The earliest definition is by McCulloch (1945) who examined cognitive structures in the brain, the collective organization of which he terms heterarchy. He demonstrates that the human brain is not organized hierarchically but adjusts to the…For example, an individual may highly value human life in general and be against abortion rights, but be for the death penalty (or vice versa). The context of the inquiry, along with changing (and conflicting) values, mitigates this logical…Milledge Nelson, S. (Ed.) (2006). Handbook of gender in archaeology. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press.
Minsky, M., & Papert, S. (1972). Artificial intelligence progress report (AI Memo 252). Cambridge, MA: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.…
Marvin Minsky
scientist · 9 mentions across 6 readings
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Marvin Minsky, a founding figure in artificial intelligence and cognitive science, appears here primarily through his 1972 progress report on AI with Seymour Papert, positioning early computational thinking within the course's broader genealogy of machine intelligence. The citation suggests the readings use Minsky's work to ground historical claims about how AI emerged as a discipline capable of modeling cognition, though his specific theoretical contributions remain implicit in these excerpts rather than directly engaged.
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If the index terms $W1, W2, \dots, Wm$ provide statistically independent information concerning $Dj$ (i.e., if $W1, \dots, Wm$ are statistically independent, and are also statistically independent given $Dj$), then
$$\log P(Dj \mid W1 \cdo…cortex: the correlation of neurone density with brain size. J. Comp. Neurol. 101, 19–46 (1954).
100. Tribus, M., Information theory as the basis for thermostatics and thermodynamics. J. Appl. Mech. 28, 1–8 (1961).
101. Uttley, A. M., The …
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