Simulating Marx: Herbert A. Simon's cognitivist approach to dialectical materialism.
Starting in the 1950s, computer programs for simulating cognitive processes and intelligent behaviour were the hallmark of Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Intelligence and 'cognitivist' cognitive science. This article examines a somewhat neglected case of simulation pursued by one of the founding fath...
| Publicado en: | History of the Human Sciences Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 101 - 126 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Apr2022
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