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For the Philosophy category.Teaching a machine to read
23 Aug 2010 | No Comments »
Category(s): Maths & Science, Philosophy, Projects, Software
Tag(s): 2001: a space odyssey, ai, ambiguity, arthur c. clarke, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics, computer age, dictionary, english, english language, grammar, hal 9000, hidden markov model, holism, human languages, human speech, language, languages, learning, linguistics, lisp, machine learning, markov, markov chain, markov model, markov process, natural language, natural language processing, natural language understanding, neuropsychology, nlp, parse tree, psychology, reading, reductionism, semantics, sentences, shrdlu, space oddysey, space odyssey, speech, speech recognition, speech-to-text, stochastic natural language processing, stochastic nlp, strong ai, syntax, syntax tree, text-to-speech, vocabulary, words
On Sayings and Life
07 Aug 2010 | 3 Comments »
Category(s): Arts & Humanities, Fun, Personal, Philosophy
Tag(s): addages, albert einstein, art, author, ayn rand, beethoven, benjamin franklin, carl gustav jung, carl jung, churchill, composer, dramatist, edmund burke, einstein, enemies, evelyn waugh, george bernard shaw, happiness, history, humour, imagination, john stuart mill, learning, life, love, ludwig van beethoven, madness, mark twain, math, mathematics, Maths & Science, mozart, music, novelist, oscar wilde, Philosophy, physicist, pianist, playwright, poet, politician, politics, polymath, proverbs, psychiatrist, punctuality, quotations, quotes, reson, sayings, scientist, seneca, statesman, truth, winston churchill, wisdom, wolfgang amadeus mozart, writer
The Perils of Government and Bureaucracy
16 Apr 2010 | 1 Comment »
Category(s): Arts & Humanities, Philosophy
Tag(s): aristrocracy, atreides, british government, bureaucracy, change, conservatives, david cameron, democracy, dune, dune series, dune universe, election, election debate, empires, frank herbert, general election, god emperor, gordon brown, government, initiative, innovation, labour, leto, leto atreides, lib dems, liberal democrats, live devate, live election debate, maxims, muad'dib, nation, nick clegg, oligarchy, paul atreides, Philosophy, politics, power, quotations, quotes, rule, television devate, tories, tv debate, tyranny
Make your life extraordinary
12 Mar 2010 | No Comments »
Category(s): Arts & Humanities, Fun, Philosophy
Tag(s): byron, carpe diem, cinema, dead poets society, films, horace, john keating, life, lord byron, movies, peter weir, Philosophy, philosophy of life, robert frost, romanticism, seize the day
The Traveller’s Paradox
02 Mar 2010 | 6 Comments »
Category(s): Arts & Humanities, Fun, Maths & Science, Philosophy
Tag(s): boolean algebra, boolean logic, dilemmas, fairy tales, fantasy, first order logic, formal language, formal logic, formal system, formula, logic, logic puzzles, logical connectives, logical operators, logical paradox, math, mathematical logic, mathematics, metamathematics, paradox, paradoxes, predicate logic, proof, proof theory, propositional calculus, propositional formula, propositional logic, propositional variables, puzzles, sentential calculus, sentential logic, story, traveller's paradox, well-formed formula, zeroth order logic
The Litany Against Fear
11 Feb 2010 | No Comments »
Category(s): Personal, Philosophy
Tag(s): arrakis, atreides, bene gesserit, dune, dune series, dune universe, fear, frank herbert, litanies, litany against fear, mantras, muad'dib, paul atreides, Philosophy, psychology, quotations, quotes
The Future of Space Exploration
19 Dec 2009 | No Comments »
Category(s): Maths & Science, Personal, Philosophy
Tag(s): antimatter, antimatter drive, aurora, checmical propulsion, cold war, einstein, ESA, faster than light, future, future of space exploration, general relativity, human spaceflight, ion drive, ion thrusters, manned missions, mars, mars mission, moon, moon mission, NASA, newton, newton's laws, newton's laws of motion, nuclear fission, nuclear fusion, nuclear propulsion, orion, planets, propulsion, reactionless drive, relativity, rocket engines, rockets, solar sails, solar system, space, space craft, space exploration, space flight, space shuttle, spacecraft, spaceflight, special relativity, speed of light, unmanned missions, v-2, warp drive
“A witty saying proves nothing”
01 Dec 2009 | No Comments »
Category(s): Arts & Humanities, Fun, Maths & Science, Philosophy
Tag(s): adages, albert einstein, ancient greek philosophers, apophryca, arouet, author, books, common sense, education, einstein, formal education, god, humou, imagination, liberty, life, mark twain, math, mathematician, mathematics, Maths & Science, oscar wilde, philosopher, Philosophy, physicist, plato, playwright, poet, proverbs, quotations, quotes, religion, samuel clemens, sayings, scientist, socrates, understanding, voltaire, wisdom, writer
The Optimality of Morals
04 May 2009 | 8 Comments »
Category(s): Philosophy
Tag(s): altruism, analytic ethics, creationism, egoism, ethics, evolution, hypothesis, immanuel kant, john stuart mill, kant, meaning of life, meta-ethics, morality, morals, optimality, philosophical theory, Philosophy, selfishness, spinoza's god, theory, utilitarianism
Machine Consciousness
26 Sep 2008 | 5 Comments »
Category(s): Maths & Science, Philosophy
Tag(s): ai, artificial intelligence, consciousness, foundation, gaia, machine consciousness, machine intelligence, metaphysics, ontology, Philosophy, self awareness, self consciousness