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... termanalysis of algorithms to refer to the whole process, with the goal of providinganswers with as much accuracy as necessary.e analysis ofan algorithm can help us understand it better, and ... onperformance. We must be cognizant of such effects to be sure the results of analysis are useful. On the other hand, in some cases, analysis ofan algo-rithm can help identify ways for it to take ... edition of our book AnIntroductionto the Analysis of Algorithmswas prepared with these thoughts in mind. It is dedicated to the memory of Philippe Flajolet, and is intended to teach generations to...
... that, for instance, damage to one’s foot can cause one to feel pain and that a desire to raiseone’s arm can have the effect of that arm’s going up. But formany critics of Cartesian dualism, its ... ContentsPrefacepagexi 1Introduction1 Empiricalpsychologyandphilosophicalanalysis2Metaphysicsandthephilosophyofmind3Abriefguidetotherestofthisbook62Minds,bodiesandpeople8Cartesiandualism9Theconceivabilityargument11Thedivisibilityargument13Non-Cartesiandualism15Arepersonssimplesubstances?18Conceptualobjectionstodualisticinteraction21Empiricalobjectionstodualisticinteraction24Thecausalclosureargument26Objectionstothecausalclosureargument29Otherargumentsforandagainstphysicalism32Conclusions363Mentalstates39Propositionalattitudestates40Behaviourismanditsproblems41Functionalism44Functionalismandpsychophysicalidentitytheories48Theproblemofconsciousness51Qualiaandtheinvertedspectrumargument53Somepossibleresponsestotheinvertedspectrumargument55Theabsentqualiaargumentandtwonotionsofconsciousness59Eliminativematerialismand‘folkpsychology’61Someresponsestoeliminativematerialism64Conclusions66vii ... Contentsviii4Mentalcontent69Propositions70Thecausalrelevanceofcontent74Theindividuationofcontent79Externalisminthephilosophyofmind82Broadversusnarrowcontent84Content,representationandcausality89Misrepresentationandnormality92Theteleologicalapproachtorepresentation95Objectionstoateleologicalaccountofmentalcontent99Conclusions1005Sensationandappearance102Appearanceandreality103Sense-datumtheoriesandtheargumentfromillusion107Otherargumentsforsense-data110Objectionstosense-datumtheories112Theadverbialtheoryofsensation114Theadverbialtheoryandsense-data116Primaryandsecondaryqualities119Sense-datumtheoriesandtheprimary/secondarydistinction121Anadverbialversionoftheprimary/secondarydistinction125Docolour-propertiesreallyexist?126Conclusions1286Perception130Perceptualexperienceandperceptualcontent131Perceptualcontent,appearanceandqualia135Perceptionandcausation137Objectionstocausaltheoriesofperception143Thedisjunctivetheoryofperception145Thecomputationalandecologicalapproachestoperception149Consciousness,experienceand‘blindsight’155Conclusions1587Thoughtandlanguage160Modesofmentalrepresentation162The‘languageofthought’hypothesis164Analogueversusdigitalrepresentation167Imaginationandmentalimagery169Thoughtandcommunication175Doanimalsthink?178Naturallanguageandconceptualschemes183 In this book Jonathan Lowe offers a lucid and wide-ranging introductionto the philosophy of mind. Using aproblem-centred approach designed to stimulate...
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... 97certain type of call in the presence of eagles and to respond to that type of call by running into the bushes will accordinglyhave a greater chance of surviving attacks by eagles – andpassing ... somestrange coincidence, the inhabitants of this planet speak alanguage which sounds just like English and that they usethe word ‘snow’ for the stuff descending from their skies. An inhabitant of ... ofan eagle.OBJECTIONS TO A TELEOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF MENTAL CONTENTThese advantages of the teleological theory of representationover the causal theory may encourage us to try to extend itto...
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... perceptualexperience of seeing a table to be rectangular, because an ability to enjoy such an experience seems to require an ability to recognise tables as objects of some kind (even if not astables) and likewise ... properly belongs to a philosophical analysis of theconcept of perception and what properly belongs toan empir-ical theory of perception of the sort that is more appropri-ately advanced and evaluated ... Perception, Part III. Anintroductionto the philosophy of mind134 an exhaustive specification of the propositional content of hisperceptual judgement and thus an exhaustive inventory of the concepts...
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... Pennsylvania in1945, as the first electronic computer. ENIAC, with a total mass of more than30 tons, consisited of 18 000 vacuum tubes, 15 000 relays, and several hundredthousand resistors, capacitors, ... taking-off ramp that can produce the longest range.1.9 One way to calculate π is by randomly throwing a dart into the unit squaredefined by x ∈ [0, 1] and y ∈ [0, 1] in the xy plane. The chance of ... Fortran language and its applica-tions, see Edgar (1992). The newest version of Fortran, known as Fortran 90, hasabsorbed many important features for parallel computing. Fortran 90 has manyextensions...
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