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6A Brain SpeaksIn Susan Schneider (ed.), Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to Superintelligence, Wiley. 2016.In this chapter, the author explains that the brain explains the concept of “functional decomposition” ‐ how it is a blend of different functional subcomponents, each of which computes its own algorithm to carry out a specialized function. The different subcomponents are wired together by evolution and experience to do important tasks. The human is apprised of only the bare minimum of knowledge about the brain's inner activities. What the human (the conscious agent) gets from the brain is rather…Read more
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6Linguistic anchors in the sea of thought?Pragmatics and Cognition 4 (1): 93-103. 1995.Language, according to Jackendoff, is more than just an instrument of communication and cultural transmission. It is also a tool which helps us to think. It does so, he suggests, by expanding the range of our conscious contents and hence allowing processes of attention and reflection to focus on items which would not otherwise be available for scrutiny. I applaud Jackendoff s basic vision, but raise some doubts concerning the argument. In particular, I wonder what it is about public language tha…Read more
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4Philosophy and Cognitive Science: Categories, Consciousness, and Reasoning: Proceeding of the Second International Colloquium on Cognitive Science (edited book)Boom Koninklijke Uitgevers. 1996.This book presents the Proceedings of the Second International Colloquium on Cognitive Science, held at San Sebastian in May, 1991, to discuss from an interdisciplinary point of view topics which are at the intersection of philosophy and cognitive science. With a total of eleven papers from leading scholars in the field, the volume provides many different theoretical approaches to the study of Categories, Consciousness and Reasoning. The book is addressed to researchers, specialists, advanced st…Read more
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4Connectionism in Context (edited book)Springer Verlag. 1992.Connectionism is currently one of the most flourishing and interdisciplinary areas of cognitive science. Drawing on research in neural computation and networks it has found applications in areas such as psychology and animal intelligence. By using types of network which attempt to mirror our own cognitive architecture, connectionism is making breakthroughs in the understanding of the human mind a real possibility.
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3Cognitive Architectures in Artificial Intelligence: The Evolution of Research Programs (edited book)Routledge. 1998.First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
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3Linguistic anchors in the sea of thought?Pragmatics and Cognition 4 (1): 93-103. 1996.Language, according to Jackendoff, is more than just an instrument of communication and cultural transmission. It is also a tool which helps us to think. It does so, he suggests, by expanding the range of our conscious contents and hence allowing processes of attention and reflection to focus on items which would not otherwise be available for scrutiny. I applaud Jackendoff s basic vision, but raise some doubts concerning the argument. In particular, I wonder what it is about public language tha…Read more
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2Connectionism, Concepts, and Folk Psychology: The Legacy of Alan Turing, Volume 2 (edited book)Clarendon Press. 1996.This is the second of two volumes of essays in commemoration of Alan Turing, who pioneered computing theory in the middle of this century. A distinguished international cast of contributors offer original investigations of key theories in contemporary philosophy of mind and cognitive science, celebrating Turing's intellectual legacy in these fields. All essays are specially written for this volume.
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Evolutionary Epistemology and the Scientific Method in Current Issues in the Philosophy of BiologyPhilosophica 37 151-162. 1986.
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Connectionism: the structure beneath the symbolsIn Raymond Tallis & Howard Robinson (eds.), The Pursuit of mind, Carcanet. pp. 129. 1992.
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Connectionism, Concepts, and Folk Psychology: The Legacy of Alan Turing, Volume Ii (edited book)Clarendon Press. 1999.This is the second of two volumes of essays on the ideas of Alan Turing, whose pioneering work in artificial intelligence and computer science made him one of the seminal thinkers of the century. A distinguished international cast of contributors offer original investigations of key issues in contemporary philosophy of mind and cognitive science, celebrating Turing's intellectual legacy in these fields. 'fascinating...we can all learn by reading these essays because they encourage us to explore …Read more
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The Varieties of EliminativismSchool of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex. 1992.
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Dealing in futures: Folk psychology and the role of representations in cognitive scienceIn Robert N. McCauley (ed.), The Churchlands and their critics, Blackwell. 1996.