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Subcortical structures and cognition Subcortical structures and cognition Leonard F. Koziol How cognition and behavior are organized within the brain. OL15451515W
Chaotic Logic Chaotic Logic Ben Goertzel This is the first work to apply complex systems science to the psychological interplay of order and chaos. The author draws on thought from a wide range of disciplines-both conventional and unorthodo… OL16972729W
Recent work on intrinsic value Recent work on intrinsic value Michael J. Zimmerman,Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen Recent Work on Intrinsic Value brings together for the first time many of the most important and influential writings on the topic of intrinsic value to have appeared in the last half-century. During… OL18357226W
Abductive Reasoning and Learning Abductive Reasoning and Learning Dov M. Gabbay This book contains leading survey papers on the various aspects of Abduction, both logical and numerical approaches. Abduction is central to all areas of applied reasoning, including artificial intel… OL19823432W
The Acquisition and Retention of Knowledge: A Cognitive View The Acquisition and Retention of Knowledge: A Cognitive View David Paul Ausubel This is a college-level textbook that provides a comprehensive and credible theory of how humans can learn and retain substantial and growing bodies of potentially meaningful, organized subject-matte… OL19823635W
Advanced Technologies Applied to Training Design Advanced Technologies Applied to Training Design Robert J. Seidel 'User-friendly...contain[s] clear and useful illustrations....should stimulate discussion and experimentation among training communities world wide.' -Ergonomics. OL19824059W
Algebra of Conscience Algebra of Conscience Vladimir A. Lefebvre Conscience is an essential human attribute. Nevertheless, in the construction of formal models of the subject it is customarily left outside the framework of theoretical analysis. The Algebra of Cons… OL19825357W
The Alphabet and the Brain The Alphabet and the Brain Derrick Kerckhove The psychology and historiography of writing has generally received less attention than reading, speech and language acquisition. This book tries to redress that imbalance and is the fruit of the con… OL19825782W
Argument, Inference and Dialectic Argument, Inference and Dialectic Robert C. Pinto This volume contains 12 papers addressed to researchers and advanced students in informal logic and related fields, such as argumentation, formal logic, and communications. Among the issues are attem… OL19827783W
Assoziation Assoziation Gerhard Strube Sehenden Forschungsansatz in der Allgemeinen Psychologie geworden ist. Einer Rekonstruktion des Assoziierens in Kate gorien kognitiver Prozesse kommt deshalb Relevanz zu für die Konzeptualisierung de… OL19828351W
Bayesian Argumentation Bayesian Argumentation Frank Zenker <p>Relevant to, and drawing from, a range of disciplines, the chapters in this collection show the diversity, and applicability, of research in Bayesian argumentation. Together, they form a challenge… OL19830053W
Belief Change Belief Change Didier Dubois Belief change is an emerging field of artificial intelligence and information science dedicated to the dynamics of information and the present book provides a state-of-the-art picture of its formal f… OL19830402W
Can that be Right? Can that be Right? Allan Franklin In this collection of essays Allan Franklin defends the view that science provides us with knowledge about the world which is based on experimental evidence and on reasoned and critical discussion. I… OL19833149W
Cartesian Spacetime Cartesian Spacetime Edward Slowik Although Descartes' natural philosophy marked an advance in the development of modern science, many critics over the years, such as Newton, have rejected his particular `relational' theory of space a… OL19833372W
Cognition, Agency and Rationality Cognition, Agency and Rationality Kepa Korta As usual, the Proceedings of the International Colloquium on Cognitive Science include leading-edge work by outstanding researchers in the field. This volume contains three kinds of papers correspond… OL19835145W
A Collection of Polish Works on Philosophical Problems of Time and Spacetime A Collection of Polish Works on Philosophical Problems of Time and Spacetime Eilstein, Helena These works concern fundamental philosophical problems of time and spacetime, such as the implications of the absolute and relations concepts of motion for the disputes about the character of spaceti… OL19835256W
Consciousness as a Scientific Concept Consciousness as a Scientific Concept Elizabeth Irvine The source of endless speculation and public curiosity, our scientific quest for the origins of human consciousness has expanded along with the technical capabilities of science itself and remains on… OL19837237W
Cooperation, Community, and Co-Ops in a Global Era Cooperation, Community, and Co-Ops in a Global Era Carl Ratner <p>Cooperation, Community, and Co-ops in a Global Era<br>Carl Ratner</p><p>Human history is largely the story of communities, punctuated by examples of cooperatives--in fact, our level of cooperative… OL19837948W
Defeasible Deontic Logic Defeasible Deontic Logic Donald Nute Relevant to philosophy, law, management, and artificial intelligence, these papers explore the applicability of nonmonotonic or defeasible logic to normative reasoning. The resulting systems purport … OL19840603W
Domains and Processes Domains and Processes Klaus Keimel Domain theory is a rich interdisciplinary area at the intersection of logic, computer science, and mathematics. This volume contains selected papers presented at the International Symposium on Domain… OL19843951W
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