The Mathematics Of The Gods And The Algorithms Of Men
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The Mathematics Of The Gods And The Algorithms Of Men
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Author : Paolo Zellini
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2020-02-27
The Mathematics Of The Gods And The Algorithms Of Men written by Paolo Zellini and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-27 with Mathematics categories.
Is mathematics a discovery or an invention? Do numbers truly exist? What sort of reality do formulas describe? The complexity of mathematics - its abstract rules and obscure symbols - can seem very distant from the everyday. There are those things that are real and present, it is supposed, and then there are mathematical concepts: creations of our mind, mysterious tools for those unengaged with the world. Yet, from its most remote history and deepest purpose, mathematics has served not just as a way to understand and order, but also as a foundation for the reality it describes. In this elegant book, mathematician and philosopher Paolo Zellini offers a brief cultural and intellectual history of mathematics, ranging widely from the paradoxes of ancient Greece to the sacred altars of India, from Mesopotamian calculus to our own contemporary obsession with algorithms. Masterful and illuminating, The Mathematics of the Gods and the Algorithms of Men transforms our understanding of mathematical thinking, showing that it is inextricably linked with the philosophical and the religious as well as the mundane - and, indeed, with our own very human experience of the universe.
The Eye Of The Master
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Author : Matteo Pasquinelli
language : en
Publisher: Verso Books
Release Date : 2023-10-10
The Eye Of The Master written by Matteo Pasquinelli and has been published by Verso Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-10 with Social Science categories.
A social history of AI that finally reveals its roots in the spatial computation of industrial factories and the surveillance of collective behaviour. What is AI? A dominant view describes it as the quest "to solve intelligence," a solution supposedly to be found in the secret logic of the mind or in the deep physiology of the brain, such as in its complex neural networks. The Eye of the Master argues, to the contrary, that the inner code of AI is shaped not by the imitation of biological intelligence, but the intelligence of labour and social relations, as it is found in Babbage's "calculating engines" of the industrial age as well as in the recent algorithms for image recognition and surveillance. The idea that AI may one day become autonomous (or "sentient", as someone thought of Google's LaMDA) is pure fantasy. Computer algorithms have always imitated the form of social relations and the organisation of labour in their own inner structure and their purpose remains blind automation. The Eye of the Master urges a new literacy on AI for scientists, journalists and new generations of activists, who should recognise that the "mystery" of AI is just the automation of labour at the highest degree, not intelligence per se.
The Personality Of Math
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Author : Paul A. Wagner
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2022-06-06
The Personality Of Math written by Paul A. Wagner and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-06 with Education categories.
If our goal is to broaden and deepen students’ awareness and understanding of mathematics, we advance the idea that engaging students with what we metaphorically call the personality of math. That is, we think that students who engage with the math’s (1) human champions, (2) with its history and philosophy, and (3) with the nature of its problems and inferential challenges, are more likely to have a positive attitude toward math that will encourage greater learning.
Varieties Of Nothingness
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Author : Dean Rickles
language : en
Publisher: Chiron Publications
Release Date : 2024-08-20
Varieties Of Nothingness written by Dean Rickles and has been published by Chiron Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-08-20 with Psychology categories.
This book explores the many and diverse ways in which nothingness is weaved into the fabric of our existence. It can express the very ground of reality or a cessation of mind: a winking out, as well as being a guide for painting meditative states. It is inescapably linked with the divine in many traditions as a precondition of our existence. It is the Pleroma before consciousness and the gateway to enlightenment. While these essays are indeed wide ranging and eclectic, they share one theme in common: nothingness is not nothing.
Science And The Shaping Of Modernity
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Author : Charles Wolfe
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2024-12-23
Science And The Shaping Of Modernity written by Charles Wolfe and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-12-23 with Science categories.
This book collects a variety of short essays on Stephen Gaukroger’s thought, by leading scholars, both senior and junior. Stephen Gaukroger (1950–2023) was one of the preeminent specialists of early modern science and philosophy, particularly their interrelations including under the heading ‘natural philosophy’, on the international scene, since the 1980s, starting with his prominent Cartesian scholarship (and biography) and moving towards the formidable 4-volume series on science and the shaping of modernity (from Emergence of a Scientific Culture to Civilization and the Culture of Science), dealing not just with early modernity but with the Enlightenment, German Romanticism and 20th-century society. This volume covers the thought of this highly-recognized scholar and engages with his works covering early modern philosophy, enlightenment, and contemporary periods, making it a must-read for any philosopher and historian of science.
The Cosmos In Cosmopolitanism
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Author : Nikos Papastergiadis
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2023-10-09
The Cosmos In Cosmopolitanism written by Nikos Papastergiadis and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-09 with Social Science categories.
Cosmopolitanism is commonly associated today with the idea that the forces of globalization could be tempered by new forms of cosmopolitan governance, an idea that was popular among some political theorists in the late twentieth century but seems increasingly unrealistic today. Rather than discarding the idea of cosmopolitanism, Nikos Papastergiadis seeks to reinvigorate it by examining the ways in which visual artists have explored themes associated with the cosmos. Kant regarded cosmopolitanism as the goal for humanity, but he turned his attention away from the connection to the cosmos and directed it toward the practical rules for peaceful co-existence. However, these two concerns are not in conflict. Today a new vision of the cosmos is being developed by artists, among others – one that brings together the cosmos and the polis. Scholars from the South are decolonizing the mindset which divided the world and split us from our common connections, while others are using art to highlight the existential threats we now face as a species. By developing a distinctive form of aesthetic cosmopolitanism, this book shows that the idea of the cosmos is more important than ever today, and vital for our attempts to rethink our place as one species among others in a universe that extends far beyond our world.
Compression Mode
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Author : Stephen Kennedy
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2025-01-09
Compression Mode written by Stephen Kennedy and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-01-09 with Music categories.
This book examines how compression can be understood not only as a digital process enacted through computing, but as a wider economic and political phenomenon that impacts on the ecology of waste, diversity and social inclusivity. Setting out from the linguistic underpinning of visual space it proceeds to the development of the MP3 algorithm and an examination of the 'waste' it creates. As it does so it challenges the received wisdom, prevalent in western thought, that human reason and logic enacted through language is uniquely capable of bringing order to chaos. Returning to the idea of a sonic economy it seeks to reintroduce waste, error, and other discarded material back into our systems of thought, or perhaps more accurately into systems beyond our thought.
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Author : Маттео Пасквинелли
language : ru
Publisher: Litres
Release Date : 2024-07-14
written by Маттео Пасквинелли and has been published by Litres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-14 with Political Science categories.
Искусственный интеллект стремится «разгадать загадку разумности», ключ к которой лежит в тайной логике ума или глубинной физиологии мозга, – так принято считать. Философ науки Маттео Пасквинелли не согласен с этой теорией и строит собственную, которая основана на истории автоматизации труда, гонке за производительностью и желании общества постоянно оценивать человеческую жизнь. Прослеживая историю ИИ – от первого прототипа калькулятора конца XVIII века до современных алгоритмов машинного обучения, распознавания изображений и слежения, – автор показывает, почему у ИИ нет шансов стать злонамеренным «сверхразумом».В формате PDF A4 сохранен издательский макет книги.
The Making Of Mathematics
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Author : Carlo Cellucci
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-03-07
The Making Of Mathematics written by Carlo Cellucci and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-07 with Mathematics categories.
This book offers an alternative to current philosophy of mathematics: heuristic philosophy of mathematics. In accordance with the heuristic approach, the philosophy of mathematics must concern itself with the making of mathematics and in particular with mathematical discovery. In the past century, mainstream philosophy of mathematics has claimed that the philosophy of mathematics cannot concern itself with the making of mathematics but only with finished mathematics, namely mathematics as presented in published works. On this basis, mainstream philosophy of mathematics has maintained that mathematics is theorem proving by the axiomatic method. This view has turned out to be untenable because of Gödel’s incompleteness theorems, which have shown that the view that mathematics is theorem proving by the axiomatic method does not account for a large number of basic features of mathematics. By using the heuristic approach, this book argues that mathematics is not theorem proving by the axiomatic method, but is rather problem solving by the analytic method. The author argues that this view can account for the main items of the mathematical process, those being: mathematical objects, demonstrations, definitions, diagrams, notations, explanations, applicability, beauty, and the role of mathematical knowledge.
American Men And Women Of Science
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
American Men And Women Of Science written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Scientists categories.