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Why the Mind is Not a Computer

Why the Mind is Not a Computer

A Pocket Lexicon of Neuromythology

by Raymond Tallis
Paperback
Publication Date: 04/11/2004

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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.
ISBN:
9780907845942
9780907845942
Category:
Cognition & cognitive psychology
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
04-11-2004
Language:
English
Publisher:
Imprint Academic
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Edition:
2nd Edition
Pages:
96
Dimensions (mm):
210x135x8mm
Weight:
0.2kg

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