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Causing human actions :new perspectives on the causal theory of action
"A Bradford book.""The causal theory of action (CTA) is widely recognized in the literature of the philosophy of action as the "standard story" of human action and agency - the nearest approximation in the field to a theoretical orthodoxy. This volume brings together leading figures working in action theory today to discuss issues relating to the CTA and its applications, which range from exper…
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- 1 online resource (viii, 327 pages)
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Street-fighting mathematics :the art of educated guessing and opportunistic p…
"In Street-Fighting Mathematics, Sanjoy Mahajan builds, sharpens, and demonstrates tools for educated guessing and down-and-dirty, opportunistic problem solving across diverse fields of knowledge - from mathematics to management. Mahajan describes six tools: dimensional analysis, easy cases, lumping, picture proofs, successive approximation, and reasoning by analogy. Illustrating each tool with…
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- 1 online resource (xv, 134 pages) :illustrations
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The case for qualia
"A Bradford book."First presenting philosophical defences, then scientific and finally specific criticisms of opposing views including discussions on the Churchlands' 'neurophilosophy', this book discusses philosophical and scientific defences of Indirect Realism and counterarguments to the attacks of qualiaphobes.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 1 online resource (viii, 384 pages)
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Advanced mean field methods :theory and practice
"Bringing together ideas and techniques from diverse disciplines, this book covers the theoretical foundations of advanced mean field methods, explores the relation between the different approaches, examines the quality of the approximation obtained, and demonstrates their application to various areas of probabilistic modeling."--Jacket.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages) :illustrations.
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Between philosophy and social science :selected early writings
These essays reveal another side of Horkheimer, focusing on his remarkable contributions to critical theory in the 1930s. Max Horkheimer is well known as the director of the Frankfurt Institute for Social Research and as a sometime collaborator with Theodor Adorno, especially on their classic Dialectic of Enlightenment. These essays reveal another side of Horkheimer, focusing on his remarkable …
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- 0262275694
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Econometrics.
Studies of the relation between information technology and economic growth trends.The relentless decline in the prices of information technology (IT) has steadily enhanced the role of IT investment as a source of economic growth in the United States. Productivity growth in IT-producing industries has gradually risen in importance, and a productivity revival has taken place in the rest of the ec…
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- 9780262276405
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- 1 online resource (xxx, 462 pages) :illustrations, color portrait
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Econometrics.essays in honor of Dale W. Jorgenson
The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive view of applications of the cost of capital.The essays in this volume provide a comprehensive view of applications of the cost of capital. The cost of capital is the key concept in the analysis of taxation of business income. It is also critical to the formulation of a new system of national accounts, where it plays the role of the price of capi…
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Econometrics.
New methodology for econometricians, based on the dual formulation of the theory of production in terms of prices. The objectives of econometric modeling of producer behavior are to determine the nature of substitution among inputs and outputs and of differences in technology, as well as the role of economies of scale in production. Recent advances in methodology, based on the dual formulation …
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Learnability in optimality theory
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- 0585354677
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- 1 online resource (vi, 140 pages) :illustrations
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Knowledge, possibility, and consciousness
Physicalism is the idea that if everything that goes on in the universe is physical, our consciousness and feelings must also be physical. Ever since Descartes formulated the mind-body problem, a long line of philosophers has found the physicalist view to be preposterous. According to John Perry, the history of the mind-body problem is, in part, the slow victory of physical monism over various …
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