Table of Contents

What is mind design? John Haugeland; Computing machinery and intelligence, A.M. Turing; True believers - the intentional strategy and why it works, Daniel C. Dennett; Computer science as empirical inquiry - symbols and search, Allen Newell, Herbert A. Simon; A framework for representing knowledge, Marvin Minsky; From micro-worlds to knowledge representation - AI at an impasse, Hubert L. Dreyfus; Minds, brains, and programs, John R. Searle; The architecture of mind - a connectionist approach, David E. Rumelhart; Connectionist modelling - neural computation/mental connections, Paul Smolensky; On the nature of theories - a neurocomputational perspectives, Paul M. Churchland; Connectionism and cognition, Jay F. Rosenberg; Connectionism and cognitive architecture - a critical analysis, Jerry A. Fodor, Zenon W. Pylyshyn; Connectionism, eliminativism, and the future of folk psychology, William Ramsey et al; The presence of a symbol, Andy Clark; Intelligence without representation, Rodney A. Brooks; Dynamics and cognition, Timothy van Gelder.

Promotional Information

Haugeland's Mind Design II brings together nearly all the essential philosophical perspectives in Cognitive Science. If you want to understand current opinion on the philosophy of mind, you should make sure you are familiar with the contents of this book. -- James L. McClelland, Carnegie Mellon University and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition Haugeland's Mind Design II brings together nearly all the essential philosophical perspectives in Cognitive Science. If you want to understand current opinion on the philosophy of mind, you should make sure you are familiar with the contents of this book. -- James L. McClelland, Carnegie Mellon University and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition

About the Author

The late John Haugeland was the David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor Emeritus in Philosophy at the University of Chicago. He was chair of the Philosophy Department from 2004-07 and the editor of two editions of Mind Design- Essays in Philosophy, Psychology, and Artificial Intelligence.

Reviews

"Haugeland's Mind Design II brings together nearly all the essential philosophical perspectives in Cognitive Science. If you want to understand current opinion on the philosophy of mind, you should make sure you are familiar with the contents of this book." James L. McClelland, Carnegie Mellon University and the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition