Machines and Thought

by Peter Millican, Andy Clark, Clark Millican

Book Overview

This is the first of two volumes of essays in commemoration of Alan Turing, whose pioneering work in the theory of artificial intelligence and computer science continues to provoke wide discussion. The essays focus on three questions: What, if any, are the limits on machine "thinking"? Can a machine be genuinely intelligent? And, Might we ourselves be biological machines? Contributors include Chris Fields, Joseph Ford, Robert M. French, Anthony Galton,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198238762
• ISBN13: 9780198238768
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"