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From: Norman R. Gall
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1989 23:22
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1989 23:22
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In article <1043@dgbt.uucp> andrew@dgbt.crc.dnd.ca (Andrew Patrick) writes: > >OK, I'll bite. What is the "AI conception of mind", and how does it >differ from other conceptions of mind? > >Also, what's being done in Canada on the topic? > Well, the "AI conception of mind" seems to be essentially emergentist materialism (some might want not to go this far and go the Churchlandian route and say 'reductionist materialism', but there is little difference when it comes to AI). Minsky said it best--"Minds are simply what brains do." The idea here is simply that functions of the brain map onto mental abilities and vice versa (more or less). This conception goes a long way to the cognitive approaches to AI, and informs most AI research. Most work in this area in Canada is being done at Western and at Honeywell Canada (now Honeywell-Bull, I think). Pylyshyn is the 'big boy' in Canadian cognitive science. I'd like to hear from others working in the technical side of the field. - nrg
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!yunexus!gall From: gall@yunexus.UUCP (Norman R. Gall) Newsgroups: can.ai Subject: Re: What is this newsgroup for anyway? Keywords: AI, Canada, mind Message-ID: <1434@yunexus.UUCP> Date: 30 Mar 89 23:22:37 GMT Article-I.D.: yunexus.1434 References: <1365@yunexus.UUCP> <1472@ubc-cs.UUCP> <1398@yunexus.UUCP> <1043@dgbt.uucp> Reply-To: gall@yunexus.UUCP (Norman R. Gall) Distribution: can Organization: York U. Department of Philosophy; Toronto, Canada Lines: 24