Originally published in 1986, in order to probe, dispute and analyse the role of artificial intelligence in cybernetic thought and information science, the author pursues this topic within its philosophical, behavioral and neurophysiological contexts, while drawing attention to cognitive issues. By elucidating the problems and potential associated with knowledge-based systems, the book emphasized the need to examine artificial intelligence in its own right.

F. H. George

Preface. Book 1: The Basic Issues of Information Technology 1. The Nature of the Problem 2. Some Preliminaries 3. Model Making Book 2: Artificial Intelligence 4. Vision and Perception 5. Learning, Problem Solving and Thinking 6. Language 7. Logic, Inference Making and Theorem-Proving 8. Knowledge-Based Systems. References. Index.