intelligent? Might we ourselves be biological machines, whose thought consists essentially in nothing more than the interaction of neurons according to strictly determined rules? The
discussion of these fascinating issues is accessible to non-specialists and stimulating for all readers.Readership: Scholars and graduate students of philosophy of mind, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science.
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Edited by P. J. R. Millican, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Computer Studies, University of Leeds, and A. Clark, Professor of Philosophy and Director of Philosophy/Neuroscience/Psychology Program, University of Washington, St Louis, Missouri, USA Contributors:
Robert M. French, Indiana University; Donald Michie, The Turing Institute, Glasgow; Blay Whitby, University of Sussex; Ajit Narayanan, University of Exeter; Herbert A. Simon, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pennsylvania; J. R. Lucas, Merton College, Oxford; Robin Gandy, deceased, Wolfson College, Oxford; Antony Galton, University of Exeter; Chris Fields, New Mexico State
University; Aaron Sloman, University of Birmingham; Ian Stewart, University of Newcastle upon Tyne; Peter Mott, University of Leeds; Joseph Ford, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta; Clark Glymour, Carnegie-Mellon University
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"A fascinating series of essays on computation by contributors in various fields of knowledge ... we can all learn by reading these essays because they encourage us to explore issues beyond our normal sphere of expertise." - Choice
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1: Robert M. French: Subcognition and the Limits of the Turing Test
2: Donald Michie: Turing's Test and Conscious Thought
3: Blay Whitby: The Turing Test: AI's Biggest Blind Alley?
4: Ajit Narayanan: The Intentional Stance and the Imitation Game
5: Herbert Simon: Machine as Mind
6: J. R. Lucas: Minds, Machines, and Gödel: A Retrospect
7: Robin Gandy: Human versus Mechanical Intelligence
8: Antony Galton: The Church-Turing Thesis: Its Nature and Status
9: Chris Fields: Measurement and Computational Description
10: Aaron Sloman: Beyond Turing Equivalence
11: Iain A. Stewart: The Demise of the Turing Machine in Complexity Theory
12: Peter Mott: A Grammar-Based Approach to Common-Sense Reasoning
13: Joseph Ford: Chaos: Its Past, its Present, but Mostly its Future
14: Clark Glymour: The Hierarchies of Knowledge and the Mathematics of Discovery
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