Mindware: An Introduction
by Andy Clark · Andy Clark
Philosophical introduction to cognitive science, working through symbolic AI, connectionism, embodied and extended cognition, dynamical systems and robotics. Each chapter pairs the empirical work with the conceptual problems it raises about representation, mind and world.
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