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The Society of Mind

Marvin Minsky

How can a mind that thinks and understands arise from many small, simple parts working together?

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Author
Marvin Minsky

Why read it

  • You will think of your own mind as many small agents working together
  • You will see why a claim that someone knows something depends on who is making the claim
  • You will understand why a perfectly rational mind would struggle to live in the real world

Who it is for

  • A programmer or designer curious how a machine might copy a mind
  • A reader interested in what the self and consciousness could be
  • Someone who likes big ideas explained in short pieces

Contents

  1. WHOLES AND PARTS
  2. Agents by Themselves
  3. Agents in a Bureaucracy
  4. THE SELF
  5. INDIVIDUALITY
  6. INSIGHT AND INTROSPECTION
  7. A THEORY OF MEMORY
  8. THE SHAPE OF SPACE
  9. LEARNING MEANING
  10. SEEING AND BELIEVING
  11. REFORMULATION
  12. CONSCIOUSNESS AND MEMORY
  13. EMOTION
  14. DEVELOPMENT
  15. REASONING
  16. WORDS AND IDEAS
  17. CONTEXT AND AMBIGUITY
  18. TRANS-FRAMES
  19. EXPRESSION
  20. COMPARISONS
  21. FRAMES
  22. FRAME-ARRAYS
  23. LANGUAGE-FRAMES
  24. CENSORS AND JOKES
  25. THE MIND AND THE WORLD
  26. THE REALMS OF THOUGHT
  27. MENTAL MODELS

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