Reviewed Books sorted by Topic

Reviewed Books sorted by Topic

Artificial Intelligence
Anthropology
Brain Anatomy/Physiology
Brain Computation Studies
Brain Function Theories
Brain (General)
Biology/Biochemisry
Evolution of Humans
Evolution of Language
The Future of Computing (Speculation)
Linguistics (Semantics)
Linguistics (Phonetics, Phonology)
Linguistics (Syntax)
Language Processing (Words & Meaning)
Language Processing (Neurology)
Mathematics
Philosophy
Psychology
Speech Processing (Synth & Recog)

Artificial Intelligence

The Handbook of Artificial Intelligence, Volume I: Avron Barr, Edward A. Feigenbaum (eds) (1981, Addison Wesley)
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The Handbook of Artificial Intelligence, Volume II: Avron Barr, Edward A. Feigenbaum (eds) (1982, Addison Wesley)
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The Handbook of Artificial Intelligence, Volume IV: Avron Barr, Paul R. Cohen, Edward A. Feigenbaum (eds) (1989, Addison Wesley)
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Boden:

Computer Models of Mind, Computational Approaches in Theoretical Psych: Margaret A. Boden (1988, Cambridge University Press)
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Cohen:

The Handbook of Artificial Intelligence, Volume III: Paul R. Cohen, Edward A. Feigenbaum (eds) (1982, Addison Wesley)
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Franklin:

Artificial Minds: Stan Franklin (1995, MIT Press)
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Freedman:

Brainmakers, How Scientists are Moving Beyond Computers: David H. Freedman (1994, Touchstone)
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French:

The Subtlety of Sameness: Robert M. French (1995, MIT Press)
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Haykin:

Neural Networks, A Comprehensive Foundation: Simon Haykin (1999, Prentice Hall)
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McLeod:

Introduction to Connectionist Modelling of Cognitive Processes: Peter McLeod, Kim Plunkett, Edmund T. Rolls (1998, Oxford University Press)
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Minsky:

Semantic Information Processing: Marvin Minsky (ed) (1968, MIT Press)
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Nilsson:

Learning Machines: Nils J. Nilsson (1965, McGraw-Hill Book Co)
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Pylyshyn:

The Robot's Dilemma, The Frame Problem in Artificial Intelligence: Zenon W. Pylyshyn (ed) (1987, Ablex Publishing Corp)
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Rumelhart:

Parallel Distributed Processing Vol 1. Foundations: David E. Rumelhart, James L. McClelland (eds) (1986, MIT Press)
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Parallel Distributed Processing Vol 2. Psychological & Biological Models: David E. Rumelhart, James L. McClelland (eds) (1986, MIT Press)
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Anthropology

Scientific American staff:

Human Ancestors: Scientific American staff (ed), introduction by Glynn Isaac and Richard E. F. Leakey (1960, W. H. Freeman & Co)
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Brain Anatomy/Physiology

Information in the Brain: A Molecular Perspective: Ira B. Black (1994, MIT Press)
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Calvin:

Conversations with Neil's Brain: William H. Calvin, George A. Ojemann (1994, Perseus Books)
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Carter:

Mapping the Mind: Rita Carter (1998, Univ CA Press)
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Davis:

Mapping the Mind, The Secrets of Human Brain and How it Works: Joel Davis (1997, Birch Lane Press)
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Dowling:

Creating Mind: How the Brain Works: John E. Dowling (1998, W. W. Norton & Co)
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Ehret:

The Central Auditory System: Günter Ehret, Raymond Romand (eds) (1997, Oxford University Press)
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Gazzaniga:

Cognitive Neuroscience: Michael S. Gazzaniga (ed) (2000, Blackwell Publishers Ltd)
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Mind Matters, How Mind and Brain Interact to Create Our Conscious Lives: Michael S. Gazzaniga (1988, Houghton Mifflin Co)
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Llinas:

The Workings of the Brain: Development, Memory, and Perception: Rodolfo R. Llinas (ed) (1990, W. H. Freeman & Co)
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Mai:

Atlas of the Human Brain: Juergen K. Mai, Joseph Assheuer, George Paxinos (1997, Academic Press)
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Nauta:

Fundamental Neuroanatomy: Walle J. H. Nauta, Michael Feirtag (1986, W. H. Freeman & Co)
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Scientific American staff:

The Scientific American Book of the Brain: Scientific American staff (ed), introduction by Antonio R. Damasio (1999, The Lyons Press)
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Thompson:

The Brain, An Introduction to Neuroscience: Richard F. Thompson (1985, W. H. Freeman & Co)
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Traub:

Fast Oscillations in Cortical Circuits: Roger D. Traub, John G. R. Jefferys, Miles A. Whittington (1999, MIT Press)
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Brain Computation Studies

Neural Codes and Distributed Representations: Laurence Abbott, Terrence J. Sejnowski (1999, MIT Press)
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Aleksander:

Neurons and Symbols, The Stuff that Mind is Made Of: Igor Aleksander, Helen Morton (1993, Chapman & Hall)
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Arbib:

Brains, Machines and Mathematics: Michael A. Arbib (1965, McGraw-Hill Book Co)
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Ballard:

An Introduction to Natural Computation: Dana H. Ballard (1997, MIT Press)
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Churchland:

The Computational Brain: Patricia S. Churchland, Terrence J. Sejnowski (1992, MIT Press)
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Donahoe:

Neural-Network Models of Cognition: John W. Donahoe, Vivian Packard Dorsel (eds) (1997, Elsevier Science B.V.)
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Houk:

Models of Information Processing in the Basal Ganglia: James C. Houk, Joel L. Davis, David G. Beiser (eds) (1998, MIT Press)
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Marr:

Vision: David Marr (1982, W. H. Freeman & Co.)
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Wilson:

Spikes, Decisions, and Actions: Hugh R. Wilson (1999, Oxford Univerity Press)
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Brain Function Theories

Neural Organization, Structure, Function, and Dynamics: Michael A. Arbib, Péter Érdi, János Szentágothai (1998, MIT Press)
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Calvin:

The Cerebral Code: William H. Calvin (1998, MIT Press)
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How Brains Think: William H. Calvin (1996, BasicBooks)
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Damasio:

Descartes' Error: Antonio R. Damasio (1994, Avon Books)
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The Feeling of What Happens: Antonio R. Damasio (1999, Harcourt Brace)
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Edelman:

Bright Air, Brilliant Fire: Gerald M. Edelman (1992, BasicBooks)
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Neural Darwinism: Gerald M. Edelman (1987, BasicBooks)
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The Remembered Present: Gerald M. Edelman (1989, BasicBooks)
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A Universe of Consciousness: Gerald M. Edelman (2000, BasicBooks)
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Koch:

Large-Scale Neuronal Theories of the Brain: Christof Koch, Joel L. Davis (eds) (1994, MIT Press)
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Minsky:

The Society of Mind: Marvin Minsky (1985, Simon and Schuster)
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Brain (General)

The Brain: Gerald M. Edelman, Jean-Pierre Changeux (eds) (2001, Transaction Publishers)
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Kotulak:

Inside the Brain: Ronald Kotulak (1996, Andrews McMeel)
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Schacter:

Memory, Brain, and Belief: Daniel L. Schacter, Elaine Scarry (eds) (2000, Harvard University Press)
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Biology/Biochemisry

TopoBiology: Gerald M. Edelman (1988, BasicBooks)
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Lehninger:

Biochemistry: Albert L. Lehninger (1970, Worth Publishers, Inc)
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Evolution of Humans

The Extended Phenotype: Richard Dawkins (1999, Oxford University Press)
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River Out of Eden, A Darwinian View of Life: Richard Dawkins (1995, Basic Books)
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The Selfish Gene: Richard Dawkins (1976, Oxford University Press)
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Dennett:

Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Evolution and the Meanings of Life: Daniel C. Dennett (1995, Touchstone)
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Sagan:

The Dragons of Eden, Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence: Carl Sagan (1977, Ballantine Books)
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Evolution of Language

Language & Species: Derek Bickerton (1990, University of Chicago Press)
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Language and Human Behavior: Derek Bickerton (1995, Univ of Washington Press)
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Lenneberg:

Biological Foundations of Language: Eric H. Lenneberg (1967, John Wiley)
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Lieberman:

Eve Spoke: Philip Lieberman (1998, W. W. Norton & Co.)
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Smith:

The Genesis of Language, A Psycholinguistic Approach: Frank Smith, George A. Miller (eds) (1966, MIT Press)
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The Future of Computing (Speculation)

When Things Start to Think: Neil Gershenfeld (1999, Henry Holt & Co)
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Kurzweil:

The Age of Spiritual Machines: Ray Kurzweil (1999, Penguin Books)
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Moravec:

Robot, Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind: Hans Moravec (1999, Oxford University Press)
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Paul:

Beyond Humanity: CyberEvolution and Future Minds: Gregory S. Paul, Earl D. Cox (1996, Charles River Media)
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Linguistics (Semantics)

The Architecture of the Language Faculty: Ray Jackendoff (1997, MIT Press)
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Consciousness and the Computational Mind: Ray Jackendoff (1987, MIT Press)
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Languages of the Mind, Essays on Mental Representation: Ray Jackendoff (1995, MIT Press)
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Patterns in the Mind: Ray Jackendoff (1994, BasicBooks)
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Semantic Structures: Ray Jackendoff (1990, MIT Press)
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Semantics and Cognition: Ray Jackendoff (1983, MIT Press)
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Linguistics (Phonetics, Phonology)

Structure and Process in Speech Perception: A. Cohen, S. G. Nooteboom (eds) (1975, Springer-Verlag)
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Cole:

Perception and Production of Fluent Speech: Ronald A. Cole (ed) (1980, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates)
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Denes:

The Speech Chain, The Physics and Biology of Spoken Language: Peter B. Denes, Elliot N. Pinson (1963, Bell Telephone Laboratories)
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Fant:

Speech Sounds and Features: Gunnar Fant (1973, MIT Press)
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Fromkin:

Phonetic Linguistics, Essays in Honor of Peter Ladefoged: Victoria A. Fromkin (ed) (1985, Academic Press)
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Hyman:

Phonology, Theory and Analysis: Larry M. Hyman, foreword by Victoria A. Fromkin (1975, Holt, Rinehart & Winston)
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Jacobson:

Preliminaries to Speech Analysis: Roman Jacobson, C. Gunnar M. Fant, Morris Halle (1951, MIT Press)
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Ladefoged:

A Course in Phonetics: Peter Ladefoged (1975, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)
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Preliminaries to Linguistic Phonetics: Peter Ladefoged (1971, University of Chicago Press)
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Three Areas of Experimental Phonetics: Peter Ladefoged (1967, Oxford University Press)
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Lehiste:

Readings in Acoustic Phonetics: Ilse Lehiste (ed) (1967, MIT Press)
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Olive:

Acoustics of American English Speech: Joseph P. Olive, Alice Greenwood, John Coleman (1993, Springer Verlag)
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Postal:

Aspects of Phonological Theory: Paul Postal (1968, Harper & Row)
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Pullum:

Phonetic Symbol Guide: Geoffrey K. Pullum, William A. Ladusaw (1986, University of Chicago Press)
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Trubetzkoy:

Principles of Phonology: N. S. Trubetzkoy, translated by Christiane A. M. Baltaxe (1969, University of Calif Press)
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Linguistics (Syntax)

Lexical Functional Syntax: Joan Bresnan (2001, Blackwell Publishers)
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Chomsky:

Aspects of the Theory of Syntax: Noam Chomsky (1965, MIT Press)
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Knowledge of Language: Its Nature, Origin, and Use: Noam Chomsky (1986, Praeger)
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Language and Thought: Noam Chomsky (1993, Moyer Bell)
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Lectures on Government and Binding: Noam Chomsky (1981, Mouton de Gruyter)
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The Minimalist Program: Noam Chomsky (1995, MIT Press)
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The Sound Pattern of English: Noam Chomsky, Morris Halle (1968, Harper & Row)
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Syntactic Structures: Noam Chomsky (1957, Mouton)
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Haegeman:

Introduction to Government & Binding Theory: Liliane Haegeman (1991, Blackwell Publishers)
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Halle:

Linguistic Theory and Psychological Reality: Morris Halle, Joan Bresnan, George A. Miller (eds) (1978, MIT Press)
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Hornstein:

As Time Goes By: Norbert Hornstein (1990, MIT Press)
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Jackendoff:

X-Bar Syntax: Ray Jackendoff (1977, MIT Press)
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Kayne:

The Antisymmetry of Syntax: Richard S. Kayne (1994, MIT Press)
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Connectedness and Binary Branching: Richard S. Kayne (1984, Foris Publications)
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Langacker:

Foundations of Cognitive Grammar, Vol I - Theoretical Prerequisites: Ronald W. Langacker (1987, Stanford University Press)
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Foundations of Cognitive Grammar, Vol II - Descriptive Application: Ronald W. Langacker (1991, Stanford University Press)
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Language and Its Structure: Ronald W. Langacker (1967, Harcourt Brace)
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Langendoen:

The Study of Syntax: D. Terence Langendoen (1969, Holt, Reinhart and Winston)
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Morley:

Syntax in Functional Grammar: G. David Morley (2000, Continuum)
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Poole:

An Introduction to Linguistics: Stuart C. Poole (1999, St. Martin's Press)
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Radford:

Linguistics: An Introduction: Andrew Radford, Martin Atkinson, David Britain, Harald Clahsen, Andrew Spencer (1999, Cambridge Universoty Press)
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ter Meulen:

Representing Time in Natural Language: Alice G. B. ter Meulen (1995, MIT Press)
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Waterman:

Perspectives in Linguistics: John T. Waterman (1963, University of Chicago Press)
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Language Processing (Words & Meaning)

Cognitive Models of Speech Processing: Gerry T. M. Altmann (ed) (1990, MIT Press)
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Charniak:

Statistical Language Learning: Eugene Charniak (1993, MIT Press)
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Pereira:

Natural Language Processing: Fernando C. N. Pereira, Barbara J. Grosz (eds) (1993, MIT Press)
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Reichman:

Getting Computers to Talk Like You and Me: Rachel Reichman (1985, MIT Press)
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Smith:

Computers and Human Language: George W. Smith (1991, Oxford University Press)
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Winograd:

Understanding Natural Language: Terry Winograd (1972, Academic Press)
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Language Processing (Neurology)

Neuromotor Mechanisms in Human Communication: Doreen Kimura (1993, Oxford University Press)
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Mathematics

Symbols, Signals and Noise: J. R. Pierce (1961, Harper & Row)
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Meaning and Necessity: Rudolf Carnap (1947, University of Chicago Press)
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Chalmers:

The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory: David J. Chalmers (1996, Oxford University Press)
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Churchland:

Matter and Consciousness: Paul M. Churchland (1988, MIT Press)
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Crick:

The Astonishing Hypothesis: Francis Crick (1994, Charles Scribner's Sons)
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Dennett:

BrainChildren, Essays on Designing Minds: Daniel C. Dennett (1998, MIT Press)
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Consciousness Explained: Daniel C. Dennett (1991, Little, Brown & Co)
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Content and Consciousness: Daniel C. Dennett (1986, Routledge & Kegan Paul)
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Fodor:

The Mind Doesn't Work That Way: Jerry Fodor (2000, MIT Press)
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Concepts, Where Cognitive Science Went Wrong: Jerry A. Fodor (1998, Clarendon Press)
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The Elm and the Expert: Jerry A. Fodor (1994, MIT Press)
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Psychosemantics, The Problem of Meaning in the Philosophy of Mind: Jerry A. Fodor (1987, MIT Press)
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Ford:

Android Epistemology: Kenneth M. Ford, Clark Glymore, Patrick J. Hayes (eds) (1995, MIT Press)
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Hobson:

Consciousness: J. Allan Hobson (1999, W. H. Freeman & Co.)
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Ito:

Cognition, Computation and Consciousness: Masao Ito, Yasushi Miyashita, Edmund T. Rolls (eds) (1997, Oxford University Press)
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Kant:

Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime: Emmanuel Kant, translated by John T. Goldthwait (1965, University of Calif Press)
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McGinn:

The Mysterious Flame: Colin McGinn (1999, BasicBooks)
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Monod:

Chance and Necessity: Jacques Monod, translated by Austryn Wainhouse (1971, Alfred A. Knopf)
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Penrose:

The Emperor's New Mind: Roger Penrose (1989, Penguin Books)
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The Large, the Small and the Human Mind: Roger Penrose, Abner Shimony, Nancy Cartwright, Stephen Hawking (1997, Cambridge Univ Press)
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Quine:

Word & Object: Willard Van Orman Quine (1960, MIT Press)
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Rosenblueth:

Mind and Brain: A Philosophy of Science: Arturo Rosenblueth (1970, MIT Press)
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Ryle:

The Concept of Mind: Gilbert Ryle (1949, Barnes & Noble)
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Searle:

Expression and Meaning, Studies in the Theory of Speech Acts: John R. Searle (1979, Cambridge University Press)
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The Mystery of Consciousness: John R. Searle (1997, New York Review of Books)
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Speech Acts: John R. Searle (1969, Cambridge University Press)
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Shear:

Explaining Consciousness, The Hard Problem: Jonathan Shear (ed) (1995, MIT Press)
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Spinoza:

Principles of Cartesian Philosophy: Baruch Spinoza, translated by Harry E. Wedeck (1961, Philosophical Library)
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Tye:

Ten Problems of Consciousness: Michael Tye (1999, MIT Press)
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Wittgenstein:

Philosophical Investigations: Ludwig Wittgenstein, translated by G. E. M. Anscombe (1953, The Macmillan Company)
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The Atomic Components of Thought: John R. Anderson, Christian Lebiere (1998, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates)
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Learning and Memory: John R. Anderson (2000, John Wiley & Sons)
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Broadbent:

The Simulation of Human Intelligence: Donald Broadbent (ed) (1993, Blackwell Publishers)
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Johnston:

Why We Feel: The Science of Human Emotions: Victor S. Johnston (1999, Perseus Books)
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Jourdan:

Music, The Brain, and Ecstasy: Robert Jourdan (1997, Avon Books)
summary, opinion

Ornstein:

The Evolution of Consciousness: Robert Ornstein (1991, Simon & Schuster)
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The Psychology of Consciousness: Robert Ornstein (1972, Penguin Books)
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Palmer:

Vision Science, Photons to Phenomenology: Stephen E. Palmer (1999, MIT Press)
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Pinker:

How the Mind Works: Steven Pinker (1997, W. W. Norton & Co.)
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The Language Instinct, How the Mind Creates Language: Steven Pinker (1994, William Morrow & Co)
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Learnability and Cognition: Steven Pinker (1989, MIT Press)
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Shank:

Computer Models of Thought and Language: Roger C. Shank, Kenneth Mark Colby (eds) (1973, W. H. Freeman & Co)
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Solso:

Mind & Brain Sciences in the 21st Century: Robert L. Solso (ed) (1999, MIT Press)
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Wilber:

Eye to Eye: Ken Wilber (1983, Shabhala Publications Inc)
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Speech Processing (Synth & Recog)

Speech Synthesis: James L. Flanagan, Lawrence R. Rabiner (eds) (1973, Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross)
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Hess:

Pitch Determination of Speech Signals: Wolfgang Hess (1983, Springer Verlag)
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Markel:

Linear Prediction of Speech: J D. Markel, A. H. Gray, Jr. (1976, Springer Verlag)
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O'Shaughnessy:

Speech Communication Human and Machine: Douglas O'Shaughnessy (1987, Addison Wesley Publishing)
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Perkell:

Invariance and Variability in Speech Processes: Joseph S. Perkell, Dennis H. Klatt (eds) (1986, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates)
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