Sociological Insight

An Introduction to Non-obvious Sociology

Häftad, Engelska, 1992

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Beskrivning

In the second edition of this successful and highly regarded supplementary text, Randall Collins has revised his preface and added a new chapter in which he considers how sociology can inform the development of artificial intelligence. As he points out, computer designers and programmers have to consider the social as well as psychological characteristics of human beings in designing computers that can approximate human thinking.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1992-05-28
Mått:135 x 203 x 12 mm
Vikt:190 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN:9780195074420

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Author of Three Sociological Traditions and Three Sociological Traditions: Selected Readings

Recensioner i media

`What is special about the volume ... is that it meets student readers at their own level; it presumes nothing more from them than a normal quotient of human curiosity...For this reason alone, Sociological Insight would be a valuable work to perpetuate...Throughout its pages, the analyses are lucid, pointed, ironic, and witty.' Kevin J. Christiano, University of Notre Dame

Innehållsförteckning

1: The Nonrational Foundations of Rationality 2: The Sociology of God 3: Paradoxes of Power 4: The Normalcy of Crime 5: Love and Property 6: Can Sociology Create an Artificial Intelligence? Afterword Bibliography Index