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Semiotic Perspectives in Evolutionary Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, and the Study of Mind: Emerging Research and Opportunities

Semiotic Perspectives in Evolutionary Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, and the Study of Mind: Emerging Research and Opportunities

by Marcel Danesi
Hardback
Publication Date: 31/05/2019

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Interest in the enigma of the human mind is as old as recorded history. Methods for studying the human mind, which have advanced alongside of technology, should also be approached from the perspective of semiotics--the science of signs and sign systems. Semiotic Perspectives in Evolutionary Psychology, Artificial Intelligence, and the Study of Mind: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential scholarly publication that revisits key concepts in the study of mind today, especially as it relates to the concept of intelligence and its modeling in artificial and augmented paradigms. Additionally, the book aims to penetrate the qualities of natural intelligence based on semiotic theory including the role of the imagination and inferential guesswork in creating knowledge and will show how a semiotic approach to intelligence can shed light on the dangers inherent in post-humanism and its nonchalant view that human intelligence is not unique but just another algorithm. Featuring a wide range of topics including neuroscience, sociobiology, and evolutionary psychology, this book is ideal for academicians, professionals, researchers, and students working in AI, psychology, cognitive sciences, semiotics, and culture studies.
ISBN:
9781522589242
9781522589242
Category:
Cognitive science
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
31-05-2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
IGI Global
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
254x177.8mm
Marcel Danesi

Marcel Danesi is a professor at the University of Toronto. He has written extensively about puzzles, including this trilogy published by Harlequin Books: Total Brain Workout, Extreme Brain Workout, and Complete Brain Workout. He also creates puzzles for the Toronto Star's "That's Puzzling" weekend supplement and he composes brainteasers for the Canadian edition of Reader's Digest.

In addition, he writes a puzzle blog for Psychology Today. He has also published academic books on puzzles: The Puzzle Instinct: The Meaning of Puzzles in Human Life and The Liar Paradox and the Towers of Hanoi: The Ten Greatest Math Puzzles of All Time. He appears frequently on major media, such as CBC and NPR, to discuss puzzles and their meaning for brain health. He has founded a research center at the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences to explore the use of puzzles in education.

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