“…This book by Enrique Santiago Mayocchi explores the philosophical concepts of causality and contingency within the works of medieval philosopher Juan Duns Scotus. …”

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“…In his theoretical writings, his rhetoric reveals philosophical ramifications which bear strong similarities to those of the rhetorician of the 18th century, Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico. …”

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Sumario

“…It is these features that make this volume unique, an exceptional interdisciplinary approach combining scientific strength and philosophical profundity…”
Resumen

“…This book is intended to fill a gap between popular 'wonders of mathematics' books and the technical writings of the philosophers of mathematics. The chapters are written by some of the world's finest mathematicians, mathematical physicists and philosophers of mathematics, each giving their perspective on this fascinating debate. …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.5 Information Overload Concepts 29 -- 2.5.1 Definitions of Information Overload and Related Concepts 29 -- 2.5.2 The Context of Information Overload 30 -- 2.5.3 Causes and Consequences of Information Overload 31 -- 2.6 Conclusion and Four Lessons Learned 32 -- Acknowledgment 33 -- References 33 -- PRACTICAL INSIGHTS FROM IBM 39 -- 3 THE CHALLENGE OF INFORMATION BALANCE IN THE AGE OF AFFLUENT COMMUNICATION 41 -- Paulus Hubert Vossen -- 3.1 Introduction 42 -- 3.2 Quantitative Aspects of Information Overload 43 -- 3.3 Qualitative Aspects of Information Overload 45 -- 3.3.1 Philosophical Perspective: Information in Science and Technology 45 -- 3.3.2 Political Perspective: Information in Modern Society and a Global World 46 -- 3.3.3 Economic Perspective: Information as a Commodity on the Market 47 -- 3.3.4 Societal Perspective: Information as the Glue Between Communities 48 -- 3.3.5 Psychological Perspective: Information as a Basis for Knowing and Acting 49 -- 3.3.6 Ecological Perspective: Information as a Prerequisite for Living Creatures 50 -- 3.4 Conclusion 51 -- 3.5 A Call for Fundamental Research 52 -- References 53 -- PRACTICAL INSIGHTS FROM XEROX 55 -- Xerox Takes on Information Overload 55 -- Identifying the Problem 55 -- Sharing Information 56 -- Sorting Information 57 -- Cutting Through the Clutter 57 -- Life-Saving Software 58 -- Urban Central Nervous System 58 -- 4 FROM CAVE WALL TO TWITTER: ENGINEERS AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS AS INFORMATION SHAMAN FOR DIGITAL TRIBES 61 -- Anne Caborn and Cary L. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…1.10 OUTLINE OF THE REST OF THIS BOOK -- 1.11 METRIC UNITS -- 1.12 SUMMARY -- 2 PROCESSES AND THREADS -- 2.1 PROCESSES -- 2.1.1 The Process Model -- 2.1.2 Process Creation -- 2.1.3 Process Termination -- 2.1.4 Process Hierarchies -- 2.1.5 Process States -- 2.1.6 Implementation of Processes -- 2.1.7 Modeling Multiprogramming -- 2.2 THREADS -- 2.2.1 Thread Usage -- 2.2.2 The Classical Thread Model -- 2.2.3 POSIX Threads -- 2.2.4 Implementing Threads in User Space -- 2.2.5 Implementing Threads in the Kernel -- 2.2.6 Hybrid Implementations -- 2.2.7 Scheduler Activations -- 2.2.8 Pop-Up Threads -- 2.2.9 Making Single-Threaded Code Multithreaded -- 2.3 INTERPROCESS COMMUNICATION -- 2.3.1 Race Conditions -- 2.3.2 Critical Regions -- 2.3.3 Mutual Exclusion with Busy Waiting -- 2.3.4 Sleep and Wakeup -- 2.3.5 Semaphores -- 2.3.6 Mutexes -- 2.3.7 Monitors -- 2.3.8 Message Passing -- 2.3.9 Barriers -- 2.3.10 Avoiding Locks: Read-Copy-Update -- 2.4 SCHEDULING -- 2.4.1 Introduction to Scheduling -- 2.4.2 Scheduling in Batch Systems -- 2.4.3 Scheduling in Interactive Systems -- 2.4.4 Scheduling in Real-Time Systems -- 2.4.5 Policy Versus Mechanism -- 2.4.6 Thread Scheduling -- 2.5 CLASSICAL IPC PROBLEMS -- 2.5.1 The Dining Philosophers Problem -- 2.5.2 The Readers and Writers Problem -- 2.6 RESEARCH ON PROCESSES AND THREADS -- 2.7 SUMMARY -- 3 MEMORY MANAGEMENT -- 3.1 NO MEMORY ABSTRACTION -- 3.2 A MEMORY ABSTRACTION: ADDRESS SPACES -- 3.2.1 The Notion of an Address Space -- 3.2.2 Swapping -- 3.2.3 Managing Free Memory -- 3.3 VIRTUAL MEMORY -- 3.3.1 Paging -- 3.3.2 Page Tables -- 3.3.3 Speeding Up Paging -- 3.3.4 Page Tables for Large Memories -- 3.4 PAGE REPLACEMENT ALGORITHMS -- 3.4.1 The Optimal Page Replacement Algorithm -- 3.4.2 The Not Recently Used Page Replacement Algorithm -- 3.4.3 The First-In, First-Out (FIFO) Page Replacement Algorithm…”

“…In addressing these and similar questions, philosopher Owen Flanagan contrasts and compares two approaches to moral modularity, the present day Moral Foundations Theory of Jonathan Haidt and colleagues with that of the 4th Century BCE Chinese philosopher Mencius. …”

“…Presentación del editor: "Bernard Bolzano (1781-1850) is increasingly recognized as one of the greatest nineteenth-century philosophers. A philosopher and mathematician of rare talent, he made ground-breaking contributions to logic, the foundations and philosophy of mathematics, metaphysics, and the philosophy of religion. …”

“…For decades Continental theorists from Derrida to Deleuze have engaged in provocative, penetrating, and often extensive examinations of modern philosophers-studies that have opened up new ways to think about figures such as Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Hume, Rousseau, and Kant. …”
Sumario

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