The Mind Society is the name of the 1986 book, as well as the name of the theory of natural intelligence, written and developed by Marvin Minsky . [one]
Content
- 1 Minsky Model
- 2 Book
- 3 Theory
- 4 The nature of the mind
- 5 Similar Models
- 6 See also
- 7 Literature
- 8 References
Minsky Model
In his book of the same name, Minsky, step by step, builds a model of human intelligence created from interacting simple parts called agents, which themselves are unreasonable. The interaction of a large number of such unreasonable agents creates a "society of the mind", hence the name of the book. [2]
Book
The book, which first appeared in 1986, was the first detailed description of the “society of the mind” theory that Minsky began to develop in the early 1970s. The book consists of 270 independent essays, which are divided into 30 general chapters. The book was also released in CD-ROM format.
Explaining the theory of "society of the mind", Minsky presents a wide range of ideas and concepts. He develops theories that explain processes such as language, memory and learning, and he also covers concepts such as consciousness, self-awareness and free will - because of this, many see the “Society of the Mind” as a work of philosophy.
The book does not contain any concrete evidence from the field of artificial intelligence or cognitive science , and there are no references to the physical structures of the brain in the book. Instead, the book provides a collection of ideas on how mind and thinking work at a conceptual level.
Theory
Minsky began to develop a theory with Seymour Papert in the early 1970s. Minsky said that the biggest source of ideas about the theory of “society of the mind” was his work in an attempt to create a machine that would assemble children's blocks using a robotic arm, a video camera and a computer. [3]
The Nature of Mind
The basic principle of Minsky’s philosophy is that “minds are what brains do.” The theory of the “society of the mind” considers the human mind and any other naturally developed cognitive systems as a large society consisting of individual simple processes known as agents. These simple agents are the fundamental thinking entities from which the mind is created. The interaction of these simple agents creates many abilities that we attribute to the mind.
Similar Models
Similar models (which also claim that the mind is composed of many small agents, that is, the brain consists of many independent or half independent agents) also described:
- Thomas R. Blakeslee, [4]
- Michael S. Gazzaniga , [5] [6]
- Robert E. Ornstein, [7] [8]
- Ernest Hilgard ( Eng. Ernest Hilgard ), [9] [10]
- Michio Kaku , [11]
- George Ivanovich Gurdjieff , [12]
- Neurocluster Brain Model, [13]
- Julian Janes , [14]
- Roger Sperry . [fifteen]
See also
- Cognitive psychology
- Cognitive science
- Self-awareness
Literature
- ↑ Minsky, Marvin. The Society of Mind. - New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. - ISBN 0-671-60740-5 .
- ↑ Minsky, Marvin. The Society of Mind. - New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986 .-- P. 17-18. - ISBN 0-671-60740-5 .
- ↑ Minsky, Marvin. The Society of Mind. - New York: Simon & Schuster, 1986. - P. 29. - ISBN 0-671-60740-5 .
- ↑ Blakeslee, Thomas. Beyond the Conscious Mind. Unlocking the Secrets of the Self. - 1996. - P. 6-7.
- ↑ Gazzaniga, Michael. The Integrated Mind / Michael Gazzaniga, Joseph LeDoux. - 1978. - P. 132-161.
- ↑ Gazzaniga, Michael. The Social Brain. Discovering the Networks of the Mind. - 1985. - P. 77-79.
- ↑ Ornstein, Robert. Evolution of Consciousness: The Origins of the Way We Think. - 1992 .-- P. 2.
- ↑ Robert Ornstein: The Evolution of Consciousness (excerpt) - Thinking Allowed DVD w / Jeffrey Mishlove on YouTube
- ↑ Hilgard, Ernest. Divided consciousness: multiple controls in human thought and action. - New York: Wiley, 1977 .-- ISBN 978-0-471-39602-4 .
- ↑ Hilgard, Ernest. Divided consciousness: multiple controls in human thought and action (expanded edition). - New York: Wiley, 1986. - ISBN 0-471-80572-6 .
- ↑ Kaku, Michio. The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest to Understand, Enhance, and Empower the Mind. - 2014.
- ↑ Assumption, Peter. Chapter 3 // In Search of the Miraculous. Fragments of the Unknown Teaching. - 1992. - P. 72-83.
- ↑ Official site of the Neurocluster Model of the Brain . Date of treatment July 4, 2017.
- ↑ Jaynes, Julian. The Origin of Consciousness in the Break-Down of the Bicameral Mind. - 1976.
- ↑ Sperry, Roger W. Hemisphere deconnection and unity in conscious awareness (Pdf) 723-733 (October 23, 1968).