Andy Clark / Peter Millican (eds.)

Connectionism, Concepts, and Folk Psychology

The Legacy of Alan Turing, Volume II
Herausgeber: Clark, Andy; Millican, Peter

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Produktbeschreibung

This is the second of two volumes of essays in commemoration of Alan Turing. Key issues in contemporary philosophy of mind and cognitive science are explored in the course of celebrating Turing's work. The distinguished cast of contributors includes Paul M. Churchland, L. Jonathan Cohen, Mario Compiani, Peter Dayan, Beatrice de Gelder, Douglas R. Hofstadter, Frank Jackson, Michael Morris, Jon Oberlander, Christopher Peacocke, Philip Pettot, Ian Pratt, Joop Schopman and Aziz Shawky, Murray Shanahan, and Chris Thornton.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9780198238751
• ISBN-10: 0198238754
• Artikelnr.: 21740692

Autorenporträt

Andy Clark is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Philosophy/Neuroscience/Psychology Project at Washington University, St Louis Missouri. Peter Millican is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Computer Studies at the University of Leeds.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: Paul M. Churchland: Learning and Conceptual Change: The View from
the Neurons
* 2: Mario Compiani: Remarks on the Paradigms of Connectionism
* 3: Joop Schopman and Aziz Shawky: Remarks on the Impact of
Connectionism on our Thinking about Concepts
* 4: Frank Jackson and Philip Pettit: Causation in the Philosophy of
Mind
* 5: Jon Oberlander and Peter Dayan: Altered States and Virtual Beliefs
* 6: Christopher Peacocke: The Relation between Philosophical and
Psychological Theories of Concepts
* 7: Michael Morris: How Simple is the Simple Account?
* 8: Beatrice de Gelder: Modularity and Logical Cognitivism
* 9: Murray Shanahan: Folk Learning and Naive Physics
* 10: Chris Thornton: Why Concept Learning is a Good Idea
* 11: Douglas R. Hofstadter: Analogy-Making, Fluid Concepts, and Brain
Mechanisms
* 12: Ian Pratt: Encoding Psychological Knowledge
* 13: L. Jonathan Cohen: Does Belief Exist?