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"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books."
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,
'Morituri Salutamus,
' 1875
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| | | |  | | | Product Details
 Format: Paperback, 321 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 0671657135
Release Date: Jan 8, 2002
Average Reader Review:  (Based on 1 review.)
| |  | | | From The Publisher
Marvin Minsky--one of the fathers of computer science and cofounder of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT--gives a revolutionary answer to the age-old question: "how does the mind work?"
Minsky brilliantly portrays the mind as a "society" of tiny components that are themselves mindless. Mirroring his theory, Minsky boldly casts The Society of Mind as an intellectual puzzle whose pieces are assembled along the way. Each chapter--on a self-contained page--corresponds to a piece in the puzzle. As the pages turn, a unified theory of mind emerges, like a mosaic. Ingenious, amusing, and easy to read, The Society of Mind is an adventure in imagination.
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Addresses the age old question: How does the mind work? Minsky describes the mind as a "society" that arises out of ever-smaller agents.
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 | | | | | Number of Reviews: 1 Average Rating:
The Simplest is the hardest
-- Jihwan Myung, a physics undergrad from Korea., May 15, 2000
Also Recommended: Daniel C. Dennett, Consciousness Explained
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"Minsky explores means of explaining the world to a computer, translating it into language that you and I can understand. An ingenious and stimulating book"--NY Times
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Intellect, Human information processing, Science, Philosophy, Thought and thinking, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Cognitive Psychology
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