What is thought? / Eric B. Baum.

Author
Baum, Eric B., 1957- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2004.
Description
ix, 478 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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      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.
      Notes
      "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?
      ISBN
      • 0262025485 ((hc ; : alk. paper))
      • 9780262025485 ((hc ; : alk. paper))
      • 0262524570 ((pbk.))
      • 9780262524575 ((pbk.))
      LCCN
      2003059544
      OCLC
      52750024
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