Understanding Computers and Cognition by Terry Winograd and Fernando Flores (Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing, 1986. ISBN 0-89391-050-3). Terry Winograd (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Winograd) wrote the early natural language program SHRDLU. The book examines the philosophical underpinnings of AI (as it was in 1986), using the work of Maturana. I enjoyed reading it years ago, but I don't know how much of it is relevant now (maybe some, since it is more about ideas than [say] programming). For instance, there's a section on "fifth generation systems" - who remembers that?
(A friend was using this book in the philosophy course he was teaching. He referred to it as "the book with the concerned man on the cover". The "concerned man" looks somewhat like Bob Dobbs [from the Church of the Subgenius].)
The Tree of Knowledge by Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela (Boston: Shambhala, 1987. ISBN 0-87773-373-2). This is an examination of the biological roots of understanding. I started reading it, and stopped - it's well-written and interesing on its own terms, but not something I want to follow up on (now). Might be good for people who want to know about their ideas.
(A friend was using this book in the philosophy course he was teaching. He referred to it as "the book with the concerned man on the cover". The "concerned man" looks somewhat like Bob Dobbs [from the Church of the Subgenius].)
The Tree of Knowledge by Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela (Boston: Shambhala, 1987. ISBN 0-87773-373-2). This is an examination of the biological roots of understanding. I started reading it, and stopped - it's well-written and interesing on its own terms, but not something I want to follow up on (now). Might be good for people who want to know about their ideas.