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UNINA9910971785303321 |
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Autore |
Woodruff Paul <1943-2023, > |
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First democracy : the challenge of an ancient idea / / Paul Woodruff |
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Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2005 |
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0-19-985074-7 |
1-280-84642-9 |
0-19-803938-7 |
1-4294-3847-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 284 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Democracy - Greece - History |
Democracy - Greece - Athens - History |
Democracy - Philosophy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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1. Introduction : democracy and its doubles -- 2. The life and death of democracy -- 3. Freedom from tyranny (and from being a tyrant) -- 4. Harmony -- 5. The rule of law (nomos) -- 6. Natural equality -- 7. Citizen wisdom -- 8. Reasoning without knowledge -- 9. Education (paideia) -- 10. Afterword : Are Americans ready for democracy? |
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"Americans have an unwavering faith in democracy and are ever eager to export it to nations around the world. But how democratic is our own "democracy"? If you can vote, if the majority rules, if you have elected representatives - does this automatically mean that you have a democracy? In this eye-opening look at an ideal that we all take for granted, classical scholar Paul Woodruff offers some surprising answers to these questions." "Drawing on classical literature, philosophy, and history - with many intriguing passages from Sophocles, Aesop, and Plato, among others - Woodruff immerses us in the world of ancient Athens to uncover how the democratic impulse first came to life. If we learn anything from the story of Athens, Woodruff concludes, it should be this - never lose sight of the ideals of democracy. This compact book illuminates these ideals and lights the way as we struggle to keep |
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democracy alive at home and around the world."--Jacket |
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UNINA9910984592303321 |
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Autore |
Widrow Bernard |
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Cognitive Memory : Human Memory / Machine Memory / / by Bernard Widrow, Edward P. Katz |
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Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025 |
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9783031809392 |
9783031809385 |
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[1st ed. 2025.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (206 pages) |
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Collana |
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Springer Series on Bio- and Neurosystems, , 2520-8543 ; ; 17 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Computational intelligence |
Artificial intelligence |
Neural networks (Computer science) |
Computational Intelligence |
Artificial Intelligence |
Mathematical Models of Cognitive Processes and Neural Networks |
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-- Part I The Cognitive Memory. -- 1 Overview. -- 2 Cognitive Memory. -- PART II Autoassociative Neural Networks and Cognitive Memory Design. -- 3 The LMS Algorithm. -- 4 ADALINE. -- 5 Sigmodal ADALINE. -- 6 Backpropagation for Multi-layer Neural Networks. -- 7 Autoassociative neural networks. -- 8 The design of a cognitive memory, etc. |
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How does human memory work? How does human pattern recognition work? The book’s motivation is twofold, to add to knowledge in the field of neuroscience, and to design a highly simplified cognitive memory constructed using software and existing electronic components. Readers are taken on an inspiring journey through the fundamentals of human memory, how it is constructed, and how it works in everyday life. The book goes more in-depth into the human side of cognitive memory — how seeing, hearing, walking and speaking |
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works. Impairments in cognitive memory are also discussed. Lastly, the book sheds light on how meaning is extracted from sensory inputs and from stored data. This book is not without controversy. Neuroscientists accept the engrams (or memory traces) model that long-term memory is stored in the brain’s neural networks. The authors believe that long-term human memory is stored digitally, in the DNA of brain cells, and not in analog neural networks. Further, the authors believe that innate knowledge of humans and animals is inherited, transmitted from parents to offspring at the moment of conception. The single cell contains the innate knowledge in the DNA of its nucleus. Memory is stored in DNA. The brain’s neural networks are for access and retrieval of memory and not for actual storage. This book offers a unique, inspiring reading to researchers and other readers interested in the science of memory. |
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