Description
Book SynopsisPresupposing no familiarity with the technical concepts of either philosophy or computing, this clear introduction reviews the progress made in AI since the inception of the field in 1956.
Trade Review"An excellent job ... the most balanced treatment of the hopes and claims of AI I have yet seen." Hubert Dreyfus, University of California
"The best philosophical introduction to artificial intelligence available." Justin Leiber, University of Houston
Table of ContentsList of figures x
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1
In outline 2
1 The beginnings of Artificial Intelligence: a historical sketch 4
2 Some dazzling exhibits 11
3 Can a machine think? 33
4 The symbol system hypothesis 58
5 A hard look at the facts 83
6 The curious case of the Chinese room 121
7 Freedom 140
8 Consciousness 163
9 Are we computers? 180
10 AI’s fresh start: parallel distributed processing 207
Epilogue 249
Notes 250
Blibliography 283
Index 299
