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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Eden House Publishing
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780978740306
Author : Elizabeth S. Spelke,Spelke
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780190618247
What do infants know? How does the knowledge that they begin with prepare them for learning about the particular physical, cultural, and social world in which they live? Answers to this question shed light not only on infants but on children and adults in all cultures, because the core knowledge possessed by infants never goes away. Instead, it underlies the unspoken, common sense knowledge of people of all ages, in all societies. By studying babies, researchers gain insights into infants themselves, into older children's prodigious capacities for learning, and into some of the unconscious assumptions that guide our thoughts and actions as adults. In this major new work, Elizabeth Spelke shares these insights by distilling the findings from research in developmental, comparative, and cognitive psychology, with excursions into studies of animal cognition in psychology and in systems and cognitive neuroscience, and studies in the computational cognitive sciences. Weaving across these disciplines, she paints a picture of what young infants know, and what they quickly come to learn, about objects, places, numbers, geometry, and people's actions, social engagements, and mental states. A landmark publication in the developmental literature, the book will be essential for students and researchers across the behavioral, brain, and cognitive sciences.
Author : David Wallenchinsky
Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : 174066678X
"This is a concise yet comprehensive single-volume desk reference that covers cultural history, biology, chemistry, earth science, maths, the arts, environment, society, politics, religion, philosophy, psychology and more. Written for a general audience and students"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Frank van Harmelen,Vladimir Lifschitz,Bruce Porter
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 1034 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0080557023
Handbook of Knowledge Representation describes the essential foundations of Knowledge Representation, which lies at the core of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The book provides an up-to-date review of twenty-five key topics in knowledge representation, written by the leaders of each field. It includes a tutorial background and cutting-edge developments, as well as applications of Knowledge Representation in a variety of AI systems. This handbook is organized into three parts. Part I deals with general methods in Knowledge Representation and reasoning and covers such topics as classical logic in Knowledge Representation; satisfiability solvers; description logics; constraint programming; conceptual graphs; nonmonotonic reasoning; model-based problem solving; and Bayesian networks. Part II focuses on classes of knowledge and specialized representations, with chapters on temporal representation and reasoning; spatial and physical reasoning; reasoning about knowledge and belief; temporal action logics; and nonmonotonic causal logic. Part III discusses Knowledge Representation in applications such as question answering; the semantic web; automated planning; cognitive robotics; multi-agent systems; and knowledge engineering. This book is an essential resource for graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in knowledge representation and AI. * Make your computer smarter * Handle qualitative and uncertain information * Improve computational tractability to solve your problems easily
Author : KESHRI KISHORE SHARAN
Publisher : QUIZNXT - K.K.SHARAN
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Quiznxt is proud to present the First Volume of General Knowledge by Keshri Kishore Sharan. The book is specifically designed to help Competitive exams aspirants to master the General Knowledge section, which is also a key part in many and all competitive examinations. The book presents the widest span of topics in a very crisp format for easy understanding and remembrance. eBook on General Knowledge for all competitive exams such as UPSC, SSC, IBPS, RRB RAILWAY EXAMS, PCS etc.
Author : Arthur Mee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UTEXAS:059171101836581
Author : Geo Joh
Publisher : Geo Joh
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-17
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
The quiz book is designed to entertain and challenge readers of all ages with questions from a wide range of topics in the multiple choice questions (MCQs) format. Every page offers an opportunity to expand your understanding and explore the world around us. An answer key is provided at the end allowing readers to check their answers and see how well they performed. The book is very useful for both participants and organizers of quiz competitions. Are you ready to impress and amaze with your newfound general knowledge prowess? Let the General Knowledge Quiz Book be your gateway to a world of fascinating facts and endless learning possibilities!
Author : Jonathan Haber
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780262538282
An insightful guide to the practice, teaching, and history of critical thinking—from Aristotle and Plato to Thomas Dewey—for teachers, students, and anyone looking to hone their critical thinking skills. Critical thinking is regularly cited as an essential 21st century skill, the key to success in school and work. Given the propensity to believe fake news, draw incorrect conclusions, and make decisions based on emotion rather than reason, it might even be said that critical thinking is vital to the survival of a democratic society. But what, exactly, is critical thinking? Jonathan Haber explains how the concept of critical thinking emerged, how it has been defined, and how critical thinking skills can be taught and assessed. Haber describes the term's origins in such disciplines as philosophy, psychology, and science. He examines the components of critical thinking, including • structured thinking • language skills • background knowledge • information literacy • intellectual humility • empathy and open-mindedness Haber argues that the most important critical thinking issue today is that not enough people are doing enough of it. Fortunately, critical thinking can be taught, practiced, and evaluated. This book offers a guide for teachers, students, and aspiring critical thinkers everywhere, including advice for educational leaders and policy makers on how to make the teaching and learning of critical thinking an educational priority and practical reality.
Author : Schwartz, David
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1730 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781599049328
Knowledge Management has evolved into one of the most important streams of management research, affecting organizations of all types at many different levels. The Encyclopedia of Knowledge Management, Second Edition provides a compendium of terms, definitions and explanations of concepts, processes and acronyms addressing the challenges of knowledge management. This two-volume collection covers all aspects of this critical discipline, which range from knowledge identification and representation, to the impact of Knowledge Management Systems on organizational culture, to the significant integration and cost issues being faced by Human Resources, MIS/IT, and production departments.
Author : Kate Eichhorn
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780262543286
A concise introduction to content and the content industry, from the early internet to the Instagram egg. From the time we roll out of bed to check overnight updates to our last posts, likes, and views of the previous day, we're consuming and producing content. But what does the term “content” even mean? When did it become ubiquitous? And at what cost? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Kate Eichhorn offers a concise introduction to content and the content industry, examining the far-reaching effects content has on culture, politics, and labor in a digital age. Eichhorn traces the evolution of our current understanding of content from the early internet to the current social mediaverse. The quintessential example of content, she says, is the Instagram egg—an image that imparted no information or knowledge and circulated simply for the sake of circulation. Eichhorn explores what differentiates user-generated content from content produced by compensated (although often undercompensated) workers; examines how fields from art and literature to journalism and politics have weathered the rise of the content industry; and investigates the increasing importance of artists’ “content capital”—the ability of artists, writers, and performers to produce content not about their work but about their status as artists.
Author : Zhingoora Books
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-06
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1477598626
The General Knowledge book series, are designed for specific country, are one of the most admired book for the improvement and learning purpose.This book contains information about Background, Geography, Natural resources, Land use, Environment. Population, Sex ratio, flag of the county, Area, Border countries, Maritime claims, Elevation extremes, Land use, Natural hazards, Volcanism, Age structure, Median age, Net migration rate, Country comparison to the world, Religions, Languages, Literacy, School life expectancy, Government, Time difference, Administrative divisions, Executive branch, Cabinet and almost everthing relate
Author : E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780307575562
This paperback edition, with a new introduction, offers a powerful, compelling, and unassailable argument for reforming America's schooling methods and ideas--by one of America's most important educators, and author of the bestselling Cultural Literacy. For over fifty years, American schools have operated under the assumption that challenging children academically is unnatural for them, that teachers do not need to know the subjects they teach, that the learning "process" should be emphasized over the facts taught. All of this is tragically wrong. Renowned educator and author E. D. Hirsch, Jr., argues that, by disdaining content-based curricula while favoring abstract--and discredited--theories of how a child learns, the ideas uniformly taught by our schools have done terrible harm to America's students. Instead of preparing our children for the highly competitive, information-based economy in which we now live, our schools' practices have severely curtailed their ability, and desire, to learn. With an introduction that surveys developments in education since the hardcover edition was published, The Schools We Need is a passionate and thoughtful book that will appeal to the millions of people who can't understand why America's schools aren't educating our children.
Author : Lee McIntyre
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262345989
How we arrived in a post-truth era, when “alternative facts” replace actual facts, and feelings have more weight than evidence. Are we living in a post-truth world, where “alternative facts” replace actual facts and feelings have more weight than evidence? How did we get here? In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Lee McIntyre traces the development of the post-truth phenomenon from science denial through the rise of “fake news,” from our psychological blind spots to the public's retreat into “information silos.” What, exactly, is post-truth? Is it wishful thinking, political spin, mass delusion, bold-faced lying? McIntyre analyzes recent examples—claims about inauguration crowd size, crime statistics, and the popular vote—and finds that post-truth is an assertion of ideological supremacy by which its practitioners try to compel someone to believe something regardless of the evidence. Yet post-truth didn't begin with the 2016 election; the denial of scientific facts about smoking, evolution, vaccines, and climate change offers a road map for more widespread fact denial. Add to this the wired-in cognitive biases that make us feel that our conclusions are based on good reasoning even when they are not, the decline of traditional media and the rise of social media, and the emergence of fake news as a political tool, and we have the ideal conditions for post-truth. McIntyre also argues provocatively that the right wing borrowed from postmodernism—specifically, the idea that there is no such thing as objective truth—in its attacks on science and facts. McIntyre argues that we can fight post-truth, and that the first step in fighting post-truth is to understand it.
Author : Michael Hallsworth,Elspeth Kirkman
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780262539401
The definitive introduction to the behavioral insights approach, which applies evidence about human behavior to practical problems. Our behavior is strongly influenced by factors that lie outside our conscious awareness, although we tend to underestimate the power of this “automatic” side of our behavior. As a result, governments make ineffective policies, businesses create bad products, and individuals make unrealistic plans. In contrast, the behavioral insights approach applies evidence about actual human behavior—rather than assumptions about it—to practical problems. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, written by two leading experts in the field, offers an accessible introduction to behavioral insights, describing core features, origins, and practical examples. These insights have opened up new ways of addressing some of the biggest challenges faced by societies, changing the way that governments, businesses, and nonprofits work in the process. This book shows how the approach is grounded in a concern with practical problems, the use of evidence about human behavior to address those problems, and experimentation to evaluate the impact of the solutions. It gives an overview of the approach's origins in psychology and behavioral economics, its early adoption by the UK's pioneering “nudge unit,” and its recent expansion into new areas. The book also provides examples from across different policy areas and guidance on how to run a behavioral insights project. Finally, the book outlines the limitations and ethical implications of the approach, and what the future holds for this fast-moving area.
Author : Nick Montfort
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780262344760
How the future has been imagined and made, through the work of writers, artists, inventors, and designers. The future is like an unwritten book. It is not something we see in a crystal ball, or can only hope to predict, like the weather. In this volume of the MIT Press's Essential Knowledge series, Nick Montfort argues that the future is something to be made, not predicted. Montfort offers what he considers essential knowledge about the future, as seen in the work of writers, artists, inventors, and designers (mainly in Western culture) who developed and described the core components of the futures they envisioned. Montfort's approach is not that of futurology or scenario planning; instead, he reports on the work of making the future—the thinkers who devoted themselves to writing pages in the unwritten book. Douglas Engelbart, Alan Kay, and Ted Nelson didn't predict the future of computing, for instance. They were three of the people who made it. Montfort focuses on how the development of technologies—with an emphasis on digital technologies—has been bound up with ideas about the future. Readers learn about kitchens of the future and the vision behind them; literary utopias, from Plato's Republic to Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward and Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Herland; the Futurama exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair; and what led up to Tim Berners-Lee's invention of the World Wide Web. Montfort describes the notebook computer as a human-centered alterative to the idea of the computer as a room-sized “giant brain”; speculative practice in design and science fiction; and, throughout, the best ways to imagine and build the future.
