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The new science of the mind :from extended mind to embodied phenomenology
An investigation into the conceptual foundations of a new way of thinking about the mind that does not locate all cognition "in the head." There is a new way of thinking about the mind that does not locate mental processes exclusively "in the head." Some think that this expanded conception of the mind will be the basis of a new science of the mind. In this book, leading philosopher Mark Rowl…
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- 9780262289733
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Explaining the computational mind
In this work, Marcin Milkowski argues that the mind can be explained computationally because it is itself computational - whether it engages in mental arithmetic, parses natural language, or processes the auditory signals that allow us to experience music.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262313919
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The Curie Society
"An action-adventure original graphic novel, following a team of young women recruited by an elite secret society--originally founded by Marie Curie--with the mission of supporting the most brilliant female scientists in the world. The heroines of the Curie Society use their smarts, gumption, and cutting-edge technology to protect the world from rogue scientists with nefarious plans. Follow rec…
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- 0262371758
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- 1 online resource (163 pages) :color illustrations.
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The social brain :a developmental perspective
"This new volume brings together a range of empirical and theoretical views from both developmental psychology and developmental neuroscience, and cover a core set of questions and topics that concern the development of the social mind. The basic topics about the origins, development, and biological bases of the human social mind include, but are not limited to, face and voice recognition, atta…
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- 0262358964
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- 1 online resource (xii, 426 pages) :illustrations (black and white).
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MPI -- the Complete Reference.
This volume presents a complete specification of the MPI-2 Standard. It is annotated with comments that clarify complicated issues, including why certain design choices were made, how users are intended to use the interface, and how they should construct their version of MPI.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262287548
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- 1 online resource (363 pages).
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Natural particulars :nature and the disciplines in Renaissance Europe
This volume examines the transformation in ways of studying naturethat took place in Western Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenthcenturies. This volume examines the transformation in ways of studying nature that took place in Western Europe during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Some of the essays trace particular textual traditions, while others follow the development of scholarly…
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- 1 online resource (xi, 426 pages) :illustrations.
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Lab coats in Hollywood: Science, scientists, and cinema
Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey", released in 1968, is perhaps the most scientifically accurate film ever produced. The film presented such a plausible, realistic vision of space flight that many moon hoax proponents believe that Kubrick staged the 1969 moon landing using the same studios and techniques. Kubrick's scientific verisimilitude in 2001 came courtesy of his science consultan…
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- 9780262295499
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages) :illustrations
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Insatiable Curiosity: Innovation in a Fragile Future
An influential scholar in science studies argues that innovation tames the insatiable and limitless curiosity driving science, and that society's acute ambivalence about this is an inevitable legacy of modernity.Curiosity is the main driving force behind scientific activity. Scientific curiosity, insatiable in its explorations, does not know what it will find, or where it will lead. Science nee…
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Cogent Science in Context: The Science Wars, Argumentation Theory, and Habermas
This text is a proposal for an interdisciplinary context-sensitive framework for assessing the strength of scientific arguments that melds J{uml}urgen Habermas's discourse theory and sociological contextualism.
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- 1 online resource (x, 345 pages) : illustrations
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Neural networks for pattern recognition
"A Bradford book.""Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition takes to a new level the pioneering work in artificial neural networks by Stephen Grossberg and his colleagues. In a simple and accessible way it extends embedding field theory into areas of machine intelligence that have not been clearly dealt with before. Following a tutorial of existing neural networks for pattern classification, Nig…
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 413 pages) :illustrations
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