Title: The society of mind /
Authors: Minsky, Marvin,
Date: 1986
Publisher: Simon and Schuster,
Physical description: 339 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language: English
LC classification: B
Abstract: An authority on artificial intelligence introduces a theory that explores the workings of the human mind and the mysteries of thought.
Contents: Prologue -- Wholes and parts -- Conflict and compromise -- The self -- Individuality -- Insight and introspection -- Problems and goals -- A theory of memory -- Summaries -- Papert's principle -- The shape of space -- Learning meaning -- Seeing and believing -- Reformulation -- Consciousness and memory -- Emotion -- Development -- Reasoning -- Words and ideas -- Context and ambiguity -- Trans-frames -- Expression -- Comparisons -- Frames -- Frame-arrays -- Language-frames -- Censors and jokes -- The mind and the world -- The realms of thought -- Mental models.
Notes: Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Human information processing.; Intellect.; Science--Philosophy.