Made-up minds : a constructivist approach to artificial intelligence / Gary L. Drescher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Drescher, Gary L.

Series:

Artificial intelligence (Cambridge, Mass.)

Artificial intelligence

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence.

Schematism (Philosophy).

Human information processing.

Concept learning.

Piaget, Jean, 1896-1980.

Piaget, Jean.

Physical Description:

x, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1991]

Summary:

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 intelligence, and a chapter summarizing Piaget's work assists readers who lack a background in developmental psychology.

Notes:

Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-218) and index.

ISBN:

0262041200

OCLC:

22731540