Brain, Mind, and ComputersThis work represents Dr. Jaki's rebuttal of contemporary claims about the existence of, or possibility for, man-made minds. His method includes a meticulously documtned survey of computer development, a review of the relevant results of brain research, and an evaluation of the accomplishments of physicalist schools in psychology, symbolic logic, and linguistics. |
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Introduction | 9 |
Computers and the Brain | 74 |
Computers and the Psyche | 140 |
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