Why the Mind is Not a Computer: A Pocket Lexicon of Neuromythology (Societas) - Softcover

Tallis, Raymond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0907845940 ISBN 13: 9780907845942

Publisher: Societas, 2004

Synopsis

The equation "Mind = Machine" is false. This pocket lexicon of "neuromythology" shows why. Taking a series of key words such as calculation, language, information and memory, Professor Tallis shows how their misuse has a lured a whole generation into accepting the computational model of the mind. First of all these words were used literally in the description of the human mind. Then computer scientists applied them metaphorically to the workings of their machines. And finally, their metaphorical status forgotten, the use of the terms was called as evidence of artificial intelligence in machines and the computational nature of conscious thought.

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About the Author

Raymond Tallis's many books include The Hand: A Philosophical Inquiry into Human Being, On the Edge of Certainty: Philosophical Explorations, The Explicit Animal: A Defence of Human Consciousness, A Conversation with Martin Heidegger, The Raymond Tallis Reader and Newton's Sleep: The Two Cultures and the Two Kingdoms.

Edition details

• Publisher: Societas
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0907845940
• ISBN 13: 9780907845942
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 96