Mind As Machine
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The development of cognitive science is one of the most remarkable and fascinating intellectual achievements of the modern era. It brings together psychology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, computing, philosophy, linguistics, and anthropology in the project of understanding the mind by modelling its workings. Oxford University Press now presents a masterful history of cognitive science, told by one of its most eminent practitioners.Features
- The definitive history of cognitive science
- One of the twentieth-century's most fascinating new disciplines
- Brings together a host of other subjects, from linguistics to AI
- Boden is the ideal author to tell the story - she has known many of the key figures personally
- A rich resource for anyone working on the mind
Reviews
"This is, as far as I know, the first full-scale history of cognitive science.... I doubt that many, or in fact any, readers will have the detailed firsthand knowledge that Boden has of so much of cognitive science. Future histories of the subject will have to build on this one."--Gilbert Harmann, Scientific American
"A beautifully written book, not just for specialists but for anyone interested in the questions of mind and its workings."--CHOICE
"A triumphant literary event among histories of cognitive science"--Igor Aleksander, Journal of Consciousness Studies
"A monumental new history of cognitive science--scholarly, readable, and even entertaining--an invaluable resource. At present it has no rival, and it is hard to imagine any other work that could so completely document the intellectual ferment of the past fifty years."--Michael C. Corballis, Times Literary Supplement
