Weizenbaum, Joseph.

Computer power and human reason : from judgment to calculation / Joseph Weizenbaum. - Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1984. - xix, 300 p. : ill ; 20 cm. + pbk.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-287) and index.

Introduction -- On tools -- Where the power of the computer comes from -- How computers work -- Science and the compulsive programmer -- Theories and models -- Computer models in psychology -- The computer and natural language -- Artificial intelligence -- Incomprehensible programs -- Against the imperialism of instrumental reason.

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Computers and civilization.

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