The end of the twentieth century saw an explosive intrusion of intellectual property law into everyday life. Expansive copyright laws have been used to attack new forms of sharing and remixing facilit
Cora Diamond has played a leading role in the reception and elaboration ofWittgenstein's philosophy. Diamond's contribution to Wittgenstein scholarship is distinguished byher striking and widely discu
In Organisms and Artifacts, Tim Lewens investigates the analogical use of thelanguage of design in evolutionary biology. Uniquely among the natural sciences, biology usesdescriptive and explanatory te
In this landmark work on early conceptual and lexical development, Ellen Markmanexplores the fascinating problem of how young children succeed at the task of inducing concepts.Backed by extensive expe
foreword by Mike Godwin ."..The two sides of the dispute appear in dueling essays as part of a massive collection, titled "High Noon on the Electronic Frontier," edited by Peter Ludlow and coming in J
Artificial life, a field that seeks to increase the role of synthesis in the study ofbiological phenomena, has great potential, both for unlocking the secrets of life and for raising ahost of disturbi
In Race in the Making, Hirschfeld argues that knowledge of race isnot derived from observations of physical difference, nor does it develop in the same way asknowledge of other social categories. Inst
In Natural Minds Thomas Polger advocates, and defends, the philosophical theory thatmind equals brain -- that sensations are brain processes -- and in doing so brings the mind-brainidentity theory bac
Hilary Kornblith presents an account of inductive inference that addresses both itsmetaphysical and epistemological aspects. He argues that inductive knowledge is possible by virtueof the fit between
Formal learning theory is one of several mathematical approaches to the study of intelligent adaptation to the environment. The analysis developed in this book is based on a number theoretical approac
A state-of-the-art view of imitation from leading researchers in neuroscience and brain imaging, animal and developmental psychology, primatology, ethology, philosophy, anthropology, media studies, ec
This text is the first to provide a coherent theoretical treatment of the flourishing new field of developmental psychobiology which has arisen in recent years on the crest of exciting advances in evo
This book is for students and researchers who have a specific interest in learning and memory and want to understand how computational models can be integrated into experimental research on the hippoc
This theoretical guide for speech-language pathologists, neuropsychologists, neurologists, and cognitive psychologists describes the linguistic and psycholinguistic basis of aphasias that are a result
"The fish's streamlined shape reveals functional knowledge ofthe physical properties of water.... The deadly effectiveness of the cobra's venom shows useful knowledge of the physiology of its
Risto Miikkulainen draws on recent connectionist work in language comprehension tocreate a model that can understand natural language. Using the DISCERN system as an example, hedescribes a general app
In cognitive science, artificial intelligence, psychology, and education, a growingbody of research supports the view that the learning process is strongly influenced by the learner'sgoals. The fundam
A detailed study of neural networks offers an informative look at the operation and uses of these systems, discussing their role in the development of artificial intelligence, as well as their applica
In Real Natures and Familiar Objects Crawford Elder defends, with qualifications, theontology of common sense. He argues that we exist -- that no gloss is necessary for the statement"human beings exis
Language Acquisition offers, in one convenient reader, work by the most outstanding researchers in each field and is intended as a snapshot of the sort of theory and research taking place in language
