The Emotion Machine

The Emotion Machine

"The Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind " [cite book|title=The Emotion Machine|first=Marvin|last=Minsky|publisher=Simon & Schuster|date=2006|isbn=0-7432-7663-9] is a book by cognitive scientist Marvin Lee Minsky. The book is a sequel to Minsky's earlier book "Society of Mind".

Minsky argues that emotions are different ways to think that our mind uses to increase our intelligence. He challenges the distinction between emotions and other kinds of thinking.

Reviews

In a book review for the Washington Post, neurologist Richard Restak states that: [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/14/AR2006121401554.html Mind Over Matter] , Richard Restak, Washington Post]

Outline

Minsky outlines the book as follows [wikicite |id=ibid|reference=p 7.] :

# "We are born with many mental resources."
# "We learn from interacting with others."
# "Emotions are different Ways to Think."
# "We learn to think about our recent thoughts."
# "We learn to think on multiple levels."
# "We accumulate huge stores of commonsense knowledge."
# "We switch among different Ways to Think."
# "We find multiple ways to represent things."
# "We build multiple models of ourselves."


Other reviews

* [http://evomech5.blogspot.com/2006/12/mind-over-matter-review-of-emotion.html Science and Evolution - Books and Reviews]
* [http://www.technologyreview.com/article/18344/ Technology Review]

Author's Prepublication Draft

* [http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/Introduction.html Introduction]
* [http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/E1/eb1.html Chapter 1. Falling in Love]
* [http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/E2/eb2.html Chapter 2. ATTACHMENTS AND GOALS]
* [http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/E3/eb3.html Chapter 3. FROM PAIN TO SUFFERING]
* [http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/E4/eb4.html Chapter 4. CONSCIOUSNESS ]
* [http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/E5/eb5.html Chapter 5. LEVELS OF MENTAL ACTIVITIES]
* [http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/E6/eb6.html Chapter 6. COMMON SENSE]
* [http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/E7/eb7.html Chapter 7. Thinking.]
* [http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/E8/eb8.html Chapter 8. Resourcefulness.]
* [http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/E9/eb9.html Chapter 9. The Self.]
* [http://web.media.mit.edu/~minsky/Ebib.html BIBLIOGRAPHY]

References


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