A Study of ThinkingA Study of Thinking is a pioneering account of how human beings achieve a measure of rationality in spite of the constraints imposed by bias, limited attention and memory, and the risks of error imposed by pressures of time and ignorance. First published in 1956 and hailed at its appearance as a groundbreaking study, it is still read three decades later as a major contribution to our understanding of the mind. In their insightful new introduction, the authors relate the book to the cognitive revolution and its handmaiden, artificial intelligence. |
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As we are facing the AI, we feeling strongly the language types are limiting us. The limitation means understanding formal and natural language in both. This book present this limitation to us as the first prevail of AI encountered.
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Page vii - We may insist as much as we like that the human intellect is weak in comparison with human instincts, and be right in doing so. But nevertheless there is something peculiar about this weakness. The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.
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| Title | A Study of Thinking Social Science Classics Series |
| Authors | Jerome Seymour Bruner, George Allen Austin |
| Contributor | Jacqueline Jarrett Goodnow |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers, 1986 |
| ISBN | 1412816270, 9781412816274 |
| Length | 330 pages |
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