Views into the Chinese Room: New Essays on Searle and Artificial Intelligence by

Description: Views into the Chinese Room by John Preston, Mark Bishop John Searle argued that the fact that machines can be devised to respond to input with the same output that a mind would give, does not mean that mind and machine are doing the same thing: for such machines lack understanding of the symbols they process. Nineteen essays assess, renew, and respond to this challenge. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The most famous challenge to the aims of cognitive science and artificial intelligence is the philosopher John Searles 1980 Chinese Room argument. Searle argued that the fact that machines can be devised to respond to input with the same output that a mind would give does not mean that mind and machine are doing the same thing: for the latter lacks understanding. Nineteen specially written essays by leading scientists and philosophers assess, renew, and respondto this crucial challenge--fascinating reading for anyone interested in minds and computers. Author Biography John Preston is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading. Mark Bishop is Lecturer in Cybernetics at the University of Reading. Table of Contents John Preston: Introduction1: John R. Searle: Twenty-One Years in the Chinese Room2: Ned Block: Searles Arguments Against Cognitive Science3: Terry Winograd: Understanding, Orientations, and Objectivity4: Herbert A. Simon, Stuart A. Eisenstadt: A Chinese Room that Understands5: B. Jack Copeland: The Chinese Room from a Logical Point of View6: Larry Hauser: Nixin Goes to China7: Selmer Bringsjord, Ron Noel: Real Robots and the Missing Thought-Experiment in the Chinese Room Dialectic8: Diane Proudfoot: Wittgensteins Anticipation of the Chinese Room9: Jeff Coulter, Wes Sharrock: The Hinterlandof the Chinese Room10: Georges Rey: Searles Misunderstandings of Functionalism and Strong AI11: Roger Penrose: Consciousness, Computation, and the Chinese Room12: Igor Aleksander: Neural Depictions of World and Self: Bringing Computational Understanding to the Chinese Room13: John G. Taylor: Do Virtual Actions Avoid the Chinese Room?14: Stevan Harnad: Minds, Machines, and Searle 2: Whats Right and Wrong about the Chinese Room Argument15: Kevin Warwick: Alien Encounters16: Alison Adam: Cyborgs in the Chinese Room: Boundaries Transgressed and Boundaries Blurred17: Michael Wheeler: Changes in the Rules: Computers, Dynamical Systems, and Searle18: Mark Bishop: Dancing with Pixies: Strong Artificial Intelligence and Panpsychism19: John Haugeland: Syntax, Semantics, PhysicsA Short Bibliography on Searles ArgumentsName index, Subject index Review Searle fans will not be disappointed ... The editors have produced a genuinely interdisciplinary volume, which should stand for some time as the book to read on the Chinese room argument. John Preston has also written an excellent introduction, so newcomers to the debate will find themselves well prepared for the essays which follow. The Philosophers Magazine Produced to mark the 21st birthday of the Chinese Room and bears witness to the arguments continuing fascination ... kicks off with an excellent introduction ... This is an excellent gathering of scholars. Times Higher Education Supplement Long Description The most famous challenge to the aims of cognitive science and artificial intelligence is the philosopher John Searles 1980 Chinese Room argument. Searle argued that the fact that machines can be devised to respond to input with the same output that a mind would give does not mean that mind and machine are doing the same thing: for the latter lacks understanding. Nineteen specially written essays by leading scientists and philosophers assess, renew, and respondto this crucial challenge--fascinating reading for anyone interested in minds and computers. Review Quote Searle fans will not be disappointed ... The editors have produced a genuinely interdisciplinary volume, which should stand for some time as the book to read on the Chinese room argument. John Preston has also written an excellent introduction, so newcomers to the debate will find themselves well prepared for the essays which follow. Feature State-of-the-art work on the foundations of cognitive scienceThe book to read on this key issueFeatures eminent psychologists, philosophers, computer scientists, and AI researchersAll essays specially written for this volumeFeatures a piece by Searle on the argument and its critics Details ISBN0199252777 Short Title VIEWS INTO THE CHINESE ROOM Language English ISBN-10 0199252777 ISBN-13 9780199252770 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2002 Subtitle New Essays on Searle and Artificial Intelligence Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by John Preston DOI 10.1604/9780199252770 Author Mark Bishop UK Release Date 2002-08-01 AU Release Date 2002-08-01 NZ Release Date 2002-08-01 Pages 428 Publisher Oxford University Press Publication Date 2002-08-01 Alternative 9780198250579 DEWEY 153 Illustrations 2 halftones, line figures Audience Professional & Vocational Imprint Oxford University Press We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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