In Search of the Person: Philosophical Explorations in Cognitive Science

by Michael A. Arbib

Book Overview

For twenty-five years Michael Arbib has been studying the workings of the human brain and developing new approaches to the design of intelligent machines. These concerns have often led him to ponder philosophical questions about the nature of mind and knowledge. In this book, Arbib offers a stimulating, speculative discussion of cognitive science and its relation to larger philosophical and social issues.

Arbib proposes a theory of mental schemas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870235001
• ISBN13: 9780870235009
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher