The Philosophy of Cognitive Science - Mark J Cain

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We are the first generation to live in a science fiction world. Mehr

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The Science of Science Fiction: The Influence of Film and Fiction on the Science and Culture of Our Times - Buch Let Mark Brake open your eyes to how science fiction helped us dream of things to come and building the future we inhabit-from Star Trek to... Mehr

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Philosophy of Science: Very Short Introduction - Buch This Very Short Introduction provides a concise overview of the main themes of contemporary philosophy of science. It explores the fundamental questions and challenges in the field, and looks at... Mehr

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An integrative exploration of the concept of beliefs and their applications as studied across the cognitive sciences. Mehr

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Political issues people care about such as racism, climate change, and democracy take on new urgency and meaning in the light of technological developments such as AI. How can we talk about the politics of AI while moving beyond mere warnings and easy... Mehr

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How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is 'really' like? What makes it different from other ways of understanding the universe? In [this book], Peter Godfrey-Smith addresses these questions by taking the reader on a grand tour of more... Mehr

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400 years of scotistic discussion on cognition Mehr

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The best illustrated and most comprehensive book ever published on the largest land animals the world has ever known. Mehr

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Technology and the Virtues - Buch New technologies from artificial intelligence to drones, and biomedical enhancement make the future of the human family increasingly hard to predict and protect. This book explores how the philosophical tradition of... Mehr

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This Very Short Introduction provides a concise overview of the main themes of contemporary philosophy of science. It explores the fundamental questions and challenges in the field, and looks at philosophical issues in particular sciences, including... Mehr

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This thought-provoking book traces the science of invisibility from its sci-fi origins in the nineteenth-century writings of authors such as H. G. Wells and Fitz James O'Brien to modern stealth technology, invisibility cloaks, and metamaterials.... Mehr

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The last five years saw a significant return of epidemic infectious disease, culminating in COVID-19. In our new post-COVID-19 world, how do we prevent future illnesses by expanding scientific and vaccine diplomacy and cooperation, especially to combat... Mehr

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The Making of Black Lives Matter - Buch In this updated edition, The Making of Black Lives Matter presents a condensed and accessible intellectual history of the #BlackLivesMatter movement and expands on the movement's relevancy. This edition includes... Mehr

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The Cognitive Science of Belief - Buch Beliefs play a central role in our lives: they shape the functioning of our minds, they define the boundaries of our cultures, and they guide our motivation and behavior. This volume is the ideal companion for... Mehr