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Record Nr.

UNINA9911026133603321

Autore

Gil Thomas.

Titolo

Conflicts, Machines, Beliefs, and Decisions

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : Logos Verlag Berlin, , 2019

©2019

ISBN

9783832582142

9783832549749

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (57 pages)

Collana

Philosophische Hefte Series ; ; v.9

Disciplina

121/.6

Soggetti

Machine design

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Preface -- Conflicts, Disagreements, and Debates -- 1 Conflicts -- 2 Disagreements -- 3 Debates -- 4 Bibliography -- Intelligent Machines -- 1 Artificial Intelligence -- 2 Big Data -- 3 Digital Worlds -- 4 Mortal Beings -- 5 Bibliography -- Believing -- 1 Believing Something -- 2 Not Anything -- 3 Refutations -- 4 Webs of Beliefs -- 5 Scientific Beliefs -- 6 Hypothetical Thinking -- 7 Bibliography -- Deciding -- 1 Practical Oughts -- 2 Deliberate Decisions -- 3 Decisions without Previous Deliberations -- 4 Letting Things Happen -- 5 Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

The following essays are about what it is to believe something, how we make up our minds and decide, what it means that conflicts anddisagreements are not eliminable, and the fact that new technological developments are substantially changing the way we live.