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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very good. Almost excellent.
A good collection of essays by recognized leaders in a burgeoning field of philosophy. Some are only useful if what the article is discussing is quite familiar to the reader. This holds in particular for some of the articles on qualia and the article on R. Penrose. It could also be said that the article on Dennett could have been marginally better if the last part,...
Published on May 15, 2000 by Keith Douglas
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4 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
I've got to agree with Searle...
If you are an eliminative materialist then you need help! Not that there aren't some interesting observations in this book - see the chapter with new data on "filling in" - but Churchland's tired example of Maxwell's discovery of electromagnetic waves only demonstrates how subjective the entire world of science really is. A more interesting example might be...
Published on October 2, 2000 by Yuri Kuzyk
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: On the Contrary: Critical Essays, 1987-1997 (Paperback)
A good collection of essays by recognized leaders in a burgeoning field of philosophy. Some are only useful if what the article is discussing is quite familiar to the reader. This holds in particular for some of the articles on qualia and the article on R. Penrose. It could also be said that the article on Dennett could have been marginally better if the last part, concerning his motivations, were snipped.
4 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
I've got to agree with Searle...,
By Yuri Kuzyk (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: On the Contrary: Critical Essays, 1987-1997 (Paperback)
If you are an eliminative materialist then you need help! Not that there aren't some interesting observations in this book - see the chapter with new data on "filling in" - but Churchland's tired example of Maxwell's discovery of electromagnetic waves only demonstrates how subjective the entire world of science really is. A more interesting example might be Maxwell's equations and how they relate to entropy, but I suspect that Churchland's actual knowledge of physics is more on the level of Betty Crocker's knowledge of microwaves...As for neural nets: go read Perlovsky! I find it odd that Churchland, who loudly proclaims nets as the future of AI, doesn't appear to have read any of Perlovsky's papers; but I suspect he's too busy waving magnets in his living room generating EM waves. |
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On the Contrary: Critical Essays, 1987-1997 by Paul M. Churchland (Paperback - June 18, 1999)
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