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Author : Arthur I. Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Creative thinking
ISBN : 0262631040
Author : Arthur I. Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1332138045
Author : MILLER
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781468405453
Author : Melanie Frappier,Letitia Meynell,James Robert Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781136286001
From Lucretius throwing a spear beyond the boundary of the universe to Einstein racing against a beam of light, thought experiments stand as a fascinating challenge to the necessity of data in the empirical sciences. Are these experiments, conducted uniquely in our imagination, simply rhetorical devices or communication tools or are they an essential part of scientific practice? This volume surveys the current state of the debate and explores new avenues of research into the epistemology of thought experiments.
Author : Mélanie Frappier,Letitia Meynell,James Robert Brown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780415885447
From Lucretius throwing a spear beyond the boundary of the universe to Einstein racing against a beam of light, thought experiments stand as a fascinating challenge to the necessity of data in the empirical sciences. Are these experiments, conducted uniquely in our imagination, simply rhetorical devices or communication tools or are they an essential part of scientific practice? This volume surveys the current state of the debate and explores new avenues of research into the epistemology of thought experiments.
Author : David C. Lindberg,Mary Jo Nye,Roy Porter,Ronald L. Numbers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0521571995
A new and comprehensive examination of the history of the modern physical and mathematical sciences.
Author : Julian Hochberg
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 487 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1998-09-22
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780080538600
Perception and Cognition at Century's End contains cognitive psychology surveys that are up-to-date and historically based, as well as references to the development of cognitive psychology over the past century. The book can serve as a central or specialized text for a range of psychology courses. Written by prominent active researchers in the field Presents broad coverage of perception and cognition Considers perception and cognition in the context of the thought of the past half-century Contains extensive references; excellent resource
Author : Eugene S. Ferguson
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1994-03-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 026256078X
In this insightful and incisive essay, Eugene Ferguson demonstrates that good engineering is as much a matter of intuition and nonverbal thinking as of equations and computation. He argues that a system of engineering education that ignores nonverbal thinking will produce engineers who are dangerously ignorant of the many ways in which the real world differs from the mathematical models constructed in academic minds.
Author : Douglas R Hofstadter,Emmanuel Sander
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780465021581
Analogy is the core of all thinking. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize -- winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work. Hofstadter has been grappling with the mysteries of human thought for over thirty years. Now, with his trademark wit and special talent for making complex ideas vivid, he has partnered with Sander to put forth a highly novel perspective on cognition. We are constantly faced with a swirling and intermingling multitude of ill-defined situations. Our brain's job is to try to make sense of this unpredictable, swarming chaos of stimuli. How does it do so? The ceaseless hail of input triggers analogies galore, helping us to pinpoint the essence of what is going on. Often this means the spontaneous evocation of words, sometimes idioms, sometimes the triggering of nameless, long-buried memories. Why did two-year-old Camille proudly exclaim, "I undressed the banana!"? Why do people who hear a story often blurt out, "Exactly the same thing happened to me!" when it was a completely different event? How do we recognize an aggressive driver from a split-second glance in our rearview mirror? What in a friend's remark triggers the offhand reply, "That's just sour grapes"? What did Albert Einstein see that made him suspect that light consists of particles when a century of research had driven the final nail in the coffin of that long-dead idea? The answer to all these questions, of course, is analogy-making -- the meat and potatoes, the heart and soul, the fuel and fire, the gist and the crux, the lifeblood and the wellsprings of thought. Analogy-making, far from happening at rare intervals, occurs at all moments, defining thinking from top to toe, from the tiniest and most fleeting thoughts to the most creative scientific insights. Like Gö, Escher, Bach before it, Surfaces and Essences will profoundly enrich our understanding of our own minds. By plunging the reader into an extraordinary variety of colorful situations involving language, thought, and memory, by revealing bit by bit the constantly churning cognitive mechanisms normally completely hidden from view, and by discovering in them one central, invariant core -- the incessant, unconscious quest for strong analogical links to past experiences -- this book puts forth a radical and deeply surprising new vision of the act of thinking.
Author : Zhong-Lin Lu,Barbara Dosher
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262019453
A comprehensive treatment of the skills and techniques needed for visual psychophysics, from basic tools to sophisticated data analysis. Vision is one of the most active areas in biomedical research, and visual psychophysical techniques are a foundational methodology for this research enterprise. Visual psychophysics, which studies the relationship between the physical world and human behavior, is a classical field of study that has widespread applications in modern vision science. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this textbook provides a comprehensive treatment of visual psychophysics, teaching not only basic techniques but also sophisticated data analysis methodologies and theoretical approaches. It begins with practical information about setting up a vision lab and goes on to discuss the creation, manipulation, and display of visual images; timing and integration of displays with measurements of brain activities and other relevant techniques; experimental designs; estimation of behavioral functions; and examples of psychophysics in applied and clinical settings. The book's treatment of experimental designs presents the most commonly used psychophysical paradigms, theory-driven psychophysical experiments, and the analysis of these procedures in a signal-detection theory framework. The book discusses the theoretical underpinnings of data analysis and scientific interpretation, presenting data analysis techniques that include model fitting, model comparison, and a general framework for optimized adaptive testing methods. It includes many sample programs in Matlab with functions from Psychtoolbox, a free toolbox for real-time experimental control. Once students and researchers have mastered the material in this book, they will have the skills to apply visual psychophysics to cutting-edge vision science.
Author : Tore Helstrup,Robert H. Logie
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Cognition
ISBN : 0863776302
A special issue of European journal of cognitive psychology.
Author : Allén Sture
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110866858
Possible worlds in humanities, arts, and sciences : proceedings of Nobel Symposium 65.
Author : John K. Gilbert
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402036132
This book addresses key issues concerning visualization in the teaching and learning of science at any level in educational systems. It is the first book specifically on visualization in science education. The book draws on the insights from cognitive psychology, science, and education, by experts from five countries. It unites these with the practice of science education, particularly the ever-increasing use of computer-managed modelling packages.
Author : Don Ambrose,Bharath Sriraman,Tracy L. Cross
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789462094192
How can we design schools that energetically promote intellectual development while also attending to the social, emotional, and ethical growth of students? In today’s frenzied climate of accountability driven school reform it is difficult to establish anything more than achievement of superficial knowledge and skill. Fortunately, there is a vibrant example of holistic, student-centered education that engenders dynamic, multidimensional student growth. The Roeper School enables students to develop strong intrinsic motivation as they discover aspirations and develop talents consistent with those aspirations. Simultaneously, from a very young age students take considerable responsibility for their own actions and for the processes that go on in their school. Following the Roeper philosophy each student generates a long-term sense of purposeful direction, a strong sense of intrapersonal awareness, impressive creative and critical thinking skills, and a finely tuned sense of ethical responsibility. Upon graduation Roeper students are well prepared to find or create highly productive niches in the world of work and rewarding personal lives while serving as mature, ethical citizens of a complex, 21st-century, globalized society. This book includes descriptions of the multidimensional education the Roeper School provides. The perspectives in the volume are diverse, coming from leading researchers and theorists in the field of gifted education as well as teachers, administrators, alumni, and current students from the school itself. Overall, the book provides a beacon of hope for 21st-century education.
Author : B. Roskos-Ewoldsen,M.J. Intons-Peterson,R.E. Anderson
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1993-05-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0080867529
What factors affect creativity and the generation of creative images? What factors affect the ability to reinterpret those images? Research described in this book indicates that expectations constrain both of these attributes of creativity. Characteristics of the imagined pattern, such as cohesiveness or its psychological goodness, also affect image generation and reinterpretation. Other evidence indicates that images can be combined mentally to yield new, manipulable composites. Cognitive models encompass the research and extend it to fields as diverse as architecture, music, and problem solving.