Philosophy, engineering, biology, and history: a vindication of Turing's views about the distinction between the cognitive and physical sciences
Titel:
Philosophy, engineering, biology, and history: a vindication of Turing's views about the distinction between the cognitive and physical sciences
Auteur:
Leiber, Justin
Verschenen in:
Journal of experimental & theoretical artificial intelligence
Paginering:
Jaargang 14 (2002) nr. 1 pagina's 29-37
Jaar:
2002-03-01
Inhoud:
Alan Turing draws a firm line between the mental and the physical, between the cognitive and physical sciences. For Turing, following a tradition that went back to D'Arcy Thompson, if not Geoffroy and Lucretius, throws out talk of function, intentionality, and final causes from biology as a physical science. He likens "mother nature" to the earnest A. I. scientist, who may send to school disparate versions of the "child machine," eventually hoping for a test-passer but knowing that the vagaries of his experimental course are history and accident.
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