''Artificial Minds: An Exploration of the Mechanisms of Mind'' is a book written by

Stan Franklin Stan Franklin (born August 14, 1931) is an American scientist. He is the W. Harry Feinstone Interdisciplinary Research Professor at the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, and co-director of the Institute of Intelligent Systems.Shepar ...

and published in 1995 by

MIT Press The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States). It was established in 1962. History The MIT Press traces its origins back to 1926 when MIT publish ...

. The book is a wide-ranging tour of the development of

artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech re ...

as of the time it was written. As well as discussing the theoretical and philosophical backgrounds of many approaches, it goes into some detail in explaining the workings of many of what the author considers to be the most promising examples of the era.

References

* Causey, Robert L. (1998
Review of ''Artificial Minds'' by Stan Franklin
'' ACM SIGART Bulletin'' 9(1): 35–39. * da Fontoura Costa, Luciano. (1999)
Franklin's New Infant Theory of Mind: Review of ''Artificial Minds: An Exploration of the Mechanisms of Mind'' by Stan Franklin
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Psyche Psyche (''Psyché'' in French) is the Greek term for "soul" (ψυχή). Psyche may also refer to: Psychology * Psyche (psychology), the totality of the human mind, conscious and unconscious * ''Psyche'', an 1846 book about the unconscious by Car ...

'' 5(29): n. pag. * Wolpert, Seth. (1997
Review of ''Artificial Minds'' by Stan Franklin
''Computers in Physics'' 11(3): 258–259. 1995 non-fiction books Artificial intelligence publications Computer science books {{Compu-book-stub