Blockhead

Blockhead
Title Blockhead PDF eBook
Author Joseph D'Agnese
Publisher Macmillan
Pages 52
Release 2010-03-30
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 0805063056

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A biography of Leonardo Fibonacci, the 12th century mathematician who discovered the numerical sequence named for him.

Blockheads!

Blockheads!
Title Blockheads! PDF eBook
Author Adam Pautz
Publisher MIT Press
Pages 649
Release 2019-02-12
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0262038722

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New essays on the philosophy of Ned Block, with substantive and wide-ranging responses by Block. Perhaps more than any other philosopher of mind, Ned Block synthesizes philosophical and scientific approaches to the mind; he is unique in moving back and forth across this divide, doing so with creativity and intensity. Over the course of his career, Block has made groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of intelligence, representation, and consciousness. Blockheads! (the title refers to Block's imaginary counterexample to the Turing test—and to the Block-enthusiast contributors) offers eighteen new essays on Block's work along with substantive and wide-ranging replies by Block. The essays and responses not only address Block's past contributions but are rich with new ideas and argument. They importantly clarify many key elements of Block's work, including his pessimism concerning such thought experiments as Commander Data and the Nation of China; his more general pessimism about intuitions and introspection in the philosophy of mind; the empirical case for an antifunctionalist, biological theory of phenomenal consciousness; the fading qualia problem for a biological theory; the link between phenomenal consciousness and representation (especially spatial representation); and the reducibility of phenomenal representation. Many of the contributors to Blockheads! are prominent philosophers themselves, including Tyler Burge, David Chalmers, Frank Jackson, and Hilary Putnam. Contributors Ned Block, Bill Brewer, Richard Brown, Tyler Burge, Marisa Carrasco, David Chalmers, Frank Jackson, Hakwan Lau, Geoffrey Lee, Janet Levin, Joseph Levine, William G. Lycan, Brian P. McLaughlin, Adam Pautz, Hilary Putnam, Sydney Shoemaker, Susanna Siegel, Nicholas Silins, Daniel Stoljar, Michael Tye, Sebastian Watzl

Moda Blockheads

Moda Blockheads
Title Moda Blockheads PDF eBook
Author That Patchwork Place
Publisher Martingale
Pages 349
Release 2018-12-03
Genre Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN 1604689900

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Meet the Moda Blockheads! Six celebrity quilt designers unite to share this compendium of 48 stunning quilt blocks plus six spectacular sampler-quilt patterns to showcase the beautiful blocks you make. * Lisa Bongean * Betsy Chutchian * Lynne Hagmeier * Jo Morton * Jan Patek * Carrie Nelson Along with imaginative interpretations of each 6" block--from traditional patchwork inspired by history to whimsical appliqued scenes from nature--you'll enjoy loads of sewing tips from the pros that you can use for as long as you quilt.

None But a Blockhead

None But a Blockhead
Title None But a Blockhead PDF eBook
Author Larry L. King
Publisher Viking Adult
Pages 344
Release 1986
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN

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Taking for his title Samuel Johnson's observation that "no man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money," King describes his experiences as a freelance writer. He recounts the pleasures and perils of freelance journalism, from the euphoria of his first book contract to the misery of actually having to finish the book; and from his glorious days at Harper's to the desperation of pay-the-rent labor. In the section called "Random Jottings From a Writer's Notebook," he offers reflections on the private and public torments of a writer's life. He includes anecdotal meditations on plagiarism, writers' inhumanity to other writers, and the glimpsing of one's own doom in the fates of older literary heroes. ISBN 0-670-80928-4 : $17.95.

John Thompson, Blockhead

John Thompson, Blockhead
Title John Thompson, Blockhead PDF eBook
Author Louisa Parr
Publisher
Pages 448
Release 1872
Genre American fiction
ISBN

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Blockheads!

Blockheads!
Title Blockheads! PDF eBook
Author Adam Pautz
Publisher MIT Press
Pages 649
Release 2019-02-12
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0262348985

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New essays on the philosophy of Ned Block, with substantive and wide-ranging responses by Block. Perhaps more than any other philosopher of mind, Ned Block synthesizes philosophical and scientific approaches to the mind; he is unique in moving back and forth across this divide, doing so with creativity and intensity. Over the course of his career, Block has made groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of intelligence, representation, and consciousness. Blockheads! (the title refers to Block's imaginary counterexample to the Turing test—and to the Block-enthusiast contributors) offers eighteen new essays on Block's work along with substantive and wide-ranging replies by Block. The essays and responses not only address Block's past contributions but are rich with new ideas and argument. They importantly clarify many key elements of Block's work, including his pessimism concerning such thought experiments as Commander Data and the Nation of China; his more general pessimism about intuitions and introspection in the philosophy of mind; the empirical case for an antifunctionalist, biological theory of phenomenal consciousness; the fading qualia problem for a biological theory; the link between phenomenal consciousness and representation (especially spatial representation); and the reducibility of phenomenal representation. Many of the contributors to Blockheads! are prominent philosophers themselves, including Tyler Burge, David Chalmers, Frank Jackson, and Hilary Putnam. Contributors Ned Block, Bill Brewer, Richard Brown, Tyler Burge, Marisa Carrasco, David Chalmers, Frank Jackson, Hakwan Lau, Geoffrey Lee, Janet Levin, Joseph Levine, William G. Lycan, Brian P. McLaughlin, Adam Pautz, Hilary Putnam, Sydney Shoemaker, Susanna Siegel, Nicholas Silins, Daniel Stoljar, Michael Tye, Sebastian Watzl

Seat Open

Seat Open
Title Seat Open PDF eBook
Author Blockhead
Publisher Blockhead
Pages 144
Release 2019-05-12
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN

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From Illinois courtrooms to Las Vegas strip clubs, Seat Open takes us through soul-crushing poker games, sketchy cryptocurrency investments, and high stakes baccarat tournaments. Blockhead explores the circus of the World Series of Poker, hoping to summon fame and fortune, gambling more than he can afford to lose. In nine true stories, professional gamblers learn that not all winning happens on the felt and not all lost is money.