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Wittgenstein and the Theory of Perception

Autor: Justin Good

Número de Páginas: 194

Ludwig Wittgenstein's later philosophy comes alive when it is used as a vehicle for philosophical discovery, rather than when it is interpreted merely as a system of propositions. In this study of Wittgenstein's later work on the philosophy of psychology, his cryptic remarks on visual meaning and the analysis of the concept of perception are used as a basis for a new approach to the philosophical study of perception. Justin Good analyses a host of issues in contemporary philosophy of mind and visual studies, including the concepts of visual meaning, visual qualia and the ineffability of visual experience. He also explores the relation between conceptual analysis and causal explanation in the theory of perception, and the relation between visual syntax and visual meaning. The larger aim of Wittgenstein and the Theory of Perception is to demonstrate a way to appreciate cutting-edge theoretical work on perception while at the same time grasping the limits of such research. In turn, this method not only offers a productive framework for clarifying the complex conceptual shifts between different contexts - like the differing concepts of 'seeing' in, for example, art history and...

Fundamentals of Integrationism and Foundations of Meaning

Autor: Xuan Fang

Número de Páginas: 201

This book looks at a long-standing question about "meaning" and the human experience — specifically, why meaning seems easy to recognize but hard to fully explain, especially from the perspective of integrationism. Fang’s book pins down the fundamentals of Roy Harris’s integrational linguistics and explores the relation between the nature of meaningfulness and human condition – the given features of human beings and human activities. The book rebuilds the main ideas behind the integrationist philosophy, placing them in the tradition of neo-Kantian, Fichtean phenomenology and existentialism. Fang also uses research from psychology, focusing on human-centred and developmental studies, to strengthen the arguments. The chapters review different theories of meaning, attributing the insurmountable obstacles encountered by the depersonalized – systemic, formalist, and decontextualized – approaches to their problematic philosophical presuppositions. The book also points to earlier thinkers who had important insights into language and communication, supporting an integrationist view of meaning. The text further pinpoints the foundations of meaning and its philosophical...

Les dimensions invisibles de la conscience

Autor: Evelyne Josse , Martine Struzik , Stéphane Allix , Jocelin Morisson , Cyrille Champagne , Miriam Gablier , Patrice Van Eersel , Laurent Huguelit , Evelyn Elsaesser , Renaud Evrard , Maryne Mutis , Pascale Seys , Richard Moss , Antoine Bioy , Stephan Schillinger , Lee Pascoe , Catherine Roumanoff , Françoise Bourzat , Romuald Leterrier

Número de Páginas: 260

Ouvrage collectif qui réunit les plus grands penseurs, chercheurs, auteurs dans leur domaine respectif pour éclairer le grand mystère de la conscience humaine. La conscience survit-elle à la mort ? Des phénomènes, longtemps considérés comme paranormaux, remettent en question notre compréhension de la conscience. Des chercheurs de plus en plus nombreux suggèrent qu'elle existerait indépendamment du corps physique. Cette conscience plus vaste survivrait donc à la mort et pourrait aussi être expérimentée, par exemple, dans des états méditatifs ou lors de la prise de psychédéliques. Des psychothérapeutes témoignent, quant à eux, du fait que se connecter aux dimensions invisibles de la Conscience peut avoir des effets thérapeutiques sur les personnes en souffrance, et notamment sur les endeuillés, et permet de comprendre le sens de notre incarnation actuelle. Ce monde physique ne serait qu'une manifestation d'un niveau de réalité sous-jacent. Et si les croyances religieuses et ésotériques disaient vrai ? Et s'il existait effectivement une source unique de conscience à laquelle nous serions tous reliés ? La science et la spiritualité se rejoindraient-elles ...

The Double Indemnity Murder

Autor: Landis Mackellar

Número de Páginas: 428

Queens Village was a picture-perfect postcard New York suburb. But in March 1927 the façade of respectability was stripped away to reveal an underside of greed, lust, and crime. Few incidents in crime history have been so notorious as the murder of Albert Snyder by his wife and her lover. Resonant of the footloose Jazz Age, it made persistent headlines and led to a sensational trial. The crime spawned a 1920s Broadway play and inspired the classic noir film of the 1940s, Double Indemnity. This book assesses the entire case, from grisly slaying and shabby cover-up to sharp police work and aftermath. Moreover, it explores sociocultural questions that beg to be answered: what effect does news reportage exert upon high profile cases, and why did such a transparent crime earn such an enduring place in the popular psyche?

Por qué nos gusta una fotografía

Autor: Brian Dilg

Número de Páginas: 164

Existe un enorme abismo entre lo que vemos y lo que creemos ver. Nuestra evolución está orientada hacia la supervivencia. Y esta depende de la eficiencia, que implica la capacidad de procesar todo lo que sucede a una velocidad increíble. Todas las experiencias se añaden a un vasto catálogo de comportamiento y consecuencias. Nuestra mente está constantemente actualizando el modelo mental del mundo. Solo podemos concentrarnos en una estrecha banda de experiencias a la vez.

Hollywood Knights

Autor: S. Aronstein

Número de Páginas: 266

Hollywood Knights examines Hollywood Arthuriana as political nostalgia offered to American viewers during times of cultural crisis: the red scare of the 1950s, the breakdown of traditional authority in the 1960s and 1970s, the turn to the right in the 1980s and the redemption of masculine and national authority in the 1990s. Its analysis of these films explores their proposal of an ideal past - an Americanized Camelot and a democratized chivalry - as the solution to the problems of a troubled present, a solution that will ensure prosperity in the homeland and a globally beneficial American authority abroad.

Tecnosapiens

Autor: Santiago Siri

Número de Páginas: 387

Tecnosapiens explora, a través de experiencias personales, las innovaciones tecnológicas más impactantes de nuestro presente de la mano del máximo referente en estos temas. Santiago Siri propone una hoja de ruta audaz para repensar el rol de la inteligencia artificial, el software libre y el bitcoin en la creación de un nuevo orden político y económico. Tecnosapiens no es solo un testimonio de vida ni una crónica de las ideas más disruptivas de nuestro tiempo, es un manifiesto para fundar una civilización austral en la era digital. Desde sus primeras experiencias con computadoras en los 90 hasta sus vínculos con Sam Altman, Vitalik Buterin o el Papa Francisco, el autor narra, en primera persona, cómo la IA y las tecnologías descentralizadas están reconfigurando el poder global. En este viaje que conecta el aceleracionismo, las DAO, el humor como arma cognitiva y la rebelión de las máquinas, nos encontramos ante una pregunta urgente: ¿cómo gobernar inteligencias superiores sin repetir los errores del pasado? Con un enfoque tecnoptimista, Siri imagina una Argentina 2.0 capaz de liderar esta transformación, que se anime a abrazar el conocimiento, la...

Escribe el guion de la vida que quieres

Autor: Royce Christyn

Número de Páginas: 295

Un método práctico para “guionizar” tu futuro y manifestar con éxito lo que quieres en la vida • Comparte vividas anotaciones del diario del autor de sus avances desde el momento en que utilizó con éxito su método para conseguir un papel principal en un programa de televisión • Explora la ciencia detrás del método y detalla cómo la comprensión de los nuevos descubrimientos científicos y tecnologías emergentes son clave para crear y manifestar en tu vida • Revela herramientas divertidas y sencillas para la manifestación y la autoayuda, actualizadas para una nueva generación Royce Christyn detalla un proceso de “guionización” simple para aprovechar la ley de la atracción y manifestar lo que quieres en tu vida: felicidad, riqueza, viajes, amor, salud, la carrera perfecta, o simplemente un día productivo. El método está respaldado por la ciencia y la experiencia, aunque se siente como magia. Y todo lo que se necesita es un lápiz y papel. Inspirado por los clásicos del nuevo pensamiento y del pensamiento positivo, el autor explica cómo desarrolló su método de guionización, tras cuatro años de ensayo y error, manteniendo lo que funcionó y...

EXPLORING CHÁN

Autor: Chuan Zhi

Número de Páginas: 507

Exploring Chán: A Journey into the Heart of Chinese Buddhism Chuan Zhi’s Exploring Chán is a profound and comprehensive guide to the history, philosophy, and practice of Chinese Chán Buddhism. Blending rigorous scholarship with philosophical depth, Zhi “reconstructs both the emergence of Buddhism in general, and of Chinese (or Chán) Buddhism in particular” with “astonishing” knowledge and “a philosophically profound understanding of its spiritual core” (Kirkus Reviews). The book traces Buddhism’s evolution from India to China and beyond, offering a nuanced perspective on Chán as a mystical discipline rooted in Self-knowledge. As the precursor to Japanese Zen, Chán remained largely unknown in the West, overshadowed by Zen’s global recognition. This disparity stems from historical factors like China’s restrictive “Canton System” during the Qing Dynasty. Exploring Chán bridges this gap, providing modern readers with a rare and insightful view of Chinese Chán’s depth and significance. Readers will find Zhi’s work both intellectually stimulating and spiritually enriching. His practical guidance on meditation is paired with clear and accessible...

Air Force Magazine

Número de Páginas: 612

Consciousness is Story-Shaped

Autor: Richard Rosenbaum

Número de Páginas: 234

Why do we conceptualize our experience primarily in terms of stories? This monograph is a groundbreaking exploration of how narrative structures mirror the architecture of human thought. Drawing from disciplines as diverse as narratology, philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science, it meticulously examines Joseph Campbell’s theory of the ‘monomyth’, positing its isomorphism with the Categories of Judgment that Immanuel Kant considered innate to human cognition. The book presents a compelling case that stories represent a reflection of cognitive processes, arguing that humans inherently interpret the world and their experiences through a narrative schema deeply ingrained in our consciousness. Rooted in cognitive semiotics, it analyzes in detail the structural similarities between narrative and cognition. Offering a novel understanding of the fundamental narrative nature of human thought and its implications for how we perceive and interact with the world, this book is essential for scholars in narratology and semiotics, writers, and anyone fascinated by storytelling.

Reality Unveiled: How Consciousness Shapes the World We Perceive

Autor: Guillaume Lessard

Número de Páginas: 79

Reality Unveiled: How Consciousness Shapes the World We Perceive Unlock the Mysteries of Reality, Perception, and Consciousness What if the world you see isn’t the full picture? What if your mind is actively shaping reality in ways you never imagined? Reality Unveiled: How Consciousness Shapes the World We Perceive takes you on a mind-expanding journey through the intersection of quantum physics, cognitive science, and philosophy, revealing how our perceptions construct the universe around us. 🚀 Discover the Hidden Forces Shaping Your Reality ✔ How the Observer Effect suggests that consciousness plays a role in creating the physical world. ✔ Why the Double-Slit Experiment proves that matter exists in multiple states until observed. ✔ How Quantum Mechanics & Consciousness may be the missing link to understanding the fabric of existence. ✔ The truth behind Panpsychism, the Holographic Universe, and the Simulation Hypothesis—are we living in a projected reality? 💡 Expand Your Mind with Groundbreaking Insights ✔ The Illusion of Perception – Why your senses don’t show you the real world. ✔ How Language, Thought, and Belief shape your experience of reality. ✔ ...

The Impossibilities of the Circular Economy

Autor: Harry Lehmann , Christoph Hinske , Victoire De Margerie , Aneta Slaveikova Nikolova

Número de Páginas: 281

The fifth Factor X publication from the Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), The Impossibilities of the Circular Economy provides an overview of the limits to the circular economy, emphasising the relationship between integrated resource use and more systemic leadership-management approaches. On a European level, the book ties into the recent European Green Deal and aims to empower actors across sectors and EU member countries to transition from existing linear models of value capture and expression to more systemic-circular solutions of value capture and expression. The volume provides a hands-on contribution towards building the knowledge and skill sets of current and future decision-makers who face these complex-systemic crises in their day-to-day business. The book further provides access to best practices from cutting-edge research and development findings, which will empower decision-makers to develop a more sustainable and equitable economy. Providing solutions for a more sustainable economy, this book is essential reading for scholars and students of natural resource use, sustainable business, environmental economics and sustainable development, as well as...

Local Air Service to Small Communities

Autor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee On Commerce. Aviation Subcommittee

Número de Páginas: 504

Columbus City Directory

Número de Páginas: 1150

Love Outpouring

Autor: Scott Flynn

Número de Páginas: 285

Ego shaves the vibrancy-edges off of life, dulling life's inherent wonder, dampening one's love of humanity while concurrently dimming the beauty of the world. Self reinstates life's vibrant-glory as Self-consciousness re-recognizes its love for its own creation, and in doing so, falls deeper and deeper back in love with itSelf, ever-more enhancing the vibrancy of the mystery of life. Knowing the difference between who you are and what you have mistaken yourself to be eliminates the ever-fluctuating, life-fragmenting ego, leaving only a permanent aware-presence that re-illuminates the vibrant-wholeness of life that has always been - all to re-establish the eternal wondrous-awe that has not been witnessed since childhood. Love Outpouring is a gracious invitation from yourSelf to yourSelf to expose the ever-present happiness that is already inherent within You, so that you may experience-directly again the perplexing-awe of life. You have written yourSelf this book for the purpose of giving yourSelf the permission to fall back in love with yourSelf and allow yourSelf to unavoidably shine your love-light upon the world as brightly as possible ... the greatest gift you or anyone can...

L'athéisme : l'hypothèse impossible

Autor: Sami 'ameri

Número de Páginas: 194

Sur les cendres de l’Ancien Monde, l’athéisme s’arroge le flambeau de la civilisation et promet monts et merveilles à l’homme moderne débarrassé des carcans des religions et des folklores ancestraux. À l’heure des bilans, ces ténors revoient leur prétention à la baisse, acculés par la triste réalité qui les rattrape, et sombrent dans un sinistre nihilisme et un pessimisme incurable. Comment en sommes-nous arrivés là ? Le docteur Sami ‘Ameri retrace les étapes de cette désillusion désenchantée et ore, à l’orée du troisième millénaire, des perspectives moins alarmantes.

The Electromagnetic Brain

Autor: Shelli Renée Joye

Número de Páginas: 438

An exploration of cutting-edge theories on the electromagnetic basis of consciousness • Details, in nontechnical terms, 12 credible theories, each published by prominent professionals with extensive scientific credentials, that describe how electromagnetic fields may be the basis for consciousness • Examines practical applications of electromagnetic-consciousness theory, including the use of contemporary brain stimulation devices to modify and enhance consciousness • Explores the work of William Köhler, Susan Pockett, Johnjoe McFadden, Rupert Sheldrake, Ervin Laszlo, William Tiller, Harold Saxton Burr, Sir Roger Penrose, Stuart Hameroff, Mari Jibu, Kunio Yasue, Karl Pribram, Alfred North Whitehead, and James Clerk Maxwell, as well as the author's own theories In this scientific exploration of the origin of consciousness, Shelli Renée Joye, Ph.D., explores 12 credible theories, each published by prominent professionals with extensive scientific credentials, that describe how electricity in the form of electromagnetic fields is the living consciousness that runs through the brain. Each of these theories supports the idea that the electromagnetic field itself is the basis of...

The Reporter Who Knew Too Much

Autor: Mark Shaw

Número de Páginas: 415

Trading in Foreign Exchange Markets

Autor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs

Número de Páginas: 184

The Treachery of Realities

Autor: Sal Restivo

Número de Páginas: 312

This volume targets the contemporary atmosphere of lies, post-truths, and alternative facts. Previously, we had no reason to think humanity was about to have its dinosaur moment; we could be confident of surviving for millennia. It now seems that humanity's future might be a matter of decades, given the variety of existential threats we face, from climate change and asteroids to robots and AI. We are not going to save ourselves driven by faith, belief, hopes, prayers, and wishes in an atmosphere of science deniers. What is required is an investment in a renewed and re-energized secular worldview, guided by the sociological imagination and opposed to conventional reasoning and action.

The Godless Delusion

Autor: Jim Harries

Número de Páginas: 189

What if the whole "God delusion" approach is a neo-colonial imposition at the linguistic and philosophical level? Could it lead to unmitigated disasters in intercultural communication and development work? This paradigm-challenging book points to the necessity, in light of contemporary impasse in intercultural understanding, of God's involvement in the encounter between the West and the majority world, especially Africa. Failure to account for God, the cradle of imagination operative in human hearts and minds has resulted in a black hole that deeply troubles intercultural engagement between the West and others. While drawing on his personal long-term field experience in Africa, the author cites contemporary scholarly Western literature on philosophy, anthropology, "religion," and beyond. Ironically, the West, which values dualism, instead of seeking to share it with majority world people, wrongly presupposes its universality. A proactive compliance to the countering of "racism" and to the demotion of impacts of human imagination on understanding contribute to this. Effective education must be from known to unknown, this text emphasizes. Enabling African people to build...

REX East Project

Número de Páginas: 984

How Genre Governs Creation in the Medieval Icelandic Sagas

Autor: Yoav Tirosh

Número de Páginas: 145

This book sets out to answer why genre matters when analysing sagas, medieval literature, and creation in general. How Genre Governs Creation in the Medieval Icelandic Sagas applies theoretical observations on the workings of genre to saga literature analysis, including media and film genre theory, as well as observations from reader-response theory. The text primarily focuses on Íslendingasögur, a group of prose or prosimetric texts that concern the medieval Norse world, usually taking place in the period between the end of the ninth and the mid-eleventh centuries and focusing on Iceland. Tirosh proposes new interpretations to several sagas, but more importantly provides a fresh perspective on the importance and application of genre theory to medieval literary studies.

Why You Like This Photo

Autor: Brian Dilg

Número de Páginas: 273

Combining science and photography, Brian Dilg explores the reasons behind Why You Like This Photo.

AI-AGI Revolution: Will this change what it means to be HUMAN?

Autor: Ms Bella St John

Número de Páginas: 332

The world has already changed - The genie (AI) is out of the bottle, but this is a genie of our own making, and one that we designed to think, learn, grow, and develop on its own, without the need for human involvement. Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak and over 1,000 other influential people in the field have already signed an open letter requesting a pause on the development of AI, citing security concerns and stating, "AI systems with human-competitive intelligence can pose profound risks to society and humanity". Italy has gone so far as to ban, at least temporarily, the AI application, ChatGPT, following a security breach where “it was possible for some users to see another active user's first and last name, email address, payment address, the last four digits (only) of a credit card number, and credit card expiration date,” according to an OpenAI spokesman. This book, "AI-AGI Revolution: Will This Change What It Means to Be HUMAN?", takes readers on a journey to explore these issues, the incredible potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and advanced General Intelligence (AGI), the incredible challenges, and the incredible potential impact on what it means to be 'human'. From...

INTELLIGENCE CONSCIOUSNESS INTUITION

Autor: Eva Heinstedt

Número de Páginas: 346

The exponential development of artificial intelligence forces us to reevaluate what constitutes human intelligence, consciousness, and knowledge. It is a complex question that I explore with the help of established research, highlighting several thinkers with insightful perspectives on these topics. Through detailed explanations of fundamental concepts, I aim to make the content accessible to a broader audience, appealing to both academics and laypeople. The book is a call to every individual and society to be aware of and unleash the creative intelligence that exists in every person, waiting to be released. The first part addresses artificial and human intelligence, creativity and intuition, cognitive science and cognitive development, and the different characteristics of the two brain hemispheres. The second part discusses views on consciousness within psychology, philosophy, and physics, various theories of consciousness, phenomenology, existentialism, mental training, and meditation. The third part covers different forms of knowledge, theories of truth, ways to justify knowledge, ontology, metaphysics, knowledge development, self-awareness, education, scientific paradigm...

Chivalry and Exploration, 1298-1630

Autor: Jennifer Robin Goodman

Número de Páginas: 258

The literature of medieval knighthood is shown to have influenced exploration narratives from Marco Polo to Captain John Smith. Explorers from Marco Polo to Captain John Smith viewed their travels and discoveries in the light of attitudes they absorbed from the literature of medieval knighthood. Their own accounts, and contemporary narratives [reinforced by the interest of early printers], reveal this interplay, but historians of exploration on the one hand, and of chivalry on the other, have largely ignored this cultural connection. Jennifer Goodman convincingly develops the ideaof the chivalric romance as an imaginative literature of travel; she traces the publication of medieval chivalric texts alongside exploration narratives throughout the later middle ages and renaissance, and reveals parallel themesand preoccupations. She illustrates this with the histories of a sequence of explorers and their links with chivalry, from Marco Polo to Captain John Smith, and including Gadifer de la Salle and his expedition to the Canary Islands, Prince Henry the Navigator, Cortés, Hakluyt, and Sir Walter Raleigh. JENNIFER GOODMAN teaches at Texas A & M University.

¡Despierta!

Autor: Alfredo López Parra

Número de Páginas: 181

""¡Despierta!"" pretende cimbrar tu realidad. Pretende hacerlo desde el punto de vista científico, filosófico y metafísico. Este libro pretende hacerte despertar. Y si no, al menos te hará conocer y utilizar mejor eso que tú eres, y que casi nunca tienes en cuenta: TU CEREBRO, TU MENTE... Y TU ALMA. Y te propongo empezar de la siguiente manera: haciéndote una pregunta desde la lógica más básica. ¿Quién soy yo? En ""¡Despierta!"" se analiza a la consciencia como fundamento de toda la realidad, de la que surge todo lo conocido. El alma que anima el avatar que tú llamas tu cuerpo y que puedes reconfigurar completamente para alcanzar la verdadera felicidad. Acá te explico, de una manera sencilla y práctica, el funcionamiento de tu cerebro, tu mente y tu consciencia, y las pautas y atajos que te permitirán convertirte en eso que estás destinado a ser: un ser humano completo y pleno. Atrévete a sumergirte en las profundidades de tu verdadero yo, de tu esencia misma.

John McAndrew's Modernist Vision

Autor: Mardges Bacon

Número de Páginas: 196

John McAndrew's Modernist Vision tells the compelling story of the architect, scholar, and curator John McAndrew, who played a key role in redefining modernism in the United States from the 1930s onward. The designer of the Vassar College Art Library—arguably the first modern interior on a college campus—and the curator of architecture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York from 1937 to 1941, McAndrew was instrumental in creating a distinct and innovative aesthetic that bridged the European modernist lineage and American regional vernacular. Providing a fascinating glimpse into McAndrew's life, his associations with important architects and artists, and the historical context that shaped his work, this book is a thoroughly researched testament to a man who left a powerful mark on the evolution of American architecture.

Falsehoods Fly

Autor: Paul Thagard

Número de Páginas: 576

Misinformation is one of the twenty-first century’s greatest challenges, a peril to democracy, peace, science, and public health. Yet we lack a clear understanding of what makes misinformation so potent and why it can spread so rapidly. In Falsehoods Fly, a leading cognitive scientist and philosopher offers a new framework for recognizing and countering misleading claims by exploring the ways that information works—and breaks down. Paul Thagard examines the dangers of misinformation on COVID-19, climate change, conspiracy theories, inequality, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He argues that effective responses to these problems require understanding how information is generated and spread. Bringing together empirical findings about the psychological and social mechanisms that drive cognitive errors with philosophical accounts of critical thinking, Thagard develops an innovative theory of how we gain information. Grasping how the generation and transmission of knowledge can fail helps us find ways to repair it and provides tools for converting misinformation into facts. Offering a deep and rich account of the nature and workings of information, Falsehoods Fly provides...

Visual Experience

Autor: Gary Hatfield , Sarah Allred

Número de Páginas: 273

Many of us have been fascinated by visual illusions at some point, and have asked ourselves why something can look like one thing when it is fact something else. How can we perceive two different things, when the light coming into our eyes stays constant? This book brings together psychologists and philosophers to explore this aspect of vision.

The Time Watchers

Autor: F. Henry Peters

Número de Páginas: 581

About the Book What if the fate of humanity depended on the relationship that developed between an obscure martial arts instructor and an insecure teenage girl? And what if they never met? Imagine you had never met your mentor, who guided you through your young years, or your friend who stood by you through difficult times. Your life may have turned out quite different if people had not been there to offer advice and support. These things seem trivial in the grand scheme of the world, but let us put the philosophy on a historical level. The Time Watchers shows us all these events would have had a dramatic change in the world’s history had the outcome been different. Yet all of them were dependent on decisions made by people who could have chosen another way. About the Author F. Henry Peters is on the Board of Directors for his Homeowners Association.

U.S. Air Force Aerial Refueling Recapitalization Requirements

Autor: United States. Congress. House. Committee On Armed Services. Projection Forces Subcommittee

Número de Páginas: 48

Readjustment Benefits for Individuals Entering the Armed Services After January 31, 1955

Autor: United States. Congress. House. Committee On Veterans' Affairs

Número de Páginas: 910

Considers H.R. 53 and related bills, to amend the Veterans Readjustment Assistants Act to provide education, vocational rehabilitation and loan guarantee benefits to veterans serving in times of peace. Includes HEW Bulletin No. 17 "Financial Aid for College Students: Graduate," 1957 (p. 1267-1421), and HEW Bulletin No. 18 "Financial Aid for College Students: Undergraduate," 1957 (p. 1423-1658).

The Simulation Hypothesis

Autor: Rizwan Virk

Número de Páginas: 401

The definitive exploration of one of the most daring and consequential theories of our time, completely revised and updated to reflect the rapid advances in artificial intelligence and virtual reality Are we living in a simulation? MIT computer scientist Rizwan Virk draws from research and concepts from computer science, artificial intelligence, video games, quantum physics, and ancient mystics to explain why we may be living inside a simulated reality like the Matrix. Simulation theory explains some of the biggest mysteries of quantum and relativistic physics, such as quantum indeterminacy, parallel universes, and the integral nature of the speed of light, using information and computation. Virk shows how the evolution of our video games, including virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing, will lead us to a technological singularity. We will reach the simulation point, where we can develop all-encompassing virtual worlds like the OASIS in Ready Player One or The Matrix—and in fact we are already likely inside such a simulation. While the idea sounds like science fiction, many scientists, engineers, and professors have given the...

Decolonizing Consciousness

Autor: Shilpa Ashok Pandit

Número de Páginas: 200

The book intertwines several strands of scholarship in Indian Philosophy, contemporary psychology and the lived Indian psychological practice inclusive of Yoga, advaita, tantra and bhakti to engage in an exploration of consciousness, cognitive science and philosophy. The book examines the characteristics of consciousness by situating it in the historical and cultural contexts of Euro-American as well as Asian, particularly Indian philosophical tradition specifically, the Bhakti tradition and creative living. The volume decolonizes the understanding of the ecology of consciousness while accounting for the diverse strands, which have given us a unique understanding of the mind, psychology, cognition and philosophy of the mind. This book will be of interest to students, teachers, and scholars of psychology, consciousness studies, cognitive science, philosophy, social psychology, Yoga studies, and Yoga psychology. It will also be useful for Yoga professionals, social workers, therapists, and anyone who is interested to learn about consciousness.

Sense, Nonsense, and Subjectivity

Autor: Markus Gabriel

Número de Páginas: 297

Philosophers have spent millennia accumulating knowledge about knowledge. But negative epistemological phenomena, such as ignorance, falsity, and delusion, are persistently overlooked. Markus Gabriel argues that being wrong is part and parcel of subjectivity itself, adding a novel perspective on epistemic failures to the work of New Realism.

Granularity: An Ontological Inquiry Into Justice and Holistic Education

Autor: Şevket Benhür Oral

Número de Páginas: 483

This book presents an original exploration of philosophical questions pertaining to the ways we grasp the Absolute by bringing together the Buddhist notion of interpermeation of all phenomena into contemporary strains of thought in continental philosophy. This text introduces an ontological concept, granularity, deploying it to probe questions concerning the intersection of ontology, ethics, and education. A wide range of issues in metaphysics are covered—including being, nothingness, unity, plurality, truth, change, transformation, subjectivity, contradiction, coherence, potentiality—from the perspective of thinkers such as Hegel, Heidegger, Badiou, Meillassoux, Malabou, Žižek, and Harman. The text deploys granularity in arguing for an ethics of unconditional hospitality within education. This volume is intended for students and researchers working in the areas of philosophy of education, philosophy of religion, and continental philosophy.