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Title The search for a theory of cognition : early mechanisms and new ideas / edited by Stefano Franchi and Francesco Bianchini
Published Amsterdam ; New York, N.Y. : Rodopi, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 375 pages) : illustrations
Series Cognitive science
Value inquiry book series ; v. 238
Value inquiry book series ; v. 238.
Value inquiry book series. Cognitive science.
Contents pt. 1. The cybernetic suburb -- pt. 2. AI's peripheries -- pt. 3. Margins of computations -- pt. 4. At the thresholds of computability
Summary The book brings into relief the variety of approaches and disciplines that have informed the quest for a theory of cognition. The center of interest are the historical, geographical, and theoretical peripheries of classic AI's mainstream research program. The twelve chapters bring back into focus the variety of strategies and theoretical questions that researchers explored while working toward a scientific theory of cognition and pre-cognition. The volume is organized in four parts, each one including three essays. The first one deals with cybernetics, the approach that may be considered as the
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-351) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Artificial intelligence -- Research -- History
Cognitive science.
COMPUTERS -- Enterprise Applications -- Business Intelligence Tools.
COMPUTERS -- Intelligence (AI) & Semantics.
Artificial intelligence -- Research
Cognitive science
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Bianchini, Francesco, 1976-
Franchi, Stefano
ISBN 9401207151
9789401207157