Digital or Death: Digital Transformation, Dominic M Mazzone

Автор: Mazzone M. Phil Derek
Название: 38 Introductory Lectures in Philosophy and Ethics
ISBN: 1983583413 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781983583414
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Описание: This book may be of interest to both students of philosophy and lecturers looking for alternative presentations of the subject. It covers the basic material required in the PHI 2010 Introduction to Philosophy, and PHI 2600 Ethics courses, as well as some material for the PHI 1100 Introduction to Logic course. Two special interest lectures have been added on the topics of meaning, purpose and death. The author's personal views and positions have also sometimes been given, always noted as his own. The accessible and straightforward style of this work is a result of its original presentation as an in-college compendium of the basic texts of the lectures as they were delivered. The listing of some sample essay questions, assessment guidelines and a bibliography of the books employed give further content to these studies. Derek Mazzone read philosophy at Oxford and Bradford universities, UK, and at the National University of Singapore, yet he originally trained in engineering and has also worked as a professional yachtsman. As an academic, he has lectured in sociology, social psychology, philosophy and ethics, has an interest in questions of consciousness, value and phenomenology, and among other work, is the author of The Pursuit of Value. Derek currently lives in Singapore, writing, lecturing and working as a yacht charter skipper.

Автор: Marco Mazzone
Название: Cognitive Pragmatics: Mindreading, Inferences, Consciousness
ISBN: 1501519395 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501519390
Издательство: Walter de Gruyter
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Описание: Cognitive pragmatics is a mature field of research, characterized by robust theories and a growing amount of experimental work. In particular, Relevance Theory has provided a rich framework for research in the field. However, this theory makes a number of assumptions that are rooted in a modular view of cognition. This book provides a detailed analysis of such assumptions, arguing for an alternative model which has, however, some support in ideas explored by relevance theorists. First of all, inferences are explained in terms of associative pattern completion within associative networks, based on the schematic organization of memory. This explanation is shown to apply to a number of cognitive domains besides pragmatics, including mindreading. Moreover, such a view is compatible with a general understanding of the neurocomputational machinery of our cortex, suggesting a general argument to the effect that modularity in its standard version cannot be right. Second, the book argues for a crucial role of conscious attention in pragmatics as well as in most cognitive processes. In the end, what is proposed is not only a revision of Relevance Theory but also a fresh analysis of reasoning, which vindicates some Gricean intuitions.