Goodbye Descartes

Goodbye Descartes

End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind

Devlin, Keith J.

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

01/1997

320

Dura

Inglês

9780471142164

0471142166

680

A chronicle of the quest to discover the laws by which the human mind works. The most popular notion, argued particularly by Rene Descartes, is that our thought processes follow the rules of logic. In a wide-ranging historical narrative, this book sets out to disprove this theory.
Patterns of Mind. A Passion for Order. The Laws of Thought. From Symbols to Silicon. The Science of Language. Language in the Mind. Machines that Think. Communication Is the Key. Verbal Tangos. The Cheshire Cat's Grin. Goodbye, Descartes. Selected Further Reading. Index.
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