Terry Winograd

Fernando Flores

Understanding Computers and Cognition presents an important and controversial new approach to understanding what computers do and how their functioning is related to human language, thought, and action. While it is a book about computers, Understanding Computers and Cognition goes beyond the specific issues of what computers can or can't do. It is a broad-ranging discussion exploring the background of understanding in which the discourse about computers and technology takes place. Understanding Computers and Cognition is written for a wide audience, not just those professionals involved in computer design or artificial intelligence. It represents an important contribution to the ongoing discussion about what it means to be a machine, and what it means to be human. Book jacket.

A New Foundation for Design

Understanding Computers and Cognition

John Bennett

Laura De Young

A software design manifesto; Designe of the conceptual model; The role of the artist-designer; Design languages; The conumer spectrum; Action - centered design; Keeping it simple; The designer's stance; Reflective conversation with materials; Cultures of prototyping; Footholds for design; Design as practiced; Organizational support for software design; Design for people at work; Reflection; Bibliograpfy; Name index; Subject index.

Bringing Design to Software

Overview of the language understanding program; Comparison with previous programs; A grammar for english; An introduction to lisp; A description of programmar; Deduction, problem solving, and planner; The blocks world; Semantics; Refenreces; Appendices.

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