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Kinds of minds

Using the disciplines of philosophy, artificial intelligence, and neurobiology, the author discusses theories about how our minds and animals' minds work while developing his own evolutionary perspective on how our minds operate.

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  • "Dui yi shi de tan suo"
  • "Kinds of minds"
  • "Kinds of minds"@it
  • "Kinds of minds"@pl
  • "对意识的探索"

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  • ""In Kinds of Minds, Dennett asks the ultimate metaphysical questions: What is a mind and who else (besides the questioner) has one?" "Combining ideas from philosophy, artificial intelligence, and neurobiology, Dennett leads the reader on a fascinating journey of inquiry, exploring such intriguing possibilities as: Can any of us really know what is going on in someone else's mind? What distinguishes the human mind from the minds of animals, especially those capable of complex behavior? If such animals, for instance, were magically given the power of language, would their communities evolve an intelligence as subtly discriminating as ours? Would they be capable of developing the uniquely human ability to theorize about the world they inhabit? Will robots, once they have been endowed with sensory systems like those that provide us with experience, ever exhibit the particular traits long thought to distinguish the human mind, including the ability to think about thinking?" "Dennett address these questions from an evolutionary perspective. Beginning with the macromolecules of DNA and RNA, whose evolution was determined by Darwinian natural selection, Dennett shows how, step by step, animal life moved from a simple ability to respond to frequently recurring environmental conditions to much more powerful ways of beating the odds, ways of using patterns of past experience to predict the future in never-before-encountered situations. He argues that a series of small but revolutionary steps moved us from there to the unique human capability to frame and execute specific long-range intentions. These changes included first the emergence of speech, then, because of situations in which the ability to keep secrets conferred an evolutionary advantage, a skill in conversing with ourselves, and finally, the creation of artifacts that permit us to expand our minds into the surrounding environment."--BOOK JACKET."
  • "Overzicht van recente wetenschappelijke inzichten over de aard van het bewustzijn, in vervolg op 'Het bewustzijn verklaard'."
  • "Using the disciplines of philosophy, artificial intelligence, and neurobiology, the author discusses theories about how our minds and animals' minds work while developing his own evolutionary perspective on how our minds operate."@en
  • "Blending ideas from philosophy, artificial intelligence, and neurobiology, Daniel C. Dennett explains how, by figuring out how our minds work, we can learn more about ourselves and others. In his provocative discussion he explores such questions as: Can we really know what is going on in someone else's mind? Can a woman really know what it is like to be a man? What experiences does a baby have during childbirth? What experiences, if any, does a fetus have in its mother's womb? And what of nonhuman minds and their knowing? Could a robot, if it were fancy enough, be conscious? Could it worry abo."@en

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  • "Kinds of minds"@en
  • "Aspecten van bewustzijn"
  • "Kinds of minds : toward an understanding of consciousness"
  • "Kinds of minds : toward an understanding of consciousness"@en
  • "마음의진화"
  • "Vidovi umovi"
  • "La diversité des esprits une approche de la conscience"
  • "Miten mieli toimii"@fi
  • "Kinds of minds : Towards an understanding of consciousness"
  • "Spielarten des Geistes : Wie erkennen wir die Welt? : ein neues Verständnis des Bewusstseins"
  • "Natura umysłów"
  • "Natura umysłów"@pl
  • "Kinds of minds toward an understanding of consciousness"
  • "Kinds of minds toward an understanding of consciousness"@en
  • "La diversite des esprits : une approche de la conscience"
  • "Kinds Of Minds Toward an Understanding of Consciousness"@en
  • "La mente e le menti : [verso una comprensione della coscienza]"
  • "Spielarten des Geistes : wie erkennen wir die Welt? ; ein neues Verständnis des Bewusstseins"
  • "心灵种种 对意识的探索"
  • "Kinds of minds : toward an understanding of cosciousness"
  • "Spielarten des Geistes : wie erkennen wir die Welt? : ein neues Verständnis des Bewusstseins"
  • "Kinds of minds : the origins of consciousness"
  • "Maum ŭi chinhwa"
  • "Tipos de mentes : hacia una comprensión de la conciencia"@es
  • "Tipos de mentes : hacia una comprensión de la conciencia"
  • "Spielarten des Geistes : Wie erkennen wir die Welt? : ein neues Verständnis des Bewußtseins"
  • "Kinds of minds : towards understanding of consciousness"@en
  • "心灵种种 : 对意识的探索"
  • "La diversité des esprits : une approche de la conscience"
  • "Druhy myslí : k pochopení vědomí"
  • "Xin ling zhong zhong : Dui yi shi de tan suo"
  • "Xin ling zhong zhong dui yi shi de tan suo"
  • "La mente e le menti"@it
  • "La mente e le menti : verso una comprensione della coscienza"
  • "Kinds of minds : towards an understanding of consciousness"@en
  • "Kinds of minds : towards an understanding of consciousness"
  • "Xin ling zhong zhong : dui yi shi de tan suo"

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