Made-Up Minds: A Constructivist Approach to Artificial Intelligence by Gary L. Drescher, Paperback, 9780262517089 | Buy online at The Nile
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Made-Up Minds addresses fundamental questions of learning and concept invention by means of an innovative computer program that is based on the cognitive-developmental theory of psychologist Jean Piaget. Drescher uses Piaget’s theory as a source of inspiration for the design of an artificial cogniti…

Made-Up Minds: A Constructivist Approach to Artificial Intelligence

A Constructivist Approach to Artificial Intelligence

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Made-Up Minds addresses fundamental questions of learning and concept invention by means of an innovative computer program that is based on the cognitive-developmental theory of psychologist Jean Piaget. Drescher uses Piaget’s theory as a source of inspiration for the design of an artificial cognitive system called the schema mechanism, and then uses the system to elaborate and test Piaget’s theory. The approach is original enough that readers need not have extensive knowledge of artificial i…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262517089
ISBN-10:0262517086
Author:Gary L. Drescher
Publisher:Mit Press
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:1 January 2003
Weight:386g
Dimensions:23mm x 160mm x 231mm
Series:Artificial Intelligence
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“In this remarkable book, Gary Drescher shows in sharp detail how certain ideas about the early stages of human sensory-motor learning can be developed into a powerful and mathematically economical system that actually functions in computer simulation. While many of these issues were raised and developed in qualitative form by Jean Piaget, the specific mechanisms proposed by Drescher are distinctly new, and I predict that this work will soon be regarded as a landmark in the foundations of theories of learning” Marvin Minsky , MIT

About The Author

Gary L. Drescher

Gary L. Drescher is an independent scholar and was recently Visiting Fellow at the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from MIT in 1989 and is the author of Made-Up Minds: A Constructivist Approach to Artificial Intelligence (MIT Press, 1991).

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