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Boden, Margaret Ann was born on November 26, 1936 in London. Daughter of Leonard Forbes and Violet Dorothy (Dawson) Boden.
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Philosophical psychologist philosopher of artificial intelligence cognitive scientist
Boden, Margaret Ann was born on November 26, 1936 in London. Daughter of Leonard Forbes and Violet Dorothy (Dawson) Boden.
Bachelor in Medical Science, University Cambridge, England, 1958. Bachelor in Moral Science, University Cambridge, England, 1959. Doctor of Science, University Cambridge, England, 1990.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1968. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Sussex, 2001. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Bristol, 2002.
Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Birmingham 1959-1965. Lecturer, then Reader in Philosophy and Psychology, University of Sussex 1965-1980, Professor since 1980, Founding Dean School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences 1987. Co-founder, Harvester Press Ltd.
1970, Director 1970-1985. Vice-President British Academy since 1989.
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(What is the mind? How does it work? How does it influence...)
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Author: Purposive Explanation in Psychology, 1972, Artificial Intelligence and Natural Man, 1977, second edition, 1987, Jean Piaget, 1981, Computer Models of Mind, 1988, The Creative Mind, 1990, second edition, 2004, Mind as Machine, 2006.
Boden incorporates philosophy, artifical intelligence and psychology in her approach to understanding the mind. She adopts a functionalist position, taking thoughts, beliefs, intentions, values and emotions to be dependent on causal mechanisms, and she argues that the mind operates like a computational system.
In Purposive Explanation in Psychology (1972) Boden maintains a position between mechanistic and humanistic psychology, arguing that human purpose cannot be entirely understood through mechanistic language. Although she thinks we can grasp how the mind works in terms of computational processes, psychological explanations are still required to fully explain the nature of mental representations.
Boden believes that the computational model of the mind is not incompatible with human autonomy. Minds are mechanisms but freedom depends on deliberation and choice, both of which are possible through the ‘computational resources’ of the mind—concepts, beliefs, values, preferences and reasoning powers.
In her classic work on artificial intelligence, Artificial Intelligence and Natural Man (1977), Boden argues that to simulate human intellectual abilities, computer programmes must operate in an intentional manner, and be able to enhance and extend their capacities without additional human programming. Boden defends the usefulness of artificial intelligence for understanding human intentionality, and argues that even if computer programs ultimately fail to tell us the exact nature of intentions, they offer a strong explanatory analogy.
Committee member Advisory Board for Research Councils, London, 1989-1990, Animal Procedures Committee, London, 1994-1998. Vice president, chair council Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, 1993-1995. Vice president British Academy, London, 1989-1991, founding chairman British section Psychological Society History and Philosophy of Psychology.
Fellow: American Association Artificial Intelligence, British Academy London. Member: Society for Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Schaniow (European coordinator committee on artificial intelligence), Academia Europaea, Order of British Empire (officer).
Dressmaking, travelling.
Married John Raymond Spiers, June 24, 1967 (divorced 1981). Children: Ruskin, Jehane.