Holding post only:
The Mechanization of the Mind : On the Origins of Cognitive Science
by Jean-Pierre Dupuy (Stanford), Translated by M. B. DeBevoise. Princeton Univ Press.
von-Neumann, Wiener, Mind-Matter, Cog-Sci, AI, Chaos and Complexity all in one package.
Ref from RobotWisdom – must investigate.
Broken link above: See here for a full review.