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Record Nr.

UNINA9911140142603321

Autore

Carter Matt <1975->

Titolo

Minds and computers : an introduction to the philosophy of artificial intelligence / / Matt Carter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-7486-2930-0

1-280-76244-6

9786610762446

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Classificazione

CC 2600

Disciplina

006.31

Soggetti

Artificial intelligence - Philosophy

Philosophy of mind

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2 DUALISM; CHAPTER 3 BEHAVIOURISM; CHAPTER 4 NEUROANATOMY; CHAPTER 5 AUSTRALIAN MATERIALISM; CHAPTER 6 FUNCTIONALISM; CHAPTER 7 FORMAL SYSTEMS; CHAPTER 8 COMPUTABILITY; CHAPTER 9 UNIVERSAL MACHINES; CHAPTER 10 COMPUTATIONALISM; CHAPTER 11 SEARCH; CHAPTER 12 GAMES; CHAPTER 13 MACHINE REASONING; CHAPTER 14 MACHINES AND LANGUAGE; CHAPTER 15 HUMAN REASONING; CHAPTER 16 HUMAN LANGUAGE; CHAPTER 17 MEANING; CHAPTER 18 REPRESENTATION; CHAPTER 19 ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; CHAPTER 20 MINDS AND COMPUTERS

APPENDIX I: SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READINGAPPENDIX II: GLOSSARY OF TERMS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Could a computer have a mind? What kind of machine would this be? Exactly what do we mean by 'mind' anyway?The notion of the 'intelligent' machine, whilst continuing to feature in numerous entertaining and frightening fictions, has also been the focus of a serious and dedicated research tradition. Reflecting on these fictions, and on the research tradition that pursues 'Artificial Intelligence', raises a number of vexing philosophical issues. Minds and Computers



introduces readers to these issues by offering an engaging, coherent, and highly approachable interdisciplinary introduction to the P

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Record Nr.

UNISA996710868003316

Titolo

Humanitarian mobilization in Central and Eastern Europe : Local, national and international perspectives / / Doina Anca Cretu, Michal Frankl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, , [2025]

©2025

ISBN

1-5261-8994-1

9781526189943

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

HISTORY / Europe / Eastern

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General

POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction / Doina Anca Cretu, Michal Frankl  -- I Local humanitarianism -- 1 Save the (workers') children / Friederike Kind-Kovács  -- 2 Ethnicizing aid / Franciszek Zakrzewski  -- 3 When the 'socialist good life' met its match / Cristian Capotescu  -- 4 Self-organized care for older people in East Germany / Maren Hachmeister  -- II National humanitarianism -- 5 The Czechoslovak Red Cross and refugee children from Greece and North Korea / Nikola Tohma  -- 6 Refugees in the 'better Germany' / Julia Reinke  -- III Transnational humanitarianism -- 7 How to leave Central Europe? Transnational, humanitarian state building and the post-Habsburg transition / Gábor Egry  -- 8 Western perceptions of Czechoslovak humanitarian interactions under Nazi occupation, 1938-1939 / Laura Brade  -- 9 'The same spirit that led me into war' / Ruth



Nattermann  -- 10 Religious humanitarianism / Sarah Knoll  -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

By focusing on aid in Central and Eastern Europe, this volume adds to the existent scholarly explorations of modern humanitarianism, its actors and practices. In the twentieth century, aid workers assisted victims of war and earthquakes, delivered food, supported health care, provided childcare, or sheltered refugees. The contributors not only reconstruct these diverse histories and their protagonists, but also bring international, national, and local actors together: from grassroots activists to private associations to state-driven "socialist humanitarians" to large Western aid organizations. In doing so, they challenge the often unidirectional, from West-to-East, and asymmetrical perspective on donor-recipient relationships in humanitarian processes.