behavior, mind and machines before and beyond cybernetics
by Roberto Cordeschi.
Dordrecht ; London
Springer
2011
1 volume ; 24 cm.
Studies in cognitive systems, 28
Originally published: 2002.
Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Chemical machines and action systems. 2. Nervous conduction: early connectionism, physical analogies and machines. 3. The Robot Approach. 4. Behavior, purpose and teleology. 5. Cybernetics and the origins of Artificial Intelligence. 6. New steps towards the artificial. 7. The many forms of the artificial. References. List of machines. Name Index. Subject Index.