... each other and the world they live in. Making sense is the activ- ity of fitting something puzzling into a coherent pattern of mental representations that include concepts, beliefs, goals, and actions. ... element and rejecting the other. • The coherence problem consists of dividing a set of elements into accepted and rejected sets in a way that satisfies the most const...
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... anything. There is a state that zombies go into when they cut themselves or stub their toes. This state makes them do the things we do when we are in pain. They curse and jump up and down and hold the ... to the two-ways strategy is imposing, but I will claim it is mistaken. At the root of this objection, and at the roots of the knowledge argument and the modal ar- g...
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the mit press natural ethical facts evolution connectionism and moral cognition oct 2003
... Natural Ethical Facts Evolution, Connectionism, and Moral Cognition William D. Casebeer A Bradford Book The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England 6750 FM UG 4/2/03 ... 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 halfspread wings, I see...
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the mit press neither brain nor ghost a nondualist alternative to the mind-brain identity theory aug 2005
... Dewey's pragmatism and dynamical systems theory, he proposes a bold alternative to Cartesian materialism that deserves careful scrutiny." J. A. Scott Kelso, Glenwood and Martha Creech ... Neither Brain nor Ghost - The MIT Press " ;A new view of mind is in the air. Teed Rockwell has sensed it and articulated it beautifully in this book. Using a po...
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the mit press paths to a green world the political economy of the global environment apr 2005
... economic globalization as the cause of many of the world s environmental and social ills, rather than as its potential savior. Both bioenvironmentalists and social greens agree with market liberals and ... although certainly not all, are actually supporters of what might be called social globalization. Globalization and the Global Environment The interpretation of the e...
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the mit press real natures and familiar objects apr 2004
... Massachusetts 02142 http://mitpress .mit. edu 0-262-05075-7 ,!7IA2G2-afahfd!:t;K;k;K;k REAL NATURES and Familiar Objects Crawford L. Elder In Real Natures and Familiar Objects Crawford Elder defends, with ... rich.’” —RICHARD GRANDY, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, RICE UNIVERSITY REAL NATURES and Familiar Objects Crawford L. Elder A BRADFORD BOOK REAL NATURES and...
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the mit press subjectivity and selfhood investigating the first-person perspective jan 2006
... self- acquaintance and self-familiarity, and that every experiencing is character- ized by the fact that “I am always somehow acquainted with myself” Subjectivity and Selfhood Investigating the First-Person Perspective Dan ... Sense of Self 146 6 | Self and Other 147 I Expression and Empathy 148 II Embodied Subjectivity and Internal Otherness 156 III Beyond Empathy...
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the mit press wired for innovation how information technology is reshaping the economy oct 2009
... that the biggest risk to IT investment was 2 Measuring the Information Economy The United States is now predominantly a service-based economy. For every dollar of goods produced by the economy ... study technology s strategic value to businesses. In this book, we provide a guide for policy makers and economists who want to understand how information technology...
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the mit press global justice and transnational politics apr 2002
... imagination, the contrast between these rival con- ceptions can have far-reaching implications for the way we see global justice. The formulation of the demands of global justice as well as the identification ... of the agencies charged with meeting these demands are influenced by the choice of the appropriate concep- tion of the original position and the correspond...
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the mit press new essays on semantic externalism and self-knowledge jun 2003
... New Essays on Semantic Externalism and Self-Knowledge Second Limitation Principle (early version) Epistemic warrant cannot be transmitted from the premises of a valid argument to its conclusion if, ... So the truth of water(3) is a necessary condition of my even being able to think water(1), and this triggers the Second Limitation Princi- ple. 10 The early version of...
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the mit press mind 2nd edition introduction to cognitive science apr 2005
... cognitive science Mind Introduction to Cognitive Science Second Edition Paul Thagard Cognitive science approaches the study of mind and intelligence from an interdisciplinary perspective, ... different approaches. 24 Chapter 2 I Approaches to Cognitive Science Mind Introduction to Cognitive Science second edition Paul Thagard A Bradford Book The M...
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the mit press economic dynamics theory and computation feb 2009
... fails, then no actions are per- formed. A simple example of the if–then–else construct is if there are cookies in the jar then eat them else go to the shops and buy more eat them end The while ... and the Dobrushin Coefficient 276 11.3.3 Stability via Monotonicity 279 11.3.4 More on Monotonicity 283 11.3.5 Further Stability Theory 288 11.4 Commentary 293 Economic Dynamics...
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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 does game theory work the bargaining challenge apr 2007
... Does Game Theory Work? The Bargaining Challenge Ken Binmore The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England I don’t plan to press the virtues of my theory of fairness ... experimental work of my own on the subject. But two aspects of this theory are immediately relevant here. The first is the significance of the theory of repeated games. The secon...
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the mit press the handbook of brain theory and neural networks second edition nov 2002
... ,where the The Handbook of Brain Theory and Neural Networks I.3. Dynamics and Adaptation in Neural Networks 23 (b) Practicality: Can the net achieve such a solution within a fea- sible period of ... cord. The dendrites and soma (cell body) constitute the ma- jor part of the input surface of the neuron. The axon is the “output line.” The tips of...
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