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What is thought? / Eric B. Baum.
Author
Baum, Eric B., 1957-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2004.
Description
ix, 478 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Subject(s)
Philosophy of mind
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Cognitive science
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Thought and thinking
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Semantics (Philosophy)
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Series
Bradford book
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A Bradford book
Summary note
Toward a computational explanation of thought: an argument that underlying mind is a complex but compact program that corresponds to the underlying complex structure of the world.
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"A Bradford book."
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [455]-463) and index.
Contents
The mind is a computer program
The Turing test, the Chinese room, and what computers can't do
Occam's razor and understanding
Optimization
Remarks on Occam's razor
Reinforcement learning
Exploiting structure
Modules and metaphors
Evolutionary programming
Intractability
The evolution of learning
Language and the evolution of thought
The evolution of consciousness
What is thought?
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ISBN
0262025485 ((hc ; : alk. paper))
9780262025485 ((hc ; : alk. paper))
0262524570 ((pbk.))
9780262524575 ((pbk.))
LCCN
2003059544
OCLC
52750024
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