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From Images to Surfaces: A Computational Study of the Human Early Visual System
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology).Includes indexes.The projection of light rays onto the retina of the eye forms a two-dimensional image, but through combining the stereoscopic aspect of vision with other optical clues by means of some remarkably effective image-processing procedures, the viewer is able to perceive three-dimensional representations of …
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- 9780262256278
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- 1 online resource (274 pages) :illustrations.
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From Logic to Logic Programming
This mathematically oriented introduction to the theory of logic programming presents a systematic exposition of the resolution method for propositional, first-order, and Horn- clause logics, together with an analysis of the semantic aspects of the method. It is through the inference rule of resolution that both proofs and computations can be manipulated on computers, and this book contains ele…
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- 9780262288477
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- 1 online resource (xii, 214 pages) :illustrations.
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The anxious mind :an investigation into the varieties and virtues of anxiety
An empirically informed, philosophical account of the nature of anxiety and its value for agency, virtue, and decision making.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262345491
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- 1 online resource (viii, 250 pages) :illustrations
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Philosophical provocations :55 short essays
Pithy, direct, and bold: essays that propose new ways to think about old problems, spanning a range of philosophical topics.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262340090
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- 1 online resource (viii, 317 pages)
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The theory of collusion and competition policy
A review of the theoretical research on unlawful collusion, focusing on the impact and optimal design of competition law and enforcement.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262342995
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- 1 online resource (x, 133 pages)
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Making design theory
"Tendencies toward 'academization' of traditionally practice-based fields have forced design to articulate itself as an academic discipline, in theoretical terms. In this book, Johan Redstr?om offers a new approach to theory development in design research--one that is driven by practice, experimentation, and making. Redstr?om does not theorize from the outside, but explores the idea that, just …
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- 9780262341844
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 171 pages) :illustrations.
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Brainstorms :philosophical essays on mind and psychology
When Brainstorms was published in 1978, the interdisciplinary field of cognitive science was just emerging. Daniel Dennett was a young scholar who wanted to get philosophers out of their armchairs -- and into conversations with psychologists, linguists, computer scientists. This collection of seventeen essays by Dennett offers a comprehensive theory of mind, encompassing traditional issues of c…
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- 40th Anniversary edition.
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- 9780262343725
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From molecule to metaphor: A Neural theory of language
"A Bradford book."In From Molecule to Metaphor, Jerome Feldman proposes a theory of language and thought that treats language not as an abstract symbol system but as a human biological ability that can be studied as a function of the brain, as vision and motor control are studied. This theory, he writes, is a "bridging theory" that works from extensive knowledge at two ends of a causal chain to…
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- 1 online resource (xx, 357 pages) :illustrations
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Features of person :from the inventory of persons to their morphological real…
This book offers a significant reconceptualization of the person system in natural language. The authors, leading scholars in syntax and its interfaces, propose that person features do not have inherent content but are used to navigate a "person space" at the heart of every pronominal expression. They map the journey of person features in grammar, from semantics through syntax to the system of …
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Leading from within :conscious social change and mindfulness for social innov…
A roadmap for integrating mindfulness into every aspect of social change: how to lead transformation with compassion for the needs and perspectives of all people. Gretchen Steidle knows first-hand the personal transformation that mindfulness practice can bring. But she doesn't believe that transformation stops at personal wellbeing. In Leading from Within , Steidle describes the ways that perso…
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