1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456937103321

Titolo

The assumption of agency theory : a realist theory of the production of agency / / [edited by] Kate Forbes-Pitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-10297-8

9786613102973

1-136-63326-X

0-203-80336-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

Ontological explorations

Altri autori (Persone)

Forbes-PittKate

Disciplina

128

128/.4

Soggetti

Agent (Philosophy)

Artificial intelligence - Philosophy

Artificial intelligence --Philosophy

Critical realism

Philosophical anthropology

Turing test

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [160]-164) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; The Assumption of Agency Theory; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Philosophical assumptions; Part I: Self-knowledge and the assumption of agency; 2. The problem of other minds: the importance of first-order concepts; 3. What it means to be minded: intentionality; 4. Reasons and causes; 5. Preliminary statements about agency; Part II: Interaction, maintenance of agency and the unexplained act; 6. The ego agent and structure; 7. Maintenance of agency: first-order concepts through interaction

8. Satisfying the conditions of agency: using the action-mind chain9. The unexplained act: arriving at the evinced agent; Part III: Technology as agent; 10. Technology as evinced agent: disappearing the machine; 11. Disappearing the machine into the ego agent: 3D interaction and its



implications for agency and reality; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Assumption of Agency Theory revisits the Turing Test and examines what Turing's assessor knew. It asks important questions about how machines vis à vis humans have been characterized since Turing, and seeks to reverse the trend of looking closely at the machine by asking what humans know in interaction and how they know it. Building upon existing theories of philosophy of mind, this book shows not how humans operate theoretically, but how they use every day human skill to overcome knowledge barriers and understand each other through knowing themselves. Only once human in

2.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00133234

Autore

Rickles, Dean

Titolo

A Brief History of String Theory : from Dual Models to M-Theory / Dean Rickles

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : Springer, 2014

Titolo uniforme

A Brief History of String Theory

Descrizione fisica

xix, 251 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Soggetti

00A79 (77-XX) - Physics [MSC 2020]

01A60 - History of mathematics in the 20th century [MSC 2020]

81-XX - Quantum theory [MSC 2020]

81T30 - String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969923303321

Titolo

The proceedings of the 10th IFIP conference on Personal Wireless Communications, PWC '05 : Colmar, France, 25-27 August 2005 / / editor, Pascal Lorenz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imperial College Press, c2005

ISBN

9786611347536

9781281347534

1281347531

9781860947315

186094731X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (543 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LorenzPascal <1965->

Disciplina

621.382

Soggetti

Personal communication service systems

Wireless communication systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Wireless Sensors; MANET; Ad Hoc (I); Ad Hoc (II); IEEE 802.11; QOS; Traffic; Cellular Networks; Mobile Networks (I); Mobile Networks (II); Mobile Networks (III); Signalization

Sommario/riassunto

The 10th IFIP International Conference on Personal Wireless Communications covers a wide spectrum: wireless sensors, signalization, traffic and QoA in wireless networks, Ad-Hoc, IEEE 802.11, cellular and mobile networks. This volume offers a large range of solutions to key problems in wireless networking and explores challenging avenues for industrial research and development. It is accessible to engineers, practitioners, and scientists as well as industry professionals from manufacturers to service providers.