Andy Clark (Professor of Logic and Professor of Logic Metaphysics

Mindware

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Cognitive Science

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Ranging across both standard philosophical territory and the landscape of cutting-edge cognitive science, Mindware: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Second Edition, is a vivid and engaging introduction to key issues, research, and opportunities in the field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 516g
• ISBN-13: 9780199828159
• ISBN-10: 0199828156
• Artikelnr.: 39373947

Autorenporträt

Andy Clark is Professor of Logic and Metaphysics in the School of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. He is the author of six books including Supersizing the Mind (2008) and Natural-Born Cyborgs (2004), both published by Oxford University Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: (Not) Like a Rock
1. Meat Machines: Mindware as Software
2. Symbol Systems
3. Patterns, Contents, and Causes
4. Connectionism
5. Perception, Action, and the Brain
6. Robots and Artificial Life
7. Dynamics
8. Cognitive Technology: Beyond the Naked Brain
9. Extended Minds?
10. Enacting Perceptual Experience
11. Prediction Machines
Appendix I. Some Backdrop: Dualism, Behaviorism, and Beyond
Appendix II . Consciousness and the Meta-Hard Problem