The Mystery of the Chinese Box
Title | The Mystery of the Chinese Box PDF eBook |
Author | Alma Benecke Sasse |
Publisher | |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 1939 |
Genre | Chicago (Ill.) |
ISBN |
The Mystery of Consciousness
Title | The Mystery of Consciousness PDF eBook |
Author | John R. Searle |
Publisher | New York Review of Books |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 1990-01-01 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780940322066 |
It has long been one of the most fundamental problems of philosophy, and it is now, John Searle writes, "the most important problem in the biological sciences": What is consciousness? Is my inner awareness of myself something separate from my body? In what began as a series of essays in The New York Review of Books, John Searle evaluates the positions on consciousness of such well-known scientists and philosophers as Francis Crick, Gerald Edelman, Roger Penrose, Daniel Dennett, David Chalmers, and Israel Rosenfield. He challenges claims that the mind works like a computer, and that brain functions can be reproduced by computer programs. With a sharp eye for confusion and contradiction, he points out which avenues of current research are most likely to come up with a biological examination of how conscious states are caused by the brain. Only when we understand how the brain works will we solve the mystery of consciousness, and only then will we begin to understand issues ranging from artificial intelligence to our very nature as human beings.
Ancient China
Title | Ancient China PDF eBook |
Author | Jenny Liu |
Publisher | Running Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1996-10-03 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781561387854 |
Open the chest's secret compartment to reveal a brush and ink set and instructions for making Chinese characters, I Ching coins used to tell the future, a Chinese fan to decorate, plus charts, stickers, and more.
Views Into the Chinese Room
Title | Views Into the Chinese Room PDF eBook |
Author | John Preston |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 428 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Computers |
ISBN | 0198250576 |
Featuring 19 specially written essays by leading scientists and philosophers, this volume is a state-of-the-art work on the foundations of cognitive science.
Ballot Box China
Title | Ballot Box China PDF eBook |
Author | Kerry Brown |
Publisher | Zed Books Ltd. |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2011-04-14 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1848138229 |
Since 1988, China has undergone one of the largest, but least understood experiments in grassroots democracy. Across 600,000 villages in China, with almost a million elections, some three million officials have been elected. The Chinese government believes that this is a step towards `democracy with Chinese characteristics'. But to many involved in them, the elections have been mired by corruption, vote-rigging and cronyism. This book looks at the history of these elections, how they arose, what they have achieved and where they might be going, exploring the specific experience of elections by those who have taken part in them - the villagers in some of the most deprived areas of China.
Rendezvous
Title | Rendezvous PDF eBook |
Author | Robert D'Artagnan |
Publisher | AuthorHouse |
Pages | 185 |
Release | 2000-08-25 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1403378398 |
H4Lost love, lost reputation... Max O'Fallon, as pilot of the world's first time machine, has a chance at recapturing these along the way towards opening a window on the greatest murder mystery of all time. But when things go wrong, can he find a way to complete the mission...and against all odds, fight his way back to the 21st Century? And what about the X factor? The unexpected twist that lurks in the shadows of the human mind and can change everything?
The Mystery Cases of Hercule Poirot
Title | The Mystery Cases of Hercule Poirot PDF eBook |
Author | Agatha Christie |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Pages | 704 |
Release | 2023-11-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
DigiCat presents to you the collection of Hercule Poirot's early cases: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Murder on the Links The Affair at the Victory Ball The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls (The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan) The Adventure of King of Clubs The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim The Mystery of the Plymouth Express The Adventure of "The Western Star" The Tragedy at Marsden Manor The Kidnapped Prime Minister The Million Dollar Bond Robbery The Adventure of the Cheap Flat The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge The Clue of the Chocolate Box The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb The Case of the Veiled Lady The Kidnapping of Johnnie Waverly The Market Basing Mystery The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman The Case of the Missing Will The Submarine Plans (The Incredible Theft) The Adventure of the Clapham Cook The Lost Mine The Cornish Mystery The Double Clue The Lemesurier Inheritance