Artificial Intelligence

A Philosophical Introduction

Jack Copeland (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

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English

Wiley-Blackwell
23 September 1993

Philosophy of mind; Artificial intelligence

Presupposing 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. Copeland goes on to analyze what those working in AI must achieve before they can claim to have built a thinking machine and appraises their prospects of succeeding. There are clear introductions to connectionism and to the language of thought hypothesis which weave together material from philosophy, artificial intelligence and neuroscience. John Searle's attacks on AI and cognitive science are countered and close attention is given to foundational issues, including the nature of computation, Turing Machines, the Church-Turing Thesis and the difference between classical symbol processing and parallel distributed processing. The book also explores the possibility of machines having free will and consciousness and concludes with a discussion of in what sense the human brain may be a computer.

By: Jack Copeland (University of Canterbury New Zealand)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 508g
ISBN: 9780631183853
ISBN 10: 063118385X
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 23 September 1993
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , A / AS level , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jack Copeland is Senior Lecturer in philosophy and logic at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He has published widely on logic, philosophy of mind and philosophy of language, and is editor of Logic and Reality (1993).

Reviews for Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Introduction

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