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I Am Not A Machine-book Ii: Thinking With Words
I Am Not A Machinebook Ii Thinking With Words Author:Jack Lynch I Am Not a Machine-Book II: Thinking with Words focuses on the role of natural language in human thought. The book argues that human intelligence is an artifact of the evolution of languagea communication capability that just happens to create what we call conscious thought. The book explains how language can be processed by the brain usin... more »g complex pattern processing capabilities evolved for processing sensory signals. In particular, it is not necessary to invoke the notion of computational systems as either a metaphor for thought or as a formal system that implements an inner language of thought. Topics include, the special cognitive capabilities of hominids than enabled language evolution, how language likely evolved, how language is processed by the mind, how language is used to determine meaning, how language underpins arithmetic and mathematics and the role of language in everyday stories, explanation, history and science.« less