Wittgenstein and Artificial Intelligence, Volume I: Mind and Language

by Alice C Helliwell, Alessandro Rossi, Brian Ball

Overview

This collection brings together work on the relevance of Wittgenstein’s philosophy to the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Over two volumes, our contributors cover a wide range of topics from different disciplinary approaches. In this Volume (I), contributions are centred on two major themes in the philosophy of AI: questions of mind and language. Contributions include chapters on AI thought, intentionality, logic and language, as well as the relationship between Wittgenstein’s thought and Turing’s. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781839991370
Publisher:	Anthem Press
Publication date:	09/10/2024
Series:	Anthem Studies in Wittgenstein , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	220
File size:	586 KB

About the Author

Brian Ball is Associate Professor in Philosophy at Northeastern University London. His research spans a range of areas, notably the philosophy of mind, language and artificial intelligence, and he has taught the early history of analytic philosophy, including Wittgenstein.

Alice Helliwell is Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Northeastern University London. Her research is focused on computational creativity and AI art, including questions of aesthetics and ethics.

Alessandro Rossi is Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Northeastern University London. His work focuses on logic, metaphysics and the areas in which they intersect.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Brian Ball, Alice C. Helliwell and Alessandro Rossi; Chapter 1. Wittgenstein and Turing on AI: Myth Versus Reality, Diane Proudfoot; Chapter 2. Between Wittgenstein and Turing: Enactive Embodied Thinking Machines, Tomi Kokkonen and Ilmari Hirvonen; Chapter 3. Wittgenstein, Psychological Language and AI, Arturo Vázquez Hernández; Chapter 4. The Metonymical Trap, Éloïse Boisseau; Chapter 5. The Forms of Artificially Intelligent Life: Brandom, Chomsky and Wittgenstein on the Possibility of Strong-AI, Laith Abdel-Rahman; Chapter 6. Black Boxes, Beetles and Beasts, Ian Ground; Chapter 7. Language Models and the Private Language Argument: A Wittgensteinian Guide to Machine Learning, Giovanni Galli; Chapter 8. Simplification without Falsification: The Problem of Relevance in Logic and AI, Oskari Kuusela; Chapter 9. Modelling Analogical Reasoning: One-Size-Fits-All?, Ioannis Votsis; Notes on Contributors; Index

Editorial Reviews

Wittgenstein and AI makes for fascinating reading as it engages Wittgenstein’s enactivist philosophy to explore the conceptual and real possibilities of “thinking machines”. Wittgenstein proves an indispensable partner in our attempts to understand and develop the future interaction between humans and machines, their moral status and possible clashes with our human form of life.’ — Danièle Moyal-Sharrock, Professor of Philosophy, University of Hertfordshire; President of the British Wittgenstein Society

‘The exotic mind-like entities now emerging from artificial intelligence bend the conventional categories of analytical philosophy into new shapes, and sometimes threaten to fracture them altogether. Wittgenstein’s critical work is essential for navigating this unfamiliar conceptual territory.’ — Murray Shanahan, Professor of Cognitive Robotics, Department of Computing, Imperial College London, and Principal Research Scientist at Google DeepMind

‘The essays collected in these two volumes amount to the most sustained and up-todate discussion of AI from the standpoint of Wittgenstein’s philosophy. With contributors raising searching questions on a wide range of topics, these volumes will greatly enrich our philosophical understanding of AI and its implications.’ — Mathieu Marion, Professor of Philosophy, Université du Québec à Montréal

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