Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 16, No. 627.
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Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:24:18 +0100
From: Willard McCarty <willard.mccarty@kcl.ac.uk>
Subject: new books
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Life Time. Max Scheler's Philosophy of time
A First Inquiry and Presentation
by
Manfred S. Frings
PHAENOMENOLOGICA
-- 169
In comparison to Husserl and Heidegger, Max Scheler's philosophy of time as
first presented here, is considerably wider in scope. Using posthumous
manuscripts, Frings shows that Scheler conceived the origin of time in the
self-activating center of individual and universal life as threefold
"absolute" time of a four-dimensional expanse. This serves as a basis for
establishing the phenomenon of objective time in multiple steps of
constitutionality, including the physical field theory and theory of
relativity.
For Scheler, objective time, even though anchored in absolute time,
deserves "maximum attention" in a technological society. Frings focuses
here with Scheler on time experience of values and among social groups,
time experiences in the mind-set of capitalism, in politics and morals, in
population dynamics, and time experiences in the process of aging, all of
which were signposts in Scheler's thought before his early demise.
Hardbound ISBN: 1-4020-1333-7 Date: April 2003 Pages: 260 pp.
EURO 106.00 / USD 98.00 / GBP 68.00
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Husserl's Logical Investigations
edited by
Daniel O. Dahlstrom
Boston University, MA, USA
SYNTHESE LIBRARY -- 318
By Husserl's own account, he composed the "Logical Investigations" over a
century ago in order to solve two problems: the problem of providing a
scientific, self-reflexive account of logical form and method, as a
condition of science, and the problem of relating the subjectivity of
knowing with the objectivity of the content of knowledge. The project took
shape as six distinct investigations into the respective themes of meaning,
universals, the logic of parts and wholes, the differences between
absurdity and nonsense and between the contents of naming and judging, and,
finally, the way knowing irreducibly combines meaning and perceiving.
Husserl's "Logical Investigations" is designed to help students and
specialists alike work their way through Husserl's expansive text by
bringing together in a single volume six self-contained, expository yet
critical essays, each the work of an international expert on Husserl's
thought and each devoted to a separate LogicalInvestigation.
Hardbound ISBN: 1-4020-1325-6 Date: June 2003 Pages: 200 pp.
EURO 85.00 / USD 82.00 / GBP 53.00
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Philosophy, Psychology, and Psychologism
Critical and Historical Readings on the Psychological Turn in Philosophy
edited by
Dale Jacquette
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
PHILOSOPHICAL STUDIES SERIES -- 91
Philosophy, Psychology, and Psychologism presents a remarkable diversity of
contemporary opinions on the prospects of addressing philosophical topics
from a psychological perspective. It considers the history and
philosophical merits of psychologism, and looks systematically at
psychologism in phenomenology, cognitive science, epistemology, logic,
philosophy of language, philosophical semantics, and artificial
intelligence. It juxtaposes many different philosophical standpoints, each
supported by rigorous philosophical argument.
Philosophy, Psychology, and Psychologism is intended for professionals in
the fields indicated, advanced undergraduate and graduate students in
related areas of study, and interested lay readers.
CONTENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Preface . Acknowledgments. Introduction: Psychologism The Philosophical
Shibboleth; D. Jacquette. Psychologjsm In Logic: Bacon To Bolzano; R.
George. Between Leibniz And Mill: Kant's Logic And The Rhetoric Of
Psychologism; C. Posy. Psychologism And Non-Classical Approaches In
Traditional Logic; W. Stelzner. The Concept Of 'Psychologism' In Frege And
Husserl; J.N. Mohanty. Psychologism And Sociologism In Early Twentieth
Century German-Speaking Philosophy; M.Kusch. The Space Of Signs: C.S.
Peirce's Critique Of Psychologism; V.Colapietro. Quinean Dreams Or,
Prospects For A Scientific Epistemology; M. Bradie. Late Forms Of
Psychologism And Antipsychologism; J. Margolis. Propositions And The
Objects Of Thought; M. Jubien. The Concepts Of Truth And Knowledge In
Psychologism; J.H. Dreher. Psychologism Revisited In Logic, Metaphysics,
And Epistemology; D. Jacquette. Why There Is Nothing Rather Than Something:
Quine On Behaviorism, Meaning, And Indeterminacy; P.A. Roth. Cognitive
Illusions And The Welcome Psychologism Of Logicist Artificial Intelligence;
S. Bringsjord,Yingrui Yang. Index.
Hardbound ISBN: 1-4020-1337-X Date: June 2003 Pages: 356 pp.
EURO 130.00 / USD 125.00 / GBP 82.00
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Simulation-Based Optimization
Parametric Optimization Techniques and Reinforcement Learning
by
Abhijit Gosavi
University of Southern Colorado, Pueblo, USA
OPERATIONS RESEARCH/COMPUTER SCIENCE INTERFACES -- 25
Simulation-Based Optimization: Parametric Optimization Techniques
andReinforcement Learning introduces the evolving area of simulation-based
optimization. Since it became possible to analyze random systems using
computers, scientists and engineers have sought the means to optimize
systems using simulation models. Only recently, however, has this objective
had success in practice. Cutting-edge work in computational operations
research, including non-linear programming (simultaneous perturbation),
dynamic programming (reinforcement learning), and game theory (learning
automata) has made it possible to use simulation in conjunction with
optimization techniques. As a result, this research has given simulation
added dimensions and power that it did not have in the recent past.
The book's objective is two-fold: (1) It examines the mathematical
governing principles of simulation-based optimization, thereby providing
the reader with the ability to model relevant real-life problems using
these techniques. (2) It outlines the computational technology underlying
these methods. Taken together these two aspects demonstrate that the
mathematical and computational methods discussed in this book do work.
Broadly speaking, the book has two parts: (1) parametric (static)
optimization and (2) control (dynamic) optimization. Some of the book's
special features are:
* An accessible introduction to reinforcement learning and
parametric-optimization techniques.
* A step-by-step description of several algorithms of simulation-based
optimization.
* A clear and simple introduction to the methodology of neural networks.
* A gentle introduction to convergence analysis of some of the methods
enumerated above.
* Computer programs for many algorithms of simulation-based optimization.
This book is written for students and researchers in the fields of
engineering (electrical, industrial and computer), computer science,
operations research, management science, and applied mathematics.
Hardbound ISBN: 1-4020-7454-9 Date: May 2003 Pages: 584 pp.
EURO 164.00 / USD 160.00 / GBP 103.00
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Lecture Notes in Computer Science
http://link.springer.de/link/service/series/0558/tocs.htm
or
http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/series/0558/tocs.htm
LNCS 1843:
David Vernon (Ed.)
Computer Vision - ECCV 2000
6th European Conference on Computer Vision, Dublin, Ireland, June 26 - July
1, 2000. Proceedings, Part II
http://link.springer.de/link/service/series/0558/tocs/t1843.htm
or
http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/series/0558/tocs/t1843.htm
LNCS 1842:
David Vernon (Ed.)
Computer Vision - ECCV 2000
6th European Conference on Computer Vision, Dublin, Ireland, June 26 - July
1, 2000. Proceedings, Part I
http://link.springer.de/link/service/series/0558/tocs/t1842.htm
or
http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/series/0558/tocs/t1842.htm
LNAI 1821:
Rasiah Loganantharaj, Gnther Palm, and Moonis Ali (Eds.)
Intelligent Problem Solving Methodologies and Approaches
13th International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of
Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems, IEA/AIE 2000, New Orleans,
Louisiana, USA, June 19-22, 2000. Proceedings
http://link.springer.de/link/service/series/0558/tocs/t1821.htm
or
http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/series/0558/tocs/t1821.htm
LNCS 1649:
Ron Y. Pinter and Shalom Tsur (Eds.)
Next Generation Information Technologies and Systems
4th International Workshop, NGITS '99, Zikhron-Yaakov, Israel, July 5-7,
1999. Proceedings
http://link.springer.de/link/service/series/0558/tocs/t1649.htm
or
http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/series/0558/tocs/t1649.htm
LNCS 1639:
Susanna Donatelli and Jetty Kleijn (Eds.)
Applications and Theory of Petri Nets 1999
20th International Conference, ICATPN'99, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA, June
21-25, 1999. Proceedings
http://link.springer.de/link/service/series/0558/tocs/t1639.htm
or
http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/series/0558/tocs/t1639.htm
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