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“brian cantwell smith”

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  • The Promise of Artificial Intelligence

    Reckoning and Judgment

    by Brian Cantwell Smith ...
    An AI expert argues that—despite dramatic advances in the field—artificial intelligence is nowhere near developing systems that are genuinely intelligent.In this provocative book, Brian Cantwell Smith argues that artificial intelligence is nowhere near developing systems that are genuinely intelligent. Second-wave AI, machine learning, even visions of third-wave AI: none will lead to human-level ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Computational Reflections

    by Brian Cantwell Smith ...
    A groundbreaking critique of the philosophical foundations of computing.Computational Reflections is a wholly original investigation into the philosophical foundations of computing. The author's lifetime of work is distilled into this volume, which explores what it means to compute.The standard theoretical foundations of computer science address the fundamental concept of “mechanism” but almost ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

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  • Visualization and Interpretation

    Humanistic Approaches to Display

    by Johanna Drucker ...
    An analysis of visual epistemology in the digital humanities, reorienting the creation of digital tools within humanities contexts.In the several decades since humanists have taken up computational tools, they have borrowed many techniques from other fields, including visualization methods to create charts, graphs, diagrams, maps, and other graphic displays of information. But are these ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Student Essentials: Critical Thinking

    by Debra Hills ...
    Student Essentials: Critical Thinking – in one hour helps you master the essentials of this core study skill in just 60 minutes. If you are studying for an undergraduate degree at university, critical thinking and analysis is imperative when studying and can often be the difference between an acceptable grade and a great grade. This book will help you develop the key essentials of this crucial ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Foundations of Language

    Brain, Meaning, Grammar, Evolution

    by Ray Jackendoff ...
    How does human language work? How do we put ideas into words that others can understand? Can linguistics shed light on the way the brain operates? Foundations of Language puts linguistics back at the centre of the search to understand human consciousness. Ray Jackendoff begins by surveying the developments in linguistics over the years since Noam Chomsky's Aspects of the Theory of Syntax. He goes ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Literacies

    by Mary Kalantzis, Bill Cope, Eveline Chan, Leanne Dalley-Trim ...
    With the rise of new technologies and media, the way we communicate is rapidly changing. Literacies provides a comprehensive introduction to literacy pedagogy within today's new media environment. It focuses not only on reading and writing, but also on other modes of communication, including oral, visual, audio, gestural and spatial. This focus is designed to supplement, not replace, the ... Read more

    $86.09 USD

  • Computational Logic and Human Thinking

    How to Be Artificially Intelligent

    by Robert Kowalski ...
    The practical benefits of computational logic need not be limited to mathematics and computing. As this book shows, ordinary people in their everyday lives can profit from the recent advances that have been developed for artificial intelligence. The book draws upon related developments in various fields from philosophy to psychology and law. It pays special attention to the integration of logic ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Practical Foundations for Programming Languages

    by Robert Harper ...
    This text develops a comprehensive theory of programming languages based on type systems and structural operational semantics. Language concepts are precisely defined by their static and dynamic semantics, presenting the essential tools both intuitively and rigorously while relying on only elementary mathematics. These tools are used to analyze and prove properties of languages and provide the ... Read more

    $76.29 USD

  • Discognition

    by Steven Shaviro ...
    What is consciousness? What is it like to feel pain, or to see the color red? Do robots and computers really think? For that matter, do plants and amoebas think? If we ever meet intelligent aliens, will we be able to understand what they say to us? Philosophers and scientists are still unable to answer questions like these. Perhaps science fiction can help. In Discognition, Steven Shaviro looks at ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Non-axiomatic Logic: A Model Of Intelligent Reasoning

    by Pei Wang ...
    This book provides a systematic and comprehensive description of Non-Axiomatic Logic, which is the result of the author's research for about three decades.Non-Axiomatic Logic is designed to provide a uniform logical foundation for Artificial Intelligence, as well as an abstract description of the “laws of thought” followed by the human mind. Different from “mathematical” logic, where the focus is ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • The Nonhuman Turn

    Edited by Richard Grusin ...
    Series series 21st Century Studies
    Edited by Richard Grusin of the Center for 21st Century Studies, this is the first book to name and characterize—and therefore consolidate—a wide array of current critical, theoretical, and philosophical approaches to the humanities and social sciences under the concept of the nonhuman turn. Each of these approaches is engaged in decentering the human in favor of a concern for the nonhuman, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Learning and Teaching of Algebra

    Ideas, Insights and Activities

    by Abraham Arcavi, Paul Drijvers, Kaye Stacey ...
    Series series IMPACT: Interweaving Mathematics Pedagogy and Content for Teaching
    IMPACT (Interweaving Mathematics Pedagogy and Content for Teaching) is an exciting new series of texts for teacher education which aims to advance the learning and teaching of mathematics by integrating mathematics content with the broader research and theoretical base of mathematics education.The Learning and Teaching of Algebra provides a pedagogical framework for the teaching and learning of ... Read more

    $62.99 USD