Views into the Chinese Room
New Essays on Searle and Artificial Intelligence
Published on 1. August 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
428 pages
978-0-19-925277-0 (ISBN)
Description
The most famous challenge to the aims of cognitive science and artificial intelligence is the philosopher John Searle's 1980 'Chinese Room' argument. Searle argued that the fact that machines can be devised to respond to input with the same output that a mind would give does not mean that mind and machine are doing the same thing: for the latter lacks understanding. Nineteen specially written essays by leading scientists and philosophers assess, renew, and respond to this crucial challenge--fascinating reading for anyone interested in minds and computers.
Reviews / Votes
Searle fans will not be disappointed ... The editors have produced a genuinely interdisciplinary volume, which should stand for some time as the book to read on the Chinese room argument. John Preston has also written an excellent introduction, so newcomers to the debate will find themselves well prepared for the essays which follow. * The Philosophers' Magazine * Produced to mark the 21st birthday of the Chinese Room and bears witness to the argument's continuing fascination ... kicks off with an excellent introduction ... This is an excellent gathering of scholars. * Times Higher Education Supplement *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
2 halftones, line figures
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
646 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-925277-0 (9780199252770)
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Persons
John Preston is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading.
Mark Bishop is Lecturer in Cybernetics at the University of Reading.
Mark Bishop is Lecturer in Cybernetics at the University of Reading.
Content
Introduction ; 1. Twenty-One Years in the Chinese Room ; 2. Searle's Arguments Against Cognitive Science ; 3. Understanding, Orientations, and Objectivity ; 4. A Chinese Room that Understands ; 5. The Chinese Room from a Logical Point of View ; 6. Nixin' Goes to China ; 7. Real Robots and the Missing Thought-Experiment in the Chinese Room Dialectic ; 8. Wittgenstein's Anticipation of the Chinese Room ; 9. The Hinterlandof the Chinese Room ; 10. Searle's Misunderstandings of Functionalism and Strong AI ; 11. Consciousness, Computation, and the Chinese Room ; 12. Neural Depictions of 'World' and 'Self': Bringing Computational Understanding to the Chinese Room ; 13. Do Virtual Actions Avoid the Chinese Room? ; 14. Minds, Machines, and Searle 2: What's Right and Wrong about the Chinese Room Argument ; 15. Alien Encounters ; 16. Cyborgs in the Chinese Room: Boundaries Transgressed and Boundaries Blurred ; 17. Changes in the Rules: Computers, Dynamical Systems, and Searle ; 18. Dancing with Pixies: Strong Artificial Intelligence and Panpsychism ; 19. Syntax, Semantics, Physics ; A Short Bibliography on Searle's Arguments ; Name index, Subject index