Cumincad : CUMINCAD Papers : Paper 8c92:Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design

authors	Vinograd, T. and Flores, F.
year	1990
title	Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New Foundation for Design
source	Alex Publishing Corporation
summary	Winograd and Flores' `Understanding Computers and Cognition' proposes that the rationalist tradition in AI must be replaced by a hermeneutic approach. Associating the rationalist tradition with the goal of building a human mind, the authors propose that a hermeneutic approach must adopt the goal of constructing prostheses which magnify the human mind. This paper argues that what AI needs is not so much a hermeneutic approach as a better appreciation of biology and psychology. Understanding Computers and Cognition is a groundbreaking book that presents an important new approach to understanding what computers do and how their functioning is related to human language, thought and action.
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