Chapter ID: CBB000102777

Charles Babbage, the Analytical Engine, and the Possibility of a 19th-Century Cognitive Science (2001)

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Description Questions the claim that Babbage or Ada Byron Lovelace thought his “analytical engine” capable of human-like thought.


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Book Green, Christopher D.; Shore, Marlene Gay; Teo, Thomas (2001) Transformation of Psychology: Influences of 19th Century Philosophy, Technology, and Natural Science. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Swade, Doron D.
Campbell-Kelly, Martin
Bromley, Allan G.
Ursula Martin
Williams, Michael R.
Wilkes, Maurice K.
Concepts
Computers and computing
Technology
Biographies
Computer science
Human-machine interaction
Machines
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
Early modern
Modern
Places
England
Great Britain
Institutions
Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota
Smithsonian Institution
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