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This edition has been fully revised and updated, and includes a new chapter on consciousness and a new section on modularity. There are also guides for further reading, and a new glossary of terms such as mentalese, connectionism, and the homunculus fallacy. | Second Edition A philosophical introduction to minds machines and mental representation Tim Crane Also available as a printed book see title verso for ISBN details The Mechanical Mind How can the human mind represent the external world What is thought and can it be studied scientifically Does it help to think of the mind as a kind of machine Tim Crane sets out to answer questions like these in a lively and straightforward way presuming no prior knowledge of philosophy or related disciplines. Since its first publication in 1995 The Mechanical Mind has introduced thousands of people to some of the most important ideas in contemporary philosophy of mind. Tim Crane explains some fundamental ideas that cut across philosophy of mind artificial intelligence and cognitive science what the mind-body problem is what a computer is and how it works what thoughts are and how computers and minds might have them. He examines different models of the mind from dualist to eliminativist and questions whether there can be thought without language and whether the mind is subject to the same causal laws as natural phenomena. The result is a fascinating exploration of the theories and arguments surrounding the notions of thought and representation. This edition has been fully revised and updated and includes a new chapter on consciousness and new sections on modularity and evolutionary psychology. There are also guides for further reading a chronology and a new glossary of terms such as Mentalese con-nectionism and intentionality. The Mechanical Mind is accessible to the general reader as well as students and to anyone interested in the mechanisms of our minds. Tim Crane is Professor of Philosophy at University College London and Director of the Philosophy Programme of the School of Advanced Study University of London. He is the author of Elements of Mind and the editor of The Contents of Experience. But how is it and by what art doth the soul read that such an image or stroke in matter
