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Representations, targets, and attitudes
"A Bradford book."What is it for something in the mind to represent something? Robert Cummins looks at the familiar problems of representation theory (what information is represented in the mind, what form mental representation takes, how representational schemes are implemented in the brain, what it is for one thing to represent another) from an unprecedented angle. Instead of following the us…
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- 9780262271035
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- 1 online resource (153 pages) :illustrations.
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Roots of social sensibility and neural function
"A Bradford book."We are social animals, with evolved mechanisms to discern the beliefs and desires of others. This social reason is linked to the concept of intentionality, the ability to attribute beliefs and desires to others. In this book Jay Schulkin explores social reason from philosophical, psychological, and cognitive neuroscientific perspectives. He argues for a pragmatist approach, in…
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- 9780262283281
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 206 pages) :illustrations
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Shadows in the forest :Japan and the politics of timber in Southeast Asia
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0585337888
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- 1 online resource (x, 308 pages) :illustrations, map.
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Sentence comprehension :the integration of rules and habits
"A Bradford book."OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262316156
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- 1 online resource (x, 445 pages)
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Self-trust and reproductive autonomy
A study of the importance of self-trust for women's autonomy in reproductive health. The power of new medical technologies, the cultural authority of physicians, and the gendered power dynamics of many patient-physician relationships can all inhibit women's reproductive freedom. Often these factors interfere with women's ability to trust themselves to choose and act in ways that are consistent …
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- 0585442711
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 199 pages).
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The second self :computers and the human spirit
In The Second Self, Sherry Turkle looks at the computer not as a "tool," but as part of our social and psychological lives; she looks beyond how we use computer games and spreadsheets to explore how the computer affects our awareness of ourselves, of one another, and of our relationship with the world. "Technology," she writes, "catalyzes changes not only in what we do but in how we think." Fir…
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- 20th anniversary ed., 1st MIT Press ed.
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- 9780262257107
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- 1 online resource (xi, 372 pages)
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The seasoned Schemer
The notion that "thinking about computing is one of the most exciting things the human mind can do" sets both The Little Schemer (formerly known as The Little LISPer ) and its new companion volume, The Seasoned Schemer , apart from other books on LISP. The authors' enthusiasm for their subject is compelling as they present abstract concepts in a humorous and easy-to-grasp fashion. Together, the…
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- Second edition
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- 9780262287883
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- 1 online resource (224 pages).
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The reasoned schemer
Includes index."The goal of The Reasoned Schemer is to help the functional programmer think logically and the logic programmer think functionally. The authors of The Reasoned Schemer believe that logic programming is a natural extension of functional programming, and they demonstrate this by extending the functional language Scheme with logical constructs - thereby combining the benefits of bot…
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- 0262256177
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- 1 online resource (x, 169 pages) :illustrations
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Rethinking public key infrastructures and digital certificates :building in p…
Title from title screen.Includes index.Stefan Brands proposes cryptographic building blocks for the design of digital certificates that preserve privacy without sacrificing security.As paper-based communication and transaction mechanisms are replaced by automated ones, traditional forms of security such as photographs and handwritten signatures are becoming outdated. Most security experts belie…
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- 9780262269131
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- 1 online resource (xxi, 314 pages)
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Research directions in concurrent object-oriented programming
This collection of original research provides a comprehensive survey of developments at the leading edge of concurrent object-oriented programming. It documents progress -- from general concepts to specific descriptions -- in programming language design, semantic tools, systems, architectures, and applications. Chapters are written at a tutorial level and are accessible to a wide audience, incl…
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- 0262297000
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- 1 online resource (xii, 532 pages) :illustrations
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