Kyle Harrison
to-read
The Laws of Thought
The Laws of Thought: The Quest for a Mathematical Theory of the Mind
- Author
- Tom Griffiths
- Published
- 2026
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Three hundred years of trying to formalize thought — rules and symbols, neural networks, probability — told through the people who tried.
Griffiths runs Princeton’s AI Lab and co-wrote Algorithms to Live By. Published 2026 by Macmillan; page count not verified.
Where I saw it: Pedro Domingos (@pmddomingos) on X, February 7, 2026: “You can’t understand AI without understanding cognitive science, and luckily this book is all you need.”
Connections
- Artificial Intelligence — the three research traditions the field is built out of.
- Complexity