A layman's guide to the mechanics of Godel's proof together with a lucid discussion of the issues which it raises. Includes an essay discussing the significance of Godel's work in the light of Wittgenstein's criticisms.

In this text, Stuart Shanker discusses how two such dissimilar, if not adverse, movements could join together and how the concerns of the cognitive revolution could have been so quickly usurped by those of AI. Stuart Shanker explores Wittgenstein's preoccupation with the origins and development of AI in mechanist ideas and argues that Wittgenstein's remarks on mechanism are instrumental in our understanding of the foundations of AI and the future of cognitive science.

Wittgenstein scholarship has continued to grow at a pace few could have anticipated - a testament both to the fertility of his thought and to the thriving state of contemporary philosophy.
In response to this ever-growing interest in the field, we are delighted to announce the publication of a second series of critical assessments on Wittgenstein, emphasising both the breadth and depth of contemporary Wittgenstein research.
As well as papers on the nature and method of Wittgenstein's philosophy, this second collection also relates to a broader range of topics, including psychology,...

Wittgenstein's Remarks on the Foundations of AI is a valuable contribution to the study of Wittgenstein's theories and his controversial attack on artifical intelligence, which successfully crosses a number of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, logic, artificial intelligence and cognitive science, to provide a stimulating and searching analysis.

'Wittgenstein's Intentions' presents a series of essays dedicated to the great Wittgenstein exegete John Hunter. The problematic topics discussed are identified not only by Wittgenstein's own philosophical writings, but also by contemporary scholarship: areas of ambiguity, perhaps even confusion, as well as issues which the father of analytic philosophy did not himself address.