the mit press emergence contemporary readings in philosophy and science apr 2008
the mit press emergence contemporary readings in philosophy and science apr 2008
... ‘‘mechanists’’ and the emergentists of the Deborin School, headed by A. M. Deborin. 11 The Deborin School spoke of the emergence of new forms in nature, and maintained that the mechanists ‘‘neglected the ... from The Sciences of the Arti- ficial, third edition. Copyright ( 1996 by the MIT Press. Reprinted by permission of the MIT Press. 14. ‘ The Theory of E...
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the mit press mind 2nd edition introduction to cognitive science apr 2005
... progress in 10 Chapter 1 Mind Preface Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary study of mind and intelligence, embracing philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, linguistics, and ... is in the library” and the information that Paula is in the library, modus ponens enables us to infer that Quincy is in the library. From the information that Q...
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the mit press brain-wise studies in neurophilosophy dec 2002
... experimental and theoretical interactions increase, the theories become increasingly interdigitated. The central concepts classifying macrophenomena and microphenomena are inevitably revised, and when the ... afield for other points of view. Again and again I have found the history of science invaluable in getting my bearings. The fact is, neuroscience is still an immatur...
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the mit press natural ethical facts evolution connectionism and moral cognition oct 2003
... best theories in the cognitive sciences, evolutionary biology, and ethics is the norm rather than the exception? Addressing these issues by showing how there can be useful interactions between science ... cat on the housesill, the chickadee, the prarie-dog, The litter of the grunting sow as they tug at her teats, The brood of the turkeyhen, and she with her halfspr...
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the mit press new essays on semantic externalism and self-knowledge jun 2003
... investigation of the information-processing mechanisms inside my head. By relying on my grasp of the theoretical component of the concept of a thinking being, engaging in some inferences to the ... certain patterns of inference. In particular, conceptualized thought involves performing certain inferences in virtue of their form, and this is then glossed in terms of tacit kno...
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the mit press cold war kitchen americanization technology and european users mar 2009
... of the chain. Individual consumption thus depended on standardized, industrial, and mass-produced food in the agri- cultural sector at the beginning of the food chain. Supermarkets forced the integration ... paired paintings, in which the repulsions of obese burghers and starving peasants ‘‘are mutual, and the indignation of the lean is even greater than of the fat...
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the ends of solidarity discourse theory in ethics and politics mar 2008
... function, in the sense of perpetuating itself by the creation and integration of new members and the maintenance of the validity of norms and the legitimacy of institutions, a social theorist interested ... The rationalization of the life- world makes possible a kind of systemic integration that enters into competition with the integrating principle of reaching understa...
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the mit press coherence in thought and action nov 2000
... Coherence in Philosophy and Psychology At the start of the twentieth century, the disciplines of psy- chology and philosophy were beginning to separate from each other. Originating in the laboratories ... complementary meanings to different words in a way that forms a coher- ent whole. For example, the sentence The pen is in the bank” can mean that the writing i...
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the mit press organisms and artifacts design in nature and elsewhere apr 2004
... question the intuitions of biologists and well-informed philosophers of biology—could be essential to recovering the role of the term in the theory, and hence its meaning in this sense. Still, these ... while the lighter ones maintain a healthier temperature. The darker insects expend greater en- ergy in avoiding the sun, and miss out on mating opportunities as a resu...
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the mit press corporate power in global agrifood governance jun 2009
... sustainability in the global food system. In particular, we examine the ways corporations use and in uence the defi nition of the concept of sustainability in their exercise of power in global ... 2003). These themes provide a starting point for investigations into the role of corporations in global agriculture and food governance. The understanding of corporate p...
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