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Author: Marvin Minsky

In *The Society of Mind*, Marvin Minsky offers a comprehensive theory that dissects the human mind into interacting components. By mapping mental processes to modular systems, he bridges philosophy, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence, illuminating how thought, reasoning, and language emerge from information processing.

First publish date: 1986

Genre: Philosophy/Philosophy of Mind

Authors: Marvin Minsky

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