In this volume, originally published in 1970, an attempt is made to
examine the more logical aspects of thinking, such as the ability
to abstract and the manner in which concepts develop. The author
describes the features that had long been regarded as central to
thinking by experimental and theoretical psychologists of the time
and he places more emphasis on the part played by language in
cognitive activity. In the second part the author points out how
such basic features of thinking as concept and hypothesis
formation, inference making and the use of ordinary English are
essentially things that can be carried out by a computer. His use
of theories and his methods of modelling the human brain and the
way it works comprise an intriguing and highly sophisticated
attempt to provide an appropriate framework in which problems of
thinking can be studied. Professor George was the author of several
books, the best known of which at the time were The Brain as a
Computer and Cybernetics and Biology. His writings covered many
aspects of psychology, philosophy and logic, as well as
cybernetics. At the time of original publication he was Professor
of Cybernetics at Brunel University and Chairman of the Bureau of
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