Understanding computers and cognition: A new foundation for design: Four reviews and a response

✍ Scribed by Mark J. Stefik

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 44 KB
• Volume: 31
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-3702
• DOI: 10.1016/0004-3702(87)90021-x

✦ Synopsis

Every now and then a book about computers and AI sweeps through the community and divides opinion. Some people praise it while others deeply criticize it. The new book by Winograd and Flores is such a book.

One of the purposes of this column is to provide a forum for discussion about recently published works. When new books appear to be controversial, we try to present multiple perspectives on them. In this issue there are four independent reviews of Understanding Computers and Cognition. The reviewers bring different backgrounds and concerns to their assessments of the book.

To ensure fairness and encourage further dialog and understanding, this column also publishes responses by authors whose works have been reviewed. At the end of this column Winograd and Flores respond.