Skip to Main Content

Research Guides

HPS255 History and Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence

About this guide & eBooks on course themes

graphic of an arrow pointing leftUse the menu at left for different sections of this guide.

Below is a non-exhaustive list of eBooks on your course's topics.

Please keep in mind that you won't need to read the entire book. Often with scholarly books each chapter is a standalone topic, and in some cases books are collections of essays by various authors, related to a broad topic. It's always a good idea to at least skim the introduction. 

eBooks /[ONLINE]: clicking on the title will take you either to a library catalogue record about the eBook or will lead directly to the eBook. When it takes you to the information (the catalogue record) about the book, simply click on one of the "Web" links to access the eBook.

In your own searching you may encounter  printed books that are of interest (physically available from one of U of T's libraries). If you are in the Greater Toronto Area and able to travel to U of T campus you may be able to request it through the curbside pickup service. If so, take note of the Library and the call number, and . Have a look at the particular library's pickup point and instructions for how to request a book for pickup here.