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The Dynamics of Thought
This volume is a collection of some of the most important philosophical papers by Peter Gärdenfors. Spanning a period of more than 20 years of his research, they cover a wide ground of topics, from early works on decision theory, belief revision and nonmonotonic logic to more recent work on conceptual spaces, inductive reasoning, semantics and the evolutions of thinking. Many of the papers have only been published in places that are difficult to access. The common theme of all the papers is the dynamics of thought. Several of the papers have become minor classics and the volume bears witness of the wide scope of Gärdenfors’ research and of his crisp and often witty style of writing. The volume will be of interest to researchers in philosophy and other cognitive sciences.
Smart Graphics ; 8th International Symposium, SG 2007, Kyoto, Japan, June 25-27, 2007, Proceedings
The core idea behind the Smart Graphics symposia is to bring together - searchers and practitioners from the field of computer graphics, artificial Inteligence, cognitive science, graphic design and the ?nearts. Eacho fthese disciplines contributes to what we mean by the term “smart graphics”: the intelligent p- cess of creating efective, expressive and esthetic graphical presentation. While artists and designers have been creating communicative graphics for centuries, artificial intelligence focuses on automating this process by means of the computer. While computer graphics provides the tools for creating graphical presentations in the ?rst place, the cognitive sciences contribute the rules and models of perception necessary for the design of effective graphics. The exchange of ideas between these four disciplines has led to many exciting and fruitful discussions, and the smart graphics symposia draw their liveliness from a spirit of openminds and the willingness to learn from and share with other disciplines.
Robotica Mobile: Un’introduzione pratica = Mobile robotics: A practical introduction
This book is an excellent introduction to the fundamentals and methods of designing and testing autonomous mobile robots. The discussion presents in a clear and rigorous way the central themes of this complex field of research: robot learning and training; autonomous navigation in unmodified environments, subject to noise and unpredictable events; the analysis of the behavior of the robot; the recognition of perceptual novelties; the simulation of real robots. Thirteen detailed case studies show how to design and program real robots that can perform assigned tasks. The book is an indispensable reference for students of university and specialization courses in the fields of robotics, artificial intelligence, cognitive sciences and robot engineering, but is also accessible to readers with non-specific scientific preparation
Rethinking Scientific Change and Theory Comparison : Stabilities, Ruptures, Incommensurabilities?
The volume is a collection of essays devoted to the analysis of scientific change and stability. It explores the balance and tension that exists between commensurability and continuity on the one hand, and incommensurability and discontinuity on the other. And it discusses some central epistemological consequences regarding the nature of scientific progress, rationality and realism. In relation to these topics, it investigates a number of new avenues and revisits some familiar issues, with a focus on the history and philosophy of physics, and an emphasis on developments in cognitive sciences as well as on the claims of "new experimentalists".
International legal theory and the cognitive turn
Significant changes in social sciences often herald changes in legal theory, including in international legal theory. In light of the cognitive turn in social sciences, this volume seeks to explore the implications of this ‘turn’ for international legal theories. Cognitive and behavioural studies are making inroads into international law literature and international policy-making,
Gesture in Human-Computer Interaction and Simulation ; 6th International Gesture Workshop, GW 2005, Berder Island, France, May 18-20, 2005, Revised Selected Papers
The international Gesture Workshops have become the leading interdisciplinary events for dissemination of the latest results on gesture-based communication. The goal of these workshops is to bring together researchers who want to meet and share ideas on advanced research on gesture related to multidisciplinary scienti?c ?elds. Depending on the ?elds, the objectives can be very di?erent. While physiology and biomechanics aim to extract fundamental knowledge of physical gesture, computer sciences try to capture di?erent aspects of gesture and extract features that help to identify, interpret or rebuild the underlying mechanisms of communication gestures. Other approaches and methodologies are followed by cognitive sciences and linguistics, bringing a complementary - derstanding of motor control and gesture meaning. The results can be enhanced by technological applications or demonstrations.
Decision Modeling and Behavior in Complex and Uncertain Environments
Devoted to examining new research at the interface of operations research, behavioral and cognitive sciences, and decision analysis. In these 14 self-contained chapters, four themes emerge, providing the reader with a variety of perspectives both theoretic and applied to meet the challenges of devising models to understand the decision-making process. The main broad topics include: the integration of decision analysis and behavioral models / innovations in behavioral models / exploring descriptive behavior models / experimental studies
Complexity and Artificial Markets
In recent years, agent-based simulation has become a widely accepted tool when dealing with complexity in economics and other social sciences. The contributions presented in this book apply agent-based methods to derive results from complex models related to market mechanisms, evolution, decision making, and information economics. In addition, the applicability of agent-based methods to complex problems in economics is discussed from a methodological perspective. The papers presented in this collection combine approaches from economics, finance, computer science, natural sciences, philosophy, and cognitive sciences.
