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In 1960 E.R. Caianiello of the “Istituto di Fisica Teorica dell’Universita di Napoli” submitted a paper to the Journal of Theoretical Biology with the title “Outline of a Theory of Thought Processes and Thinking Machines.” While the author tried to remain modest in naming his paper only “Outline of a Theory”, he demonstrated his optimism in relating “thought” and “processes” as well as “thinking” and “machines”. This optimistic attitude reflected probably both the age of the author, around 35 at that time, as well as the general scientific atmosphere of that period.
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Johannesma, P. (1986). Eduardo Caianiello: Thought Processes and Thinking Machines. In: Palm, G., Aertsen, A. (eds) Brain Theory. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70911-1_19
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