How Can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe?John Robert Anderson

How Can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe?

by John Robert Anderson · first published 2007

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  • mindcrime · Oct 29, 2022 · Recommends

    …Reasoning: Toward Scalable, Uncertain Spatiotemporal, Contextual and Causal Inference by Ben Goertzel, Nil Geisweiller, and Lucio Coelho is the stand-out of the lot. How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker and How Can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe? by John R Anderson are also worthy of a mention.

    on “Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?” ↗
  • mindcrime · Dec 18, 2015 · Recommends

    In addition to the software, many (most?) of the important papers relating to ACT-R are available for download as well. http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/publication/ This is a good one: "How Can The Human Mind Occur In The Physical Universe" http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/wordpress/?post_type=publications&p... and "A Spreading Activation Theory of Memory" http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/wordpress/?post_type=publications&p...

    on “ACT-R: A cognitive architecture” ↗
  • JoeSmithson · Jan 25, 2020 · Recommends

    I'm not an expert at all. I read the book How Can The Human Mind Occur In The Physical Universe? a few years ago and was basically left with the impression that actually cognitive science is way more advanced than I had realised. I was very struck with the amount of definite results and falsifiable…

    on “An Existential Crisis in Neuroscience” ↗
  • mindcrime · Mar 22, 2020 · Mentions

    …Yulia Kahl 56. Semantic Networks: An Evidential Formalization and its Connectionist Realization - Lockendra Shastri 57. Automated Planning and Acting - Malik Ghallab, Dana Nau, & Paolo Traverso 58. How Can The Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe? - John Anderson 59. Spiking Neuron Models - Wulfram Gerstner & Werner Kistler 60. Neural Engineering - Chris Eliasmith & Charles H. Anderson 61. Principles of Neural Design - Peter Sterling & Simon…

    on “Ask HN: What projects are you working on now?” ↗
  • I'm starting with gathering the book requirements for some of the electives which might be of interest to me... For 85-712 COGNITIVE MODELING: How Can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe? 2009 Author: Anderson, John ANSI Common Lisp 1996 Author: Graham, Paul For 85-211 COGNITIVE PSYCH: Cognitive Psychology and Its Implications 7TH 10 Author: Anderson, John For 85-814 COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE:…

    on “Carnegie Mellon Launches Undergraduate Degree in Artificial Intelligence” ↗
  • c06n · Nov 29, 2019 · Mentions

    …anybody is looking for silicon in the brain. The smart people are asking how it is possible for a complex system to operate in a complex world without an outside unit directing their behavior. They ask "How how can the human mind occur in the physical universe" (http://act-r.psy.cmu.edu/?post_type=publications&p=14305)? How is it that we can do the things we do? How do we set goals, plan steps to achieve them, and choose the right actions for implementation?…

    on “Information Is Physics” ↗

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