What is thought? /

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Author / Creator:Baum, Eric B., 1957-
Imprint:Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2004.
Description:ix, 478 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5054115
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ISBN:0262025485 (hc : alk. paper)
Notes:"A Bradford book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [455]-463) and index.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Mind is a Computer Program
  • 3. The Turing Test, the Chinese Room, and What Computers Can't Do
  • 4. Occam's Razor and Understanding
  • 5. Optimization
  • 6. Remarks on Occam's Razor
  • 7. Reinforcement Learning
  • 8. Exploiting Structure
  • 9. Modules and Metaphors
  • 10. Evolutionary Programming
  • 11. Intractability
  • 12. The Evolution of Learning
  • 13. Language and the Evolution of Thought
  • 14. The Evolution of Consciousness
  • 15. What is Thought?
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index