1641 ⟶ Thomas Hobbes' Mechanical Theory of Cognition

Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan and presented a mechanical...
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🧠 Thomas Hobbes' Mechanical Theory of Cognition

Thomas Hobbes published Leviathan and presented a mechanical, combinatorial theory of cognition. He wrote "...for reason is nothing but reckoning".⟶
Thomas Hobbes' Mechanical Theory of Cognition (1641)
Cognitive SciencePhilosophyMechanical CognitionReasoningLeviathanMind-Body ProblemComputation
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🤖 René Descartes' Mechanical View of Animals

René Descartes proposed that bodies of animals are nothing more than complex machines (but that mental phenomena are of a different "substance").⟶
René Descartes' Mechanical View of Animals (1647)
PhilosophyMind-Body ProblemDualismCognitive ScienceMechanismAnimalsArtificial Intelligence
FranceFrance

⚙️ L'Homme Machine Argues for a Mechanical View of Thought

Julien Offray de La Mettrie published L'Homme Machine, which argued that human thought is strictly mechanical.⟶
L'Homme Machine Argues for a Mechanical View of Thought (1750)
PhilosophyMaterialismMechanismMind-body problem18th CenturyEnlightenmentCognitive ScienceFoundations
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