Mentality and Machines - Softcover

Gunderson, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816613621 ISBN 13: 9780816613625

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 1985

Synopsis

Mentality and Machines was first published in 1985. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

Mentality and Machines — with a new preface and an extended postscript—is a general essay on the philosophy of mind, oriented to philosophical and psychological questions about real as well as imagined, robots and machines. The second edition retains all of the essays from the original book, including Gunderson's influential critique ("The Imitation Game") of A.M. Turing's treatment of the question "Can machines think?" and his controversial distinction between program-receptive and program-resistant aspects of the mind. This edition's postscript includes further reflections on these themes and others, and relates them to recent writings of other philosophers and computer scientists.

About this title

About the Author

Keith Gunderson is professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota and a member of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science.

From the Back Cover

Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible to scholars, students, researchers, and general readers. Rich with historical and cultural value, these works are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The books offered through Minnesota Archive Editions are produced in limited quantities according to customer demand and are available through select distribution partners.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816613621
• ISBN 13: 9780816613625
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288