In March 1946, Some Of The Greatest Minds Of The Twentieth Century - Among Them John Von Neumann, Norbert Wiener, Warren Mcculloch, And Walter Pitts - Gathered At The Beekman Hotel In New York City With The Aim Of Constructing A Science Of Mental Behavior That Would Resolve At Last The Ancient Philosophical Problem Of Mind And Matter. The Legacy Of Their Collaboration Is Known Today As Cognitive Science. As Dupuy Explains, The Founders Of Cognitive Science - Or, As They Called It, Cybernetics--drew Passion And Energy From Two Convictions: That The Mind Operates Like A Machine And That Physical Laws Explain How Nature Can Appear To Have Meaning. Armed With These Convictions, They Laid The Foundations Not Only For Cognitive Science But Also Artificial Intelligence, And Foreshadowed The Development Of Chaos Theory, Complexity Theory, And A Variety Of Other Major Scientific And Philosophical Breakthroughs. Today, Their Ideas Speak Directly To Controversies That Rage Between Cognitivists And Connectionists, Eliminative Materialists And Wittgensteinians, Functionalists And Antireductionists. However, Despite Their Genuine Achievements, The Cyberneticians Had Too Much Confidence In The Power Of Their Theories And Made Serious Mistakes That Led The Next Generation Of Thinkers To Ignore Their Work. The Development Of A Scientific Theory Of Mind Was Thus Significantly Delayed.--jacket. Jean-pierre Dupuy ; Translated By M.b. Debevoise. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [191]-199) And Index.
Categories:
- Science & Math
- History & Philosophy
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Author : Dupuy, Jean-Pierre
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2000-12-15
Number Of Pages : 224
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0691025746
ISBN-13 : 9780691025742
Item weight : 1.14 lb
Dimensions : 0.79 in x 6.34 in x 9.51 in
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