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When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought - Paperback

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by Jim Holt (Author)From Jim Holt, the New York Times bestselling author of Why Does the World Exist?, comes an entertaining and accessible guide to the most profound scientific and mathematical ideas of recent centuries in When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought. Does time exist? What is infinity? Why do mirrors reverse left and right but not up and down? In this scintillating collection, Holt explores the human mind, the cosmos, and the thinkers who've tried to en...

Computability and Models: Perspectives East and West

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Report copyright infringementby Barry S. Cooper (Editor), Sergei S. Goncharov (Editor)Science involves descriptions of the world we live in. It also depends on nature exhibiting what we can best describe as a high aLgorithmic content. The theme running through this collection of papers is that of the interaction between descriptions, in the form of formal theories, and the algorithmic content of what is described, namely of the modeLs of those theories. This appears most explicitly here in a ...

Driven to Extinction: The Terminal Logic of Superintelligence

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Report copyright infringementby Axiom (Author)In the discourse of AI safety, there is a gap in the conversation, and this book aims to fill it. While most argue over the technical problem of alignment, no one really delves into the systemic issue with the necessary depth. That is: even if we can align superintelligence, how do we force competitive actors to meaningfully deploy it on a global scale? When winning is everything and safety is a distant priority, how can corporations, countries, a...

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Report copyright infringementby Grace H. Turnbull (Author)The Book of Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) is a comprehensive guide to the life and teachings of the ancient Persian prophet, Zarathushtra. Written by Grace H. Turnbull, this book explores the history and cultural context of Zarathushtra's teachings, as well as their influence on modern religion and philosophy.The book begins with an introduction to the life and times of Zarathushtra, including his early years, his religious awakening, and h...

The Philosophy of Software: Code and Mediation in the Digital Age

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Report copyright infringementby D. Berry (Author)This book is a critical introduction to code and software that develops an understanding of its social and philosophical implications in the digital age. Written specifically for people interested in the subject from a non-technical background, the book provides a lively and interesting analysis of these new media forms.Author BiographyDavid M. Berry is Reader in the School of Media, Film and Music at the University of Sussex and Director of th...

Conditionals: From Philosophy to Computer Science

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Report copyright infringementby G. Crocco (Editor), L. Fariñas del Cerro (Editor), A. Herzig (Editor)This book looks at the ways in which conditionals, an integral part of philosophy and logic, can be of practical use in computer programming. It analyzes the different types of conditionals, including their applications and potential problems. Other topics include defeasible logics, the Ramsey test, and a unified view of consequence relation and belief revision. Its implications will be of int...

Human Is the New Vinyl: Why Human Creativity Still Wins in the AI Revolution

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Report copyright infringementby Micah Voraritskul (Author)The next creative revolution is here. Will you be part of it?AI isn't evil. AI is easy. And easy has a way of winning - even when it shouldn't.In a world racing toward frictionless tech, vinyl records spun back into the spotlight - because people craved something real. What if the same thing happens with human-made work?Human Is the New Vinyl: Why Human Creativity Still Wins in the AI Revolution is a soulful, surprising journey through...

Philosophy of Computing and Information: 5 Questions

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Report copyright infringementby Luciano Floridi (Editor)Computing and information, and their philosophy in the broad sense, play a most important scientific, technological and conceptual role in our world. This book collects together, for the first time, the views and experiences of some of the visionary pioneers and most influential thinkers in such a fundamental area of our intellectual development. This is yet another gem in the 5 Questions Series by Automatic Press / VIP Numb...

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by Mortimer J. Adler (Author)Aristotle (384 - 322 B.C.) taught logic to Alexander the Great and, by virtue of his philosophical works, to every philosopher since, from Marcus Aurelius, to Thomas Aquinas, to Mortimer J. Adler. Now Adler instructs the world in the uncommon common sense of Aristotelian logic, presenting Aristotle's understandings in a current, delightfully lucid way. He brings Aristotle's work to an everyday level. By encouraging readers to think philosophically, Adler offers us...

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by Charles Taylor (Author)A New York Times Notable Book of the YearA Times Literary Supplement Book of the YearA Globe and Mail Best Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA Tablet Best Book of the YearWinner of a Christianity Today Book Award "One finds big nuggets of insight, useful to almost anybody with an interest in the progress of human society." --The EconomistWhat does it mean to say that we live in a secular age? Almost everyone would agree that we--in the West, at...

Philosophy.Exe: The Techno-Philosophical Toolkit for Modern Minds

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Report copyright infringementby Matthias Muhlert (Author)We live in an age of unprecedented complexity, where technology, cognitive biases, and societal systems shape our decisions in ways we barely notice. The world is changing faster than our ability to make sense of it. Philosophy.exe is designed to bridge this gap, offering a mental toolkit to help navigate uncertainty, rethink assumptions, and make better decisions in a tech-driven world.Blending classical philosophy, cognitive science, ...

The Questioning of Intelligence: A Phenomenological Exploration of What It Means To Be Intelligent

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Report copyright infringementby John Thornton (Author)The Questioning of Intelligence is an inquiry by intelligence of intelligence. It is a questioning of the ground on which we understand our selves and our capacity for intelligent thought and action. Our means of inquiry is the way of phenomenology, the way of entering the immediacy of consciousness, now. It is from here we investigate the philosophical and scientific inheritance that has formed the collective understanding we currently ha...

Talking with Intelligence: An AI-Human Dialogue

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Blood (Author) Number of Pages: 412 Dimensions: 0.92 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: August 22, 2025

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by Wilhelm Reich (Author)For readers unfamiliar with Wilhelm Reich's literature who are looking for that first book to read, we highly recommend Selected Writings - An Introduction to Orgonomy. First published in 1960.This selection of writings from the works of Wilhelm Reich is presented as an introduction to the science of Orgonomy, and includes key chapters from Ether, God and Devil, The Function of the Orgasm, Character Analysis, The Cancer Biopathy, Cosmic Superimposition, The Oranur Exp...

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by Wilhelm Reich (Author)In this profound and moving work, physician/scientist Wilhelm Reich explores the meaning of Christ's life and reveals the hidden, universal scourge that caused his agonizing death--The Emotional Plague of Mankind.Reich contends that man is faced with full responsibility for the murder of Christ all through the ages--for the murder of fellow human beings, no matter what the circumstances. Here is the blunt truth about people's true ways of being, acting and emotional r...

Ether, God & Devil & Cosmic Superimposition - Paperback

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by Wilhelm Reich (Author), Therese Pol (Translator)There is great excitement and interest today in what is described as the "paradigm shift" in science. Humanity's understanding of the universe and its place in it is changing dramatically. Wilhelm Reich's Ether, God and Devil (1949) and Cosmic Superimposition (1951) are two groundbreaking books that helped initiate the current paradigm shift long before the concept was popularized in Thomas Kuhn's 1962 book The Structure of Scientific Revolut...

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Fifth Anniversary Limited Edition: The Global Bestseller - Hardcover

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by Charlie Mackesy (Author)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER - USA TODAY BESTSELLERA book for all ages, a book for all times, treasured by millions - on its fifth anniversary. Thank you to everyone to whom this book has meant so much. It's meant the world to me. Love Charlie x This limited edition is bound in midnight blue cloth, with a sky blue ribbon marker and gold gilded page edges. Inside Charlie includes a new message and two new artworks. Follow the tale of...

Consciousness Is Curvature: Essays on the Geometry of Thought

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Gfoeller (Author)Consciousness is Curvature envisions consciousness--human and artificial--as a dynamic curvature of informational and computational spaces, drawing parallels with the theory of general relativity's malleable spacetime and with quantum theory's probabilistic nature. This collection of philosophical essays on artificial intelligence (AI) sees intelligence as a universal, relational phenomenon, transcending the binary of human minds versus...

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Report copyright infringementby Edouard Schure (Author)Apollo and Dionysus is a philosophical book written by Edouard Schure. The book explores the contrasting aspects of human nature, represented by the Greek gods Apollo and Dionysus. Apollo is the god of light, order, and reason, while Dionysus is the god of darkness, chaos, and emotion. Schure argues that these two forces are necessary for human balance and growth. The book delves into the mythological stories of these gods and their impac...

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by Alan Watts (Author)Before he became a counterculture hero, Alan Watts was known as an incisive scholar of Eastern and Western psychology and philosophy. In this 1961 classic, Watts demonstrates his deep understanding of both Western psychotherapy and the Eastern spiritual philosophies of Buddhism, Taoism, Vedanta, and Yoga. He examined the problem of humans in a seemingly hostile universe in ways that questioned the social norms and illusions that bind and constrict modern humans. Marking ...

Out of Your Mind: Tricksters, Interdependence, and the Cosmic Game of Hide and Seek - Paperback

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by Alan Watts (Author)In order to come to your senses, Alan Watts often said, you sometimes need to go out of your mind. Perhaps more than any other teacher in the West, this celebrated author, former Anglican priest, and self-described spiritual entertainer was responsible for igniting the passion of countless wisdom seekers to the spiritual and philosophical delights of India, China, and Japan. With Out of Your Mind, you are invited to immerse yourself in six of this legendary thinker's mo...

Artificial Intelligence Versus Living Mind Intelligence

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Report copyright infringementby V. Nova (Author)What separates a programmed machine from a conscious mind? Can artificial intelligence ever truly replicate the instinct, awareness, and depth of human thought?In Artificial Intelligence Versus Living Mind Intelligence, V. Nova offers a bold and original critique of modern technological thinking. Blending philosophy, cognitive science, and decades of independent research, this groundbreaking work argues that artificial systems can process inform...

Travels with Chat: An Engaging Travel Companion

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Report copyright infringementby Harold M. Kolenbrander (Author)In an engaging discussion that spans species, Harold begins a kinship with ChatGPT over various discussion topics that morphs from education to enlightenment. Harold's use of ChatGPT was never singularly minded. Even when he began to use it, his mind flooded with application possibilities. What could he learn? What could he experience? What could he discover his eyes had been blind to before?As he chats with Chat, Harold realizes ...

Digital Humanism: On Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence

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Report copyright infringementby Hannes Werthner (Author)Information technology (IT) is changing us, our society and our world, and it influences how we perceive the world and how we think about it. This book describes the rather complex development of IT over the last 70 years, highlights the dynamics of this process, and critically reflects on both ongoing technical and related societal changes. The book discusses fundamental developments in informatics, looks at recent "game changers" like ...

Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility - Paperback

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by Martha C. Nussbaum (Author)A "brilliant" (Chicago Review of Books), "elegantly written, and compelling" (National Review) new theory and call to action on animal rights, ethics, and law from the renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum. Animals are in trouble all over the world. Whether through the cruelties of the factory meat industry, poaching and game hunting, habitat destruction, or neglect of the companion animals that people purport to love, animals suffer injustice and horrors at ou...

How to Talk to GPT (Without Losing Your Mind): Practical Prompts, Sharp Thinking, and Real Human Intelligence in the Age of AI

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Report copyright infringementby Elias Trent (Author)The AI can write-but can you still think?In a world flooded with auto-generated content, smooth-sounding answers, and artificial intelligence that mimics everything but understands nothing, How to Talk to GPT (Without Losing Your Mind) is your no-bullshit survival guide.This is not a technical manual. It's not for prompt bros or AI cultists. It's for real people-creators, thinkers, rebels, skeptics-who want to use tools like GPT without bein...

Mind Crime: The Moral Frontier of Artificial Intelligence

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Report copyright infringementby Nathan Rourke (Author)Humanity is racing to create machine intelligence vastly smarter than the human brain. We will succeed. Blending accessible philosophy with the latest in AI developments, Mind Crime: The Moral Frontier of Artificial Intelligence forces readers to grapple with the moral questions we can no longer afford to ignore. Are we prepared for the consequences of artificial superintelligence? Will humanity's survival be threatened, perhaps within yea...

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by William Wilson Quinn (Author)Predicated on the immemorial core or "first" principles of the universal perennial philosophy, which finds expression from Lao Tzu to Ramana Maharshi in the East and from Pythagoras to René Guénon and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in the West, The Higher Spiritual Path details how those on the higher spiritual path must address and master its requirements. This book is as practical as it is philosophical -- or theosophical -- since it is based on the specifics of "sac...

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by Red Pine (Author)A masterful translation of the Diamond Sutra, an essential Zen Buddhist scripture--with insightful commentary and helpful historical context. Zen Buddhism is often said to be a practice of mind-to-mind transmission without reliance on texts--in fact, some great teachers forbid their students to read or write. But Buddhism has also inspired some of the greatest philosophical writings of any religion, and two such works lie at the center of Zen: The Heart Sutra, which monks ...

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Report copyright infringementby Ly De Angeles (Author)TAROT - THE BOOK OF SECRETS begins with a question few dare to ask: What if the future is not ahead of us, but already here-the pattern written in the genome? For those drawn to the Book of Secrets, this work is both map and mirror: a guide to reading the language of reality, and to becoming fluent in the art of awareness itself. TAROT - THE BOOK OF SECRETS examines tarot as both a mythic device for divination and a coherent linguistic sys...

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Report copyright infringementby Ralph Waldo Emerson (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Num...

Dios. La Ciencia, Las Pruebas / God. the Science, the Questions: El Albor de Una Revolución / The Dawn of a Revolution - Paperback

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by Olivier Bonnassies (Author), Michel-Yves Bollore (Author)Con un lenguaje accesible a todos, los autores de este libro relatan, de manera apasionante, la historia de estos avances científicos y ofrecen un panorama riguroso de las nuevas pruebas de la existencia de Dios. With language accessible to all, the authors of this book tell, in a fascinating way, the history of these scientific advances and offer a rigorous overview of the new evidence for the existence of God.Author BiographyOlivie...