Society Of MindMarvin Minsky -- one of the fathers of computer science and cofounder of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT -- gives a revolutionary answer to the age-old question: "How does the mind work?" Minsky brilliantly portrays the mind as a "society" of tiny components that are themselves mindless. Mirroring his theory, Minsky boldly casts The Society of Mind as an intellectual puzzle whose pieces are assembled along the way. Each chapter -- on a self-contained page -- corresponds to a piece in the puzzle. As the pages turn, a unified theory of the mind emerges, like a mosaic. Ingenious, amusing, and easy to read, The Society of Mind is an adventure in imagination. |
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Contents
PROLOGUE | 17 |
WHOLES AND PARTS | 24 |
CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE | 32 |
THE SELF | 38 |
INDIVIDUALITY | 47 |
PROBLEMS AND GOALS | 70 |
A THEORY OF MEMORY | 81 |
PAPERTS PRINCIPLE | 98 |
DEVELOPMENT | 173 |
REASONING | 185 |
WORDS AND IDEAS | 195 |
CONTEXT AND AMBIGUITY | 206 |
EXPRESSION | 225 |
COMPARISONS | 237 |
FRAMES | 243 |
FRAMEARRAYS | 253 |
THE SHAPE OF SPACE | 108 |
LEARNING MEANING | 118 |
SEEING AND BELIEVING | 132 |
REFORMULATION | 140 |
CONSCIOUSNESS AND MEMORY | 150 |
EMOTION | 162 |
LANGUAGEFRAMES | 260 |
CENSORS AND JOKES | 273 |
THE MIND AND THE WORLD | 282 |
THE REALMS OF THOUGHT | 291 |
MENTAL MODELS | 300 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Society Of Mind Touchstone book |
| Author | Marvin Minsky |
| Illustrated by | Juliana Lee |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1988 |
| ISBN | 0671657135, 9780671657130 |
| Length | 339 pages |
| Subjects | › Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition Science / General Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects |
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