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| Author | : Darryl N. Davis |
| Publisher | : IGI Global |
| Total Pages | : 360 |
| Release | : 2005-01-01 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 1591404827 |
"What is mind?" "Can we build synthetic or artificial minds?" Think these questions are only reserved for Science Fiction? Well, not anymore. This collection presents a diverse overview of where the development of artificial minds is as the twenty first century begins. Examined from nearly all viewpoints, Visions of Mind includes perspectives from philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, social studies and artificial intelligence. This collection comes largely as a result of many conferences and symposiums conducted by many of the leading minds on this topic. At the core is Professor Aaron Sloman's symposium from the spring 2000 UK Society for Artificial Intelligence conference. Authors from that symposium, as well as others from around the world have updated their perspectives and contributed to this powerful book. The result is a multi-disciplinary approach to the long term problem of designing a human-like mind, whether for scientific, social, or engineering purposes. The topics addressed within this text are valuable to both artificial intelligence and cognitive science, and also to the academic disciplines that they draw on and feed. Among those disciplines are philosophy, computer science, and psychology.
| Author | : Raymond Y. Chiao |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 827 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0521882397 |
World-leading researchers, including Nobel Laureates, explore the most basic questions of science, philosophy, and the nature of existence.
| Author | : Trish Pfeiffer |
| Publisher | : Iff Books |
| Total Pages | : 281 |
| Release | : 2007-09 |
| Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
| ISBN | : 9781846940576 |
Materialism is the dominant worldview in the West today. But it is only one worldview, and it doesn't completely work, even, ironically, being gradually undermined by the science that gave rise to it. Containing the last unpublished writing of Pulitzer prize-winning author and scholar, the late John Mack, this anthology of essays from significant figures in the world of science and consciousness studies sketches the framework for a new model of realit--one based on the primacy of consciousness rather than of matter. It is a model we will need for survival on this planet. Mind Before Matter represents the first concerted salvo in a debate that could affect the worldview held by the modern, dominant culture.
| Author | : John M. Pontius |
| Publisher | : CFI |
| Total Pages | : |
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| Genre | : RELIGION |
| ISBN | : 9781462128433 |
| Author | : Michael Samuels, M.D. |
| Publisher | : Turner Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 253 |
| Release | : 2007-08-24 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 047025632X |
"Dr. Michael Samuels provides us with new tools and ways of thinking about our capacity to heal. He has been a wonderful teacher for me and can be for you. . . . His work is inspiring." -Bernie Siegel, M.D. "Dr. Michael Samuels is one of the leading pioneers in exploring creativity as an important part of every person's healing journey." -Dean Ornish, M.D. "I was very moved by this powerful book." -Christiane Northrup, M.D., on Spirit Body Healing This remarkable book, now in paperback for the first time, can help you tap your own inner strength to enhance healing. For nearly three decades, Dr. Michael Samuels has pioneered the use of guided imagery as a way to help people boost their immune systems-and feel stronger and more in control of their lives. In Healing with the Mind's Eye, now revised and updated, Dr. Samuels offers you the same program of guided imagery exercises that he's used successfully in patient workshops across the country. You'll discover how to harness a variety of creative visionary techniques-reverie states, personal myths, helping figures, inner light, healing visions, healing imagery, and spiritual transformations-drawn from traditions around the world. As you progress through the exercises in the book, you'll open yourself to healing and change-and embark on your own journey toward wellness.
| Author | : Semir Zeki |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780198505198 |
Beautifully illustrated and vividly written, "Inner Vision" explores how different areas of the brain shape responses to visual arts. 84 color illustrations. 8 halftones. 30 line illustrations.
| Author | : Steven Garber |
| Publisher | : InterVarsity Press |
| Total Pages | : 259 |
| Release | : 2014-01-27 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0830896260 |
Vocation is more than a job. It is our relationships and responsibilities woven into the work of God. In following our calling to seek the welfare of our world, we find that it flourishes and so do we. Garber offers here a book for parents, artists, students, public servants and businesspeople—for all who want to discover the virtue of vocation.
| Author | : Kelly Bulkeley |
| Publisher | : SUNY Press |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 1999-09-16 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 9780791442845 |
This wide-ranging exploration of the spiritual and scientific dimensions of dreaming offers new connections between the ancient wisdom of the world's religious traditions, which have always taught that dreams reveal divine truths, and the recent findings of modern psychological research. Drawing upon philosophy, anthropology, sociology, neurology, literature, and film criticism, the book offers a better understanding of the mysterious complexity and startling creative powers of human dreaming experience. For those interested in gaining new perspectives on dreaming, the powers of the imagination, and the newest frontiers in the dialogue between religion and science, Visions of the Night promises to be a welcome resource.
| Author | : Ian Corrigan |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 166 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1105435164 |
The Druid's Peace & the Sorcerer's Eye The practice of magical arts requires a mind trained in the ability to produce altered states of awareness at will. Magical work is supported by the ability to calm the heart and mind, to work with the energies of the Inner World, and to see and journey among the spirits. The Book of Visions provides lessons in the skills of meditation and vision. The methods are presented in a series that can serve as progressive lessons, or stand alone. Presented within a Pagan Druidic framework, the methods are easily adaptable to other Pagan systems. The lessons include: - Meditation - Finding Your Peace - The Two Powers; Underworld and Heavens - The Threshold Realm, & the Vision Journey; - The Inner Grove; a personal place of power. - The Nineteen Working: a spiritual practiced based firmly on Gaelic lore. Ian Corrigan is an Archdruid Emeritus and a Senior Priest of Ar nDraiocht Fein (ADF.
| Author | : Thomas Sowell |
| Publisher | : Basic Books |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 2007-06-05 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0465004660 |
Thomas Sowell’s “extraordinary” explication of the competing visions of human nature lie at the heart of our political conflicts (New York Times) Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts that endure for generations or centuries show a remarkably consistent pattern. In this classic work, Thomas Sowell analyzes this pattern. He describes the two competing visions that shape our debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality, and power: the "constrained" vision, which sees human nature as unchanging and selfish, and the "unconstrained" vision, in which human nature is malleable and perfectible. A Conflict of Visions offers a convincing case that ethical and policy disputes circle around the disparity between both outlooks.
