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Professor Leibera s exuberant but incisive book illuminates the inquirya s beginnings in Plato, in the physiology and psychology of Descartes, in the formal work of Russell and Godel, and in Wittgensteina s critique of folk psychology.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

1 Shake Hands 1

2 The Classical Agenda: Plato's Problem, Aristotle's Turf-wars, Descartes' Solution 10

3 The Gathering Storm: La Mettrie's Machine, Frankenstein's Monster, Babbage's Engines, Russell's Logic 25

4 Meaning Must Have a Stop 46

5 Dark Glass and Shattered Mirrors 61

6 The Contradictions of the Public World 72

7 Turing and Wittgenstein 89

8 Information Storms 96

9 The Imitation Game 108

10 The Linguistic Turn: The Child Program 130

11 Stories of Consciousness 148

Notes 154

Index 166

An Invitation to Cognitive Science

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 29/04/1994
      ISBN13: 9780631170051, 978-0631170051
      ISBN10: 0631170057
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Professor Leibera s exuberant but incisive book illuminates the inquirya s beginnings in Plato, in the physiology and psychology of Descartes, in the formal work of Russell and Godel, and in Wittgensteina s critique of folk psychology.

      Table of Contents

      Preface vii

      1 Shake Hands 1

      2 The Classical Agenda: Plato's Problem, Aristotle's Turf-wars, Descartes' Solution 10

      3 The Gathering Storm: La Mettrie's Machine, Frankenstein's Monster, Babbage's Engines, Russell's Logic 25

      4 Meaning Must Have a Stop 46

      5 Dark Glass and Shattered Mirrors 61

      6 The Contradictions of the Public World 72

      7 Turing and Wittgenstein 89

      8 Information Storms 96

      9 The Imitation Game 108

      10 The Linguistic Turn: The Child Program 130

      11 Stories of Consciousness 148

      Notes 154

      Index 166

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