[comp.society.futures] philosophy and AI

cbs@geacrd.UUCP (Chris Syed) (06/06/88)

   From the 'what I read on my summer vacation' corner...
   I'm halfway through a book which touches on the whole topic of
   the relationships among  cognitive psych, AI, philosophy, etc.
   It's called _The Computational Philosophy of Science_, by Paul 
   Thagard of SUNY Binghampton. Cambridge Mass : MIT Press, 1988.
   He goes into the utility of writing programs to simulate mental
   processes, & goes one beyond Kuhn xor Popper in proposing a method
   for the phil. of sci. It seems to be a pretty comprehensive &
   readable textbook, with tutorials at the back & a good bibliography.
   {Hey, I can't help it. I'm a librarian.}

   "The older a word, the deeper it reaches." - Wittgenstein.
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