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Life and writings of Arthur Schopenhauer
The masters of philosophy in Germany have generally been the University professors ; in England, members of the outside public ; causes and effects, advantages and disadvantages of each of these circumstances ; Schopenhauer more akin to the English than to the German philosopher ; fundamental differences between his early training and that of his German predecessors ; his contempt for the histo…
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- 369018948
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- AWG-1134
Waves and Forms: Electronic Music Devices and Computer Encodings in China
An examination of the relationship between technical objects and culture in contemporary China, drawing on concepts from science and technology studies. Technical objects constrain what users do with them. They are not neutral entities but embody information, choices, values, assumptions, or even mistakes embedded by designers. What happens when a technology is designed in one culture and us…
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- 9780262328159
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Robert Morris
Essays, an interview, and a roundtable discussion on the work of one of the most influential American artists of the postwar period. This October Files volume gathers essays, an interview, and a roundtable discussion on the work of Robert Morris, one of the most influential American artists of the postwar period. It includes a little-known text on dance by Morris himself and a never-before-a…
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The life of Napoléon Buonaparte
Napoleon employed every device to make Beaulieu believe that he designed to attempt the passage of the Po at Valenza ; and the Austrian, a man of routine, who had himself crossed the river at that point, was easily persuaded that these demonstrations were sincere. Meanwhile, his crafty antagonist executed a march of incredible celerity upon Placenza, fifty miles lower down the river ; and appea…
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- 697124319
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- AAC-2015
Off-Track Profs: Nontenured Teachers in Higher Education
An investigation of non-tenure-track faculty at ten elite research universities and the implications for undergraduate education, institutional governance, and American preeminence in higher education.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262255417
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- 1 online resource (xii, 196 pages) :illustrations
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Avant-garde Videogames: Playing with Technoculture
An exploration of avant-garde games that builds upon the formal and political modes of contemporary and historical art movements. The avant-garde challenges or leads culture; it opens up or redefines art forms and our perception of the way the world works. In this book, Brian Schrank describes the ways that the avant-garde emerges through videogames. Just as impressionism or cubism created a…
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- 9780262322713
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"Our Kind of Movie": The Films of Andy Warhol
A celebrated writer on contemporary art and queer culture argues that Andy Warhol's films enable us to see differently, and to see a different world. “We didn't think of our movies as underground or commercial or art or porn; they were a little of all of those, but ultimately they were just 'our kind of movie.'” —Andy Warhol Andy Warhol was a remarkably prolific filmmaker, creating …
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Metareasoning: Thinking about Thinking
This text offers a simple model of reasoning about reason as a framework for its discussions. Following this framework, the contributors consider meta-level control of computational activities, introspective monitoring, distributed meta-reasoning, and, putting all these aspects of meta- reasoning together.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262295284
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- 1 online resource (vi, 340 pages) :illustrations
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V01CE: Vocal Aesthetics in Digital Arts and Media
Perspectives on the voice and technology, from discussions of voice mail and podcasts to reflections on dance and sound poetry. Voice has returned to both theoretical and artistic agendas. In the digital era, techniques and technologies of voice have provoked insistent questioning of the distinction between the human voice and the voice of the machine, between genuine and synthetic affect, b…
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Quantum Interaction; 8th International Conference, QI 2014, Filzbach, Switzer…
Buku ini merupakan hasil dari konferensi internasional ke-8 tentang Interaksi Kuantum, QI 2014, yang diadakan di Filzbach, Swiss, pada bulan Juni/Juli 2014. Sebanyak 19 makalah beserta 20 pembicara utama yang diundang yang disajikan dalam buku ini dipilih dengan cermat dari 22 kiriman. Interaksi Kuantum telah berkembang menjadi bidang ilmu interdisipliner yang sedang berkembang yang menggabungk…
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- 8951
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- 978-3-319-15931-7
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- Computer Science
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