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The philosophy of computer games
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ISBN: 1282056972 9786613798923 9400742495 9789400742482 9400742487 9789400742499 9400798431 Year: 2012 Volume: 7 Publisher: Dordrecht [The Netherlands] : Springer,

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  Computer games have become a major cultural and economic force, and the last decade has seen the emergence of extensive academic study of such games. Up until now there has been little attention from philosophy to investigate the philosophical problems that arise from the phenomenon of computer games. This book fill this lacuna by bringing philosophers and media researchers together in discussions of the basic concepts needed to understand computer games. The essays address central issues such as the reality status of the game environment, gameplay, and the moral evaluation of player or avatar actions. The anthology is required reading for anyone with an academic or professional interest in computer games, and will also be valuable to any reader curious about the philosophical issues that are raised by modern-day digital culture.

Seeing, thinking and knowing : meaning and self-organisation in visual cognition and thought
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ISBN: 1402020805 9781402020803 9781402020810 1402020813 1280616725 9786610616725 Year: 2004 Volume: 38 Publisher: Dordrecht Boston London Kluwer Academic Publishers

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According to Putnam to talk of “facts” without specifying the language to be used is to talk of nothing; “object” itself has many uses and as we creatively invent new uses of words “we find that we can speak of ‘objects’that were not ‘values of any variable’in 1 any language we previously spoke” . The notion of object becomes, then, like the notion of reference, a sort of open land, an unknown territory. The exploration of this land - pears to be constrained by use and invention. But, we may wonder, is it possible to guide invention and control use? In what way, in particular, is it possible, at the level of na- ral language, to link together program expressions and natural evolution? To give an answer to these onerous questions we should immediately point out that cognition (as well as natural language) has to be considered first of all as a peculiar fu- tion of active biosystems and that it results from complex interactions between the - ganism and its surroundings. “In the moment an organism perceives an object of wh- ever kind, it immediately begins to ‘interpret’this object in order to react properly to it . . . It is not necessary for the monkey to perceive the tree in itself. . . What counts is sur- 2 vival” .

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Knowledge, Theory of. --- Perception (Philosophy) --- Théorie de la connaissance --- Perception (Philosophie) --- Visual Perception --- Cognition --- Psychophysiology --- Thinking --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Perception (Philosophy). --- Speculative Philosophy --- Philosophy --- Philosophy & Religion --- Psychology. --- Artificial intelligence. --- Computer graphics. --- Statistical physics. --- Dynamical systems. --- Cognitive psychology. --- Cognitive Psychology. --- Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics). --- Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity. --- Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics. --- Consciousness. --- Computer vision. --- Artificial Intelligence. --- Complex Systems. --- Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems. --- Optical data processing. --- Optical computing --- Visual data processing --- Bionics --- Electronic data processing --- Integrated optics --- Photonics --- Computers --- Dynamical systems --- Kinetics --- Mathematics --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Force and energy --- Mechanics --- Physics --- Statics --- Mathematical statistics --- AI (Artificial intelligence) --- Artificial thinking --- Electronic brains --- Intellectronics --- Intelligence, Artificial --- Intelligent machines --- Machine intelligence --- Thinking, Artificial --- Cognitive science --- Digital computer simulation --- Logic machines --- Machine theory --- Self-organizing systems --- Simulation methods --- Fifth generation computers --- Neural computers --- Psychology, Cognitive --- Psychology --- Optical equipment --- Statistical methods --- Epistemology --- Theory of knowledge

Encyclopedia of multimedia
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ISBN: 1280618663 9786610618668 0387300384 9780387243955 038724395X 9780387300382 0387335587 9781280618666 Year: 2006 Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Springer,

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The Encyclopedia of Multimedia provides in-depth coverage of the important concepts, issues and technology trends in the field of multimedia technologies, systems, techniques, and applications. It is a comprehensive collection of entries that present perspectives and future trends in the field from hundreds of leading researchers and world experts in the field. These entries describe a number of topics in multimedia systems and applications – from multimedia servers, to multimedia databases and multimedia networks and communications, to emerging multimedia applications. The Encyclopedia of Multimedia also includes: The most sought-after topics of multimedia available, including new standards Key citations Cross referenced entries The Editor-in-Chief, working with the Encyclopedia’s Editorial Board and a large number of contributors, surveyed and divided the field of multimedia into specific topics that collectively encompass the foundations, technologies, applications, and emerging elements of this exciting field. The intended audience of the Encyclopedia of Multimedia is technically diverse and wide; it includes everyone concerned with multimedia systems and their applications. Specifically, this volume serves as a valuable reference for system designers, engineers, programmers, and managers who are involved in multimedia system design and their applications. Practitioners in industry and advanced-level students in computer science and engineering will benefit from this book.

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Multimedia systems --- Computer-based multimedia information systems --- Multimedia computing --- Multimedia information systems --- Multimedia knowledge systems --- Information storage and retrieval systems --- Multimedia --- Encyclopedias --- Encyclopédies --- EPUB-LIV-FT LIVINFOR SPRINGER-B --- Dictionaries --- Multimedia systems. --- Database management. --- Computer vision. --- Information storage and retrieva. --- Computer Communication Networks. --- Coding theory. --- Multimedia Information Systems. --- Database Management. --- Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics. --- Information Storage and Retrieval. --- Coding and Information Theory. --- Information storage and retrieval. --- Information retrieval. --- Data compression (Telecommunication) --- Digital electronics --- Information theory --- Machine theory --- Signal theory (Telecommunication) --- Computer programming --- Machine vision --- Vision, Computer --- Artificial intelligence --- Image processing --- Pattern recognition systems --- Data base management --- Data services (Database management) --- Database management services --- DBMS (Computer science) --- Generalized data management systems --- Services, Database management --- Systems, Database management --- Systems, Generalized database management --- Electronic data processing --- Data retrieval --- Data storage --- Discovery, Information --- Information discovery --- Information storage and retrieval --- Retrieval of information --- Documentation --- Information science --- Information storage and retrieval systems. --- Automatic data storage --- Automatic information retrieval --- Automation in documentation --- Computer-based information systems --- Data processing systems --- Data storage and retrieval systems --- Discovery systems, Information --- Information discovery systems --- Information processing systems --- Information retrieval systems --- Machine data storage and retrieval --- Mechanized information storage and retrieval systems --- Computer systems --- Electronic information resources --- Data libraries --- Digital libraries --- Information organization --- Information retrieval --- Multimedia information systems. --- Optical data processing. --- Computer communication systems. --- Information theory. --- Communication theory --- Communication --- Cybernetics --- Communication systems, Computer --- Computer communication systems --- Data networks, Computer --- ECNs (Electronic communication networks) --- Electronic communication networks --- Networks, Computer --- Teleprocessing networks --- Data transmission systems --- Digital communications --- Electronic systems --- Information networks --- Telecommunication --- Cyberinfrastructure --- Network computers --- Optical computing --- Visual data processing --- Bionics --- Integrated optics --- Photonics --- Computers --- Distributed processing --- Optical equipment

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