311 pp. First published in 1988 in Daedalus and MIT Press; this copy, Stated: "First MIT Press edition, 1988" with '3' in number line. Contents divided into 14 Essays: [1] Seymour Papert, "One AI or Many?"; [2] Hubert L. Dreyfus and Stuart E Dreyfus, "Making a Mind versus Modeling the Brain: Artificial Intelligence Back at a Branchpoint"; [3] Robert Sokolowski, "Natural and Artificial Intelligence"; [4] Pamela McCorduck, "Artificial Intelligence: An Apercu"; [5] Jack D. Cowan and David H. Sharp, "Neural Nets and Artificial Intelligence"; [6] Jacob T. Schwartz, "The New Connectionism: Developing Relationships Between Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence"; [7] George N. Reeke, Jr. and Gerald M. Edelman, "Real Brains and Artificial Intelligence"; [8] W. Daniel Hillis, "Intelligence as an Emergent Behavior; or, The Songs of Eden"; [9] David L. Waltz, "The Prospects for Building Truly Intelligent Machines"; [10] Anya Hurlbert and Tomaso Poggiio, "Making Machines (and Artificial Intelligence) See"; [11] Sherry Turkle, "Artificial Intelligence and Psychoanalysis: A New Alliance"; [12] Hilary Putnam, "Much Ado About Not Very Much"; [13] Daniel C.Dennett, " When Philosophers Encounter Artificial Intelligence"; [14] John McCarthy, "Mathematical Logic in Artificial Intelligence". Glossy illustrated wrappers. to places for minor bumps on lower front cover edge (NO text impacted: no tears and nugatory echoing through just a few pages at one bump on lower right. Solid copy: Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear; NO remainder marks; NO previous owner names. Clean text.

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Title: The Artificial Intelligence Debate: False Starts, Real Foundations
Publisher: The MIT Press, Cambridge MA and London
Publication Date: 1988
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0262570742
ISBN 13: 9780262570749
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Near Fine

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In this broad and provocative collection of original essays on artificial intelligence today, eighteen distinguished scholars set out to explain why and how certain discoveries about the human brain have or have not been used by the AI community, and whether the AI endeavor has increased out, understanding of human cognition. Their exploration focuses on the many controversies and debates that continue to vitalize the field.

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Jack D. Cowan, Daniel C. Dennett, Hubert L. Dreyfus, Stuart E. Dreyfus, Gerald M. Edelman, W. Daniel Hillis, Anya Hurlbert, John McCarthy, Pamela McCorduck, Seymour Papert, Tomaso Poggio, Hilary Putnam, George N. Reeke Jr, Jacob T. Schwartz, David H. Sharp, Robert Sokolowski, Sherry Turkle, and David L. Waltz

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Stephen Graubard is Editor of Dacdalas, Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Professor of History at Brown University.

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