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Author Baum, Eric B., 1957-

Title What is thought? / Eric B. Baum.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2004]
©2004

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  128.2 B347W    Check Shelf
Description ix, 478 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note "A Bradford book".
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [455]-463) and index.
Contents The mind is a computer program -- The Turing test, the Chinese room, and what computers can't do -- Occam's razor and understanding -- Optimization -- Remarks on Occam's razor -- Reinforcement learning -- Exploiting structure -- Modules and metaphors -- Evolutionary programming -- Intractability -- The evolution of learning -- Language and the evolution of thought -- The evolution of consciousness -- What is thought?
Subject Philosophy of mind.
Cognitive science.
Thought and thinking.
Semantics (Philosophy)
ISBN 0262025485 hardcover alkaline paper
9780262025485 hardcover alkaline paper
0262524570 paperback
9780262524575 paperback
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