Laws, Mind, and Free Will

In this work, Steven Horst addresses the apparent dissonance between the picture of the natural world that arises from the sciences and our understanding of ourselves as agents who think and act.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

The Jean Freeman Gallery does not exist

An examination of a 1970s Conceptual art project--advertisements for fictional shows by fictional artists in a fictional gallery--that hoodwinked the New York art world. From the summer of 1970 to March 1971, advertisements appeared in four leading art magazines-- Artforum , Art in America , Arts Magazine, and ARTnews --for a group show and six solo exhibitions at the Jean Freeman Gallery at 26…

The conceptual mind :new directions in the study of concepts

"The study of concepts has advanced dramatically in recent years, with exciting new findings and theoretical developments. Core concepts have been investigated in greater depth and new lines of inquiry have blossomed, with researchers from an ever broader range of disciplines making important contributions. In this volume, leading philosophers and cognitive scientists offer original essays that…

James Coleman

Illustrated critical essays on the work of artist James Coleman.James Coleman has emerged in recent years as one of the most important artists of visual postmodernism. His work has transformed critical debates about the status of the image in contemporary culture and influenced an entire generation of younger artists in ways that have not yet been fully acknowledged. Until recently, Coleman has…

Made-up minds :a constructivist approach to artificial intelligence

Outgrowth of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology."Made-Up Minds addresses fundamental questions of learning and concept invention by means of an innovative computer program that is based on the cognitive-developmental theory of psychologist Jean Piaget. Drescher uses Piaget's theory as a source of inspiration for the design of an artificial cognitive system calle…

A slim book about narrow content

A good understanding of the nature of a property requires knowing whether that property is relational or intrinsic. Gabriel Segal's concern is whether certain psychological properties -- specifically, those that make up what might be called the "cognitive content" of psychological states -- are relational or intrinsic. He claims that content supervenes on microstructure, that is, if two beings …

The Principle of Interpretation of Gravity Data Using Second Vertical Derivat…