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134On Potential Cognitive Abilities in the Machine KingdomMinds and Machines 23 (2): 179-210. 2013.Animals, including humans, are usually judged on what they could become, rather than what they are. Many physical and cognitive abilities in the ‘animal kingdom’ are only acquired (to a given degree) when the subject reaches a certain stage of development, which can be accelerated or spoilt depending on how the environment, training or education is. The term ‘potential ability’ usually refers to how quick and likely the process of attaining the ability is. In principle, things should not be diff…Read more
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35Derek Partridge: What Makes You Clever: The Puzzle of Intelligence: World Scientific, 2013, xvi+447, $25.00, ISBN: 978-981-4513Minds and Machines 25 (1): 97-101. 2015.Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur—the world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived.Artificial intelligence has been a deceiving discipline: AI addresses those tasks that, if performed by humans, would require intelligence, but have been solved without featuring any genuine intelligence. This delusion has come, in return, with algorithmic techniques that can reliably solve many of these tasks, from game playing to pattern recognition. AI applications are a success.However, AI has not solve…Read more
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3Thomas REID: An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense, A Critical Edition, Edited by Derek R. Brookes, Edimburgh, University Press, Edimburgh, 1997, 345 pp (review)Tópicos: Revista de Filosofía 15 (1): 240-243. 1998.,,,,,
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53Da conjugalidade à parentalidade: gravidez, ajustamento e satisfação conjugal; From conjugality to parenthood: pregnancy, adjustment and marital satisfactionAletheia: An International Journal of Philosophy 17 41-52. 2003.
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31Ansiedade, depressão e desempenho escolar na adolescência; Anxiety, depression, and school efficiency in the adolescenceAletheia: An International Journal of Philosophy 11 29-40. 2000.
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37Indicadores emocionais no desenho da figura humana de crianças abusadas sexualmente; Emotional indicators in human figure drawings of sexuality abused childrenAletheia: An International Journal of Philosophy 12 43-52. 2000.
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64Da conjugalidade à parentalidade: Gravidez, ajustamento e satisfação conjugalAletheia: An International Journal of Philosophy 17 41-52. 2003.Esta pesquisa faz parte de um estudo que pretende investigar longitudinalmente a transição da conjugalidade para a parentalidade quanto ao ajustamento diádico e a satisfação conjugal de casais primíparos. O presente relato compreendeu os dados coletados na primeira medida e, portanto, se caracterizo..
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38A Computational Definition of 'Consilience'Philosophica 61 (1): 19-37. 1998.This paper defines in a formal and computational way the notion of consilience, a term introduced by Whewell in 1847 for the evaluation of scientific theories. Informally, as has been used to date, a model or theory is consilient if it is predictive, explanatory and unifies the evide-nce. Centred in a constructive framework, where new terms can be intro-duced, we essay a formalisation of the idea of unification based on the avoidance of sepa-ration. However, it is soon manifest that this c…Read more
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Barry UniversityRegular Faculty
Miami Shores, Florida, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Epistemology |
Philosophy of Biology |