A proposal for a categorization of cognition based on core properties of the constituent processes that integrates theory and empirical findings across domains.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
What beliefs are, what they do for us, how we come to hold them, and how to evaluate them.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Too rapidly rising carbon taxes or the introduction of subsidies for renewable energies induce owners of fossil fuel reserves to increase their extraction rates for fear of their reserves becoming worthless. Fossil fuel use is thus brought forward. The resulting acceleration of global warming and counter-productivity of well-intended climate policy has been coined the Green Paradox. This volume…
"The idea that human history is approaching a 'singularity'--that ordinary humans will someday be overtaken by artificially intelligent machines or cognitively enhanced biological intelligence, or both--has moved from the realm of science fiction to serious debate. Some singularity theorists predict that if the field of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to develop at its current dizzying r…
A neurologist and Zen practitioner clarifies the benefits of meditative training, drawing on classical Buddhist literature and modern brain research."In Zen-Brain Horizons, James Austin draws on his decades of experience as a neurologist and Zen practitioner to clarify the benefits of meditative training. Austin integrates classical Buddhist literature with modern brain research, exploring the …
Over the past four decades, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and key urban regions of China have emerged as global cities - in financial, political, cultural, environmental, and demographic terms. In this book, Robert Gottlieb and Simon Ng trace the global emergence of these urban areas and compare their responses to a set of six urban environmental issues. These cities have different patterns of develo…
"The growth of the Internet has been propelled in significant part by user investment in infrastructure: computers, internal wiring, and the connection to the Internet provider. This "bottom-up" investment minimizes the investment burden facing providers. New technologies such as wireless and data transmission over power lines, as well as deregulation of telecommunications and electric utilitie…
Diskusi mengenai kualitas pendidikan tinggi mempunyai banyak segi dan seringkali menimbulkan perdebatan, mencerminkan kompleksitas dan interpretasi yang beragam. Kualitas memang dapat mencakup berbagai dimensi, seperti efektivitas pengajaran di universitas, pengalaman belajar mahasiswa, dampak penelitian, praktik pengawasan, mekanisme dukungan kelembagaan, dan kepatuhan terhadap standar pendidi…
Kadang-kadang dalam karier profesional seseorang, Anda menyadari bahwa tangan sejarah ada di pundak Anda. Hal serupa terjadi pada bulan Juli 2003, di Brussels, ketika para anggota Kelompok Kerja Pakar (EWG) Konferensi Internasional tentang Harmonisasi (ICH) bidang kualitas menyepakati visi dan strategi baru untuk ICH. Dirangkum dalam pernyataan, “Sistem mutu farmasi yang selaras dan dapat dit…
Sebagian besar produk yang mempengaruhi kehidupan kita sehari-hari menjadi lebih kompleks. Manajemen Kualitas dan Keandalan—yang mengintegrasikan proses, kebijakan, dan prediksi keandalan dari awal siklus hidup pengembangan produk untuk memastikan kinerja dan keamanan produk tingkat tinggi—membantu perusahaan mengatasi tantangan sistem yang semakin kompleks dan proses yang tersebar luas sec…