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

Stan Franklin Stan Franklin (August 14, 1931 – January 23, 2023) was an American scientist. He was the W. Harry Feinstone Interdisciplinary Research Professor at the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, and co-director of the Institute of Intellig ...

and published in 1995 by

MIT Press The MIT Press is the university press of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The MIT Press publishes a number of academic journals and has been a pioneer in the Open Ac ...

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

artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computer, computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and decision-making. It is a field of 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
" '' Psyche'' 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 Non-fiction books about artificial intelligence {{Compu-book-stub