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

03/1998

320

Mole

Inglês

9780471251866

0471251860

15 a 20 dias

457

A notion, argued by Rene Descartes, is that our thought follows the rules of logic. In a narrative that travels from ancient times to today, this book shows how the concept of the mind as a logic machine developed and came to be so widely accepted.
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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