Philosophy of mind: a very short introduction

Is the neurophysiology of pain all there is to pain? How do words and mental pictures come to represent things in the world? Do computers think, and if so, are their thought processes significantly similar to our thought processes? Or is there something distinctive about human thought that precludes...

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1. Verfasser: Montero, Barbara Gail 1962- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2022
Ausgabe:First edition
Schriftenreihe:Very short introductions
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Zusammenfassung:Is the neurophysiology of pain all there is to pain? How do words and mental pictures come to represent things in the world? Do computers think, and if so, are their thought processes significantly similar to our thought processes? Or is there something distinctive about human thought that precludes replication in a computer? These are some of the puzzles that motivate the philosophical discipline called
Beschreibung:xxi, 131 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780198809074