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Book Synopsis The Unexplained Intellect by : Christopher Mole
Download or read book The Unexplained Intellect written by Christopher Mole and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between intelligent systems and their environment is at the forefront of research in cognitive science. The Unexplained Intellect: Complexity, Time, and the Metaphysics of Embodied Thought shows how computational complexity theory and analytic metaphysics can together illuminate long-standing questions about the importance of that relationship. It argues that the most basic facts about a mind cannot just be facts about mental states, but must include facts about the dynamic, interactive mental occurrences that take place when a creature encounters its environment. In a discussion that is organised into four clear parts, Christopher Mole begins by examining the mathematics of computational complexity, arguing that the results from complexity theory create a puzzle about how human intelligence could possibly be explained. Mole then uses the tools of analytic metaphysics to draw a distinction between mental states and dynamic mental entities, and shows that, in order to answer the complexity-theoretic puzzle, dynamic entities must be understood to be among the most basic of mental phenomena. The picture of the mind that emerges has important implications for our understanding of intelligence, of action, and of the mind’s relationship to the passage of time. The Unexplained Intellect is the first book to bring insights from the mathematics of computational complexity to bear in an enquiry into the metaphysics of the mind. It will be essential reading for scholars and researchers in the philosophy of mind and psychology, for cognitive scientists, and for those interested in the philosophical importance of complexity.
Book Synopsis Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes on Intellect by : Herbert Alan Davidson
Download or read book Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes on Intellect written by Herbert Alan Davidson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of problems revolving around the subject of intellect in the philosophies of Alfarabi, Avicenna, and Averroes, this book pays particular attention to the way in which these philosophers addressed the tangle of issues that grew up around the active intellect.
Book Synopsis Ethics in Criminal Justice by : Sam S. Souryal
Download or read book Ethics in Criminal Justice written by Sam S. Souryal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-24 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing the fundamentals of ethical theory, this text exposes the reader to the ways and means of making moral judgments by covering the teachings of the great philosophers, sources of criminal justice ethics and unethical patterns in the criminal justice system. It is presented from two perspectives: a thematic perspective that addresses ethical principles common to all components of the discipline, and an area-specific perspective that addresses the state of ethics in criminal justice in the fields of policing, corrections, and probation and parole. The fourth edition features expanded discussion of the formula of ethical discretion to enhance students’ understanding of ethics decision making in real-life situations, as well as a new chapter on the ethics of loyalty and loyalties in the workplace.
Book Synopsis Philosophy of Mind in the Early and High Middle Ages by : Margaret Cameron
Download or read book Philosophy of Mind in the Early and High Middle Ages written by Margaret Cameron and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy of Mind in the Early and High Middle Ages provides an outstanding overview to a tumultuous 900-year period of discovery, innovation, and intellectual controversy that began with the Roman senator Boethius (c480-524) and concluded with the Franciscan theologian and philosopher John Duns Scotus (c1266-1308). Relatively neglected in philosophy of mind, this volume highlights the importance of philosophers such as Abelard, Duns Scotus, and the Persian philosopher and polymath Avicenna to the history of philosophy of mind. Following an introduction by Margaret Cameron, twelve specially commissioned chapters by an international team of contributors discuss key topics, thinkers and debates, including: mental perception; Avicenna and the intellectual abstraction of intelligibles; Duns Scotus; soul, will, and choice in Islamic and Jewish contexts; perceptual experience; the systematization of the passions; the complexity of the soul and the problem of unity; the phenomenology of immortality; morality; and the self. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind, medieval philosophy, and the history of philosophy, Philosophy of Mind in the Early and High Middle Ages is also a valuable resource for those in related disciplines such as Religion.
Book Synopsis Process, Action, and Experience by : Rowland Stout
Download or read book Process, Action, and Experience written by Rowland Stout and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been a philosophical upheaval recently in our understanding of the metaphysics of the mind. The philosophy of mind and action has traditionally treated its subject matter as consisting of states and events, and completely ignored the category of ongoing process. So the mental things that happen - experiences and actions - have been taken to be completed events and not ongoing processes. But events by their very nature as completed wholes are never present to the agent or subject; only ongoing processes can be present to a subject in the way required for conscious experience and practical self-knowledge. This suggests that a proper understanding of processes is required to understand subjective experience and agency. This volume explores the possibility and advantages of taking processes to be the subject matter of the philosophy of mind and action. The central defining feature of the process argument is its use of the progressive (as opposed to perfective) aspect. But beyond this, philosophers working on the metaphysics of processes do not agree. The contributors to this volume take up this argument in the metaphysics of processes. Are processes continuants? Are they particulars at all, or should we rather be thinking of process activity as a kind of stuff? Process, Action, and Experience considers whether practical reasoning and practical self-knowledge require thinking of action in process terms, and it considers arguments for the processive nature of conscious experience.
Download or read book Salience written by Sophie Archer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-16 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Salience is both central to human life and relatively underexplored as a philosophical topic. Whether it bothers you that the picture on your wall is wonky, whose advice you should take, whether you notice the homeless person at your feet as you squeeze your way down Oxford Street: these are all a function of salience. Salience is clearly of significance for a broad range of philosophical problems but rarely, if ever, has salience itself been the theme. This volume makes it so in an attempt to learn more about the place of salience in philosophy. All 13 chapters have been specially commissioned for this volume, and are written by an international team of leading philosophers. Salience: A Philosophical Inquiry is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind and psychology, epistemology, and ethics. It will also be of interest to those in related subjects such as psychology, politics, and law.
Book Synopsis Propositional and Doxastic Justification by : Paul Silva Jr.
Download or read book Propositional and Doxastic Justification written by Paul Silva Jr. and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-05-05 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume features original essays that advance debates on propositional and doxastic justification and explore how these debates shape and are shaped by a range of established and emerging topics in contemporary epistemology. This is the first book-length project devoted to the distinction between propositional and doxastic justification. Notably, the contributors cover the relationship between propositional and doxastic justification and group belief, credence, commitment, suspension, faith, and hope. They also consider state-of-the-art work on knowledge-first approaches to justification, hinge-epistemology, moral and practical reasons for belief, epistemic normativity, and applications of formal epistemology to traditional epistemological disputes. Finally, the contributors promise to reinvigorate old epistemological debates on coherentism, externalism, internalism, and phenomenal conservatism. Propositional and Doxastic Justification will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working in epistemology, metaethics, and normativity.
Book Synopsis The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology by : Sarah Robins
Download or read book The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology written by Sarah Robins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 819 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology, Second Edition is an invaluable guide and major reference source to the key topics, problems, concepts, and debates in philosophy of psychology and is the first companion of its kind. A team of renowned international contributors provide forty-eight chapters, organized into six clear parts: Historical background to philosophy of psychology Psychological explanation Cognition and representation The biological basis of psychology Perceptual experience Personhood. The Companion covers key topics, such as the origins of experimental psychology; folk psychology; behaviorism and functionalism; philosophy, psychology and neuroscience; the language of thought, modularity, nativism, and representational theories of mind; consciousness and the senses; dreams, emotion, and temporality; personal identity; and the philosophy of psychopathology. For the second edition, six new chapters have been added to address the following important topics: belief and representation in nonhuman animals; prediction error minimization; contemporary neuroscience; plant neurobiology; epistemic judgment; and group cognition. Essential reading for all students of philosophy of mind, science, and psychology, The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Psychology will also be of interest to anyone studying psychology and its related disciplines.
Book Synopsis 101 Ways to Find a Ghost by : Melissa Martin Ellis
Download or read book 101 Ways to Find a Ghost written by Melissa Martin Ellis and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-07-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A proven investigator in her own right, Melissa offers the novice those needed insights and suggestions only hands-on experience can give you." --Andrew Laird, Founder, The Rhode Island Paranormal Research Group Ghost-hunting expert Melissa Martin Ellis has seen, felt, and sensed it all. And now, thanks to this guide, you too can part the veil between us and the mysterious world on the other side. Whether you want to track down and record spirits or you're just intrigued as to whether or not these phantasms really do exist, Ellis will guide your exploration of paranormal activity. It's easier than ever to detect and even communicate with ghosts...if you're prepared for what you may find.
Book Synopsis Analogia by : Archimandrite Ephraim of Vatopaidi
Download or read book Analogia written by Archimandrite Ephraim of Vatopaidi and published by ST MAXIM THE GREEK INSTITUTE. This book was released on 2022-03-04 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analogia is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the scholarly exposition and discussion of the theological principles of the Christian faith. A distinguishing feature of this journal will be the effort to advance a dialogue between Orthodox Christianity and the views and concerns of Western modes of theological and philosophical thought. A key secondary objective is to provide a scholarly context for the further examination and study of common Christian sources. Though theological and philosophical topics of interest are the primary focus of the journal, the content of Analogia will not be restricted to material that originates exclusively from these disciplines. Insofar as the journal seeks to cultivate theological discourse and engagement with the urgent challenges and questions posed by modernity, topics from an array of disciplines will also be considered, including the natural and social sciences. As such, solicited and unsolicited submissions of high academic quality containing topics of either a theological or interdisciplinary nature will be encouraged. In an effort to facilitate dialogue, provision will be made for peer-reviewed critical responses to articles that deal with high-interest topics. Analogia strives to provide an interdisciplinary forum wherein Christian theology is further explored and assumes the role of an interlocutor with the multiplicity of difficulties facing modern humanity.
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Book Synopsis Epistemology; Or, The Theory of Knowledge by : Peter Coffey
Download or read book Epistemology; Or, The Theory of Knowledge written by Peter Coffey and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Epistemology written by Peter Coffey and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Epistemology ; Or, The Theory of Knowledge: pt. IV. The data of intellectual knowledge: sense perception. pt. V. Truth and certitude: their criteria and motives by : Peter Coffey
Download or read book Epistemology ; Or, The Theory of Knowledge: pt. IV. The data of intellectual knowledge: sense perception. pt. V. Truth and certitude: their criteria and motives written by Peter Coffey and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis pt. IV. The data of intellectual knowledge: sense perception. pt. V. Truth and certitude: their criteria and motives by : Peter Coffey
Download or read book pt. IV. The data of intellectual knowledge: sense perception. pt. V. Truth and certitude: their criteria and motives written by Peter Coffey and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics by : James Hastings
Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics written by James Hastings and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics: Hymns-Liberty by : James Hastings
Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics: Hymns-Liberty written by James Hastings and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
