The Great Philosophers

Turing

Andrew Hodges

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
12 January 2021

Philosophy; Philosophy of mind; Philosophy of mathematics

Series: GREAT PHILOSOPHERS

From WW2 code-breaker to Artificial Intelligence - a fascinating account of the remarkable Alan Turing.

Alan Turing's 1936 paper On Computable Numbers was a landmark of twentieth-century thought. It not only provided the principle of the post-war computer, but also gave an entirely new approach to the philosophy of the mind.

Influenced by his crucial codebreaking work during the war, and by practical pioneering of the first electronic computers, Turing argued that all the operations of the mind could be performed by computers. His thesis is the cornerstone of modern Artificial Intelligence.

Andrew Hodges gives a fresh analysis of Turing's work, relating it to his extraordinary life.

By: Andrew Hodges
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 176mm, Width: 110mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 72g
ISBN: 9781474616782
ISBN 10: 147461678X
Series: GREAT PHILOSOPHERS
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 12 January 2021
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew Hodges is Emeritus Fellow in Mathematics at Wadham College, Oxford University. His classic text of 1983, since translated into several languages, created a new kind of biography, with mathematics, science, computing, war history, philosophy and gay liberation woven into a single personal narrative. He is an active contributor to the mathematics of fundamental physics, as a follower of Roger Penrose. See www.turing.org.uk for further material.

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