Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation [1 ed.] 0716704641, 9780716704645

This book is only nominally about computers. In an important sense, the computer is used here merely as a vehicle for mo

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English Pages 300 [316] Year 1976

Table of contents :
Cover
Back Cover
Title
Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. On Tools
2. Where the Power of the Computer Comes From
3. How Computers Work
4. Science and the Compulsive Programmer
5. Theories and Models
6. Computer Models in Psychology
7. The Computer and Natural Language
8. Artificial Intelligence
9. Incomprehensible Programs
10. Against the Imperialism of Instrumental Reason
Notes
Index

Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation [1 ed.]
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