# Society Of Mind

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- Book: [Society Of Mind](https://www.bookquiver.com/marvin-minsky/society-of-mind) ([Society Of Mind.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/marvin-minsky/society-of-mind.md))
- Authors: [Marvin Minsky](https://www.bookquiver.com/marvin-minsky)
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- ISBN: 978-06-7165-713-0
- Pages: 339
- Published: 1988-03-15
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Marvin Minsky -- one of the fathers of computer science and cofounder of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT -- gives a revolutionary answer to the age-old question: " How does the mind work?" Minsky brilliantly portrays the mind as a " society" of tiny components that are themselves mindless. Mirroring his theory, Minsky boldly casts The Society of Mind as an intellectual puzzle whose pieces are assembled along the way. Each chapter -- on a self-contained page -- corresponds to a piece in the puzzle. As the pages turn, a unified theory of the mind emerges, like a mosaic. Ingenious, amusing, and easy to read, The Society of Mind is an adventure in imagination.