From the Publisher: Wagman examines the emulation of human cognition by artificial
intelligence systems. Human thought and computer thought are compared in their …

How is it possible for a physical thing? a person, an animal, a robot? to extract knowledge of
the world from perception and then exploit that knowledge in the guidance of successful …

This article, derived from the 1996 Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
Presidential Address, explores the notion of intelligence from a variety of perspectives and …

Not long ago, we all knew what a theory was: it was a set of sentences or propositions,
expressible in the first-order predicate calculus. And we had what seemed to be excellent …

The philosophy of artificial intelligence can be considered a modern aspect of intelligent
artefacts discussions. Since the technological approach to Al focuses on the heuristic …

The idea of artificial intelligence implies the existence of a form of intelligence that is
“natural,” or at least not artificial. The problem is that intelligence, whether “natural” or …

In this chapter, the author argues that research in Artificial Intelligence (AI) was based upon
mistaken assumptions about the nature of human knowledge and understanding. He …

This article asserts that some general AIs are incomprehensible to humans and that
computers are innately incapable of performing certain human cognitive activities, including …

Is there an “essence of intelligence” that distinguishes intelligent systems from non-
intelligent systems? If there is, then what is it? This chapter suggests an answer to these …

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