It’s digital but not as we know it [PDF]
, 2011 I describe some of the problems which occur when we think of the microworld as having similar properties to the macroworld of our everyday experience. In mathematics this leads to an over-reliance on approximation, and in physics to problems related to ...
Lee, Stephen
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Immanence for transcendence: confronting the techno-theological eschatology of posthuman speculative science [PDF]
, 2013 Posthuman speculative science, typified by the writings of Hans Moravec, Frank Tipler, and Ray Kurzweil, evinces a faith in technology’s capacity to transform the future destiny of humankind.
DeLashmutt, Michael
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Signos extremos, super iconos, ultra signos, lo abstracto y el todo, en el arte contemporáneo [PDF]
, 2012 [Resumen] Según el filósofo y semiótico norteamericano Charles Sanders Pierce, en atención a la relación entre significantes y denotata, objetos o referentes, sólo resultan tres clases de signos: índices, iconos y símbolos.
Díaz de Corcuera Díaz, Rubén
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Carta a la ciencia de un pintor desvergonzado [PDF]
, 2014 La ciencia y el arte se han situado en extremos opuestos, la una se la considera fruto de la inteligencia y el otro de una oscura intuición que sólo disfrutan algunos escogidos. Pero esto no es así, tenemos una sola inteligencia que siempre actúa bajo
Carroggio de Molina, Alberto, 1946-
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Giant ants and killer children: Fear and popular culture in 1950s America [PDF]
, 2013 This public history thesis consists of three main sections that combine to form a complete plan for a museum exhibit on 1950s American fears as seen through the lens of popular culture.
Ford, Kathleen Elizabeth
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The Winners Are (Authors, Books, and the Prizes They Have Won) [PDF]
, 2008 https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/tribeca_square_press/1003/thumbnail ...
Lieberman, Jethro K
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Positronic Brain vs. Human Brain: Robots\u27 Brain Text as the Representation of Ethical Guiding Principles in Isaac Asimov\u27s The Complete Robot [PDF]
This article contributes to a large discussion on the paradigm of Isaac Asimov’s robot stories— the positronic brain—and postulates that the “Three Laws of Robotics” represent essential guiding principles of ethical systems by applying the concept of ...
Guo, Wen
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Materials of Imagination : On the Limits and the Potentials of the Humanoid Robot [PDF]
Before developing into a category of technologies, the robot was an imagined figure in science fiction (SF). The gap between imaginary robots and their real-life counterparts creates a distinctive opportunity to examine how science fiction is embedded in
Kemiksiz, Asli
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Friends of Musselman Library Newsletter Spring 2006
, 2004 Table of Contents: From the Director: 25th Anniversary (Matt Harris ’83, Jenniger Pollock ’06); Unveiling the Past: Hidden Treasures of the Gettysburg College Asian Art Collection (Molly Hutton, Dr. Frank H.
Musselman Library,
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