Are we unique? : a scientist explores the unparalleled intelligence of the human mind /
Trefil, James S., 1938-
Are we unique? : a scientist explores the unparalleled intelligence of the human mind / James Trefil. - New York : J. Wiley & Sons, Inc. c1997. - xii, 242 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-231) and index.
1. Is There Anything Left for Us? -- 2. Humans and Animals: The Same but Different -- 3. Of Fleeing Anemones and Smart Lobsters -- 4. Can Animals Talk? -- 5. The Brain -- 6. Of Tamping Rods and Grandmother Cells: How the Brain Works -- 7. How Did We Get to Be So Smart? The Evolution of Intelligence -- 8. Moving Wheels and Moving Electrons: How a Computer Works -- 9. Artificial Intelligence, Learning Machines, and Chinese Rooms -- 10. Why the Brain Is Not a Computer -- 11. Can the Brain Do Something a Computer Can't?: Godel and Penrose -- 12. The Problem of Consciousness -- 13. Consciousness and Complexity -- 14. Is There Anything Left for Us?
An exploration of human, animal, and artificial intelligence.
0471155365 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780471155362 (cloth : alk. paper)
96034338
Cognicion
Asociación de ideas
Psicología comparada
Human information processing.
Thought and thinking.
Intellect.
Artificial intelligence.
Psychology, Comparative.
BF 444 / T786a 1997
153
Are we unique? : a scientist explores the unparalleled intelligence of the human mind / James Trefil. - New York : J. Wiley & Sons, Inc. c1997. - xii, 242 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-231) and index.
1. Is There Anything Left for Us? -- 2. Humans and Animals: The Same but Different -- 3. Of Fleeing Anemones and Smart Lobsters -- 4. Can Animals Talk? -- 5. The Brain -- 6. Of Tamping Rods and Grandmother Cells: How the Brain Works -- 7. How Did We Get to Be So Smart? The Evolution of Intelligence -- 8. Moving Wheels and Moving Electrons: How a Computer Works -- 9. Artificial Intelligence, Learning Machines, and Chinese Rooms -- 10. Why the Brain Is Not a Computer -- 11. Can the Brain Do Something a Computer Can't?: Godel and Penrose -- 12. The Problem of Consciousness -- 13. Consciousness and Complexity -- 14. Is There Anything Left for Us?
An exploration of human, animal, and artificial intelligence.
0471155365 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780471155362 (cloth : alk. paper)
96034338
Cognicion
Asociación de ideas
Psicología comparada
Human information processing.
Thought and thinking.
Intellect.
Artificial intelligence.
Psychology, Comparative.
BF 444 / T786a 1997
153