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Publication details [#7761]

McClintock, Alexander E. 1995. The Convergence of Machine and Human Nature: A Critique of the Computer Metaphor of Mind and Artificial Intelligence. Aldershot: Dartmouth Publishing. 147 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

computer metaphor | machine/human nature | metaphor for artificial intelligence | metaphor for mind | THE MIND IS A COMPUTER

ISBN

1856289974

Abstract

The book is a critique of the metaphor which sees the human mind and human nature as a computer or a machine. It looks at philosophical attitudes and artificial intelligence, and analyzes the conceptual connections of some common concepts to the human body form. (Amazon Book Description)