In this study by an expert on learning and computers, the author argues that artificial intelligence must be based on real human intelligence.
The work that Maurice Merleau-Ponty planned to call The Prose of the World was unfinished at the time of his death. This edition's editor, Claude Lefort, has interpreted and... Læs mere
Edmund Husserl's last great work is important both for its content and for the influence it has had on other philosophers. In this book, which remained unfinished at his death, Husserl attempts to forge a union between phenomenology and existentialism.
In this book, his major work, Alfred Schutz attempts to provide a sound philosophical basis for the sociological theories of Max Weber. Using a Husserlian phenomenology, Schutz provides a complete and original analysis of human action and its ""intended meaning.
A collection of short stories, which includes a tongue-in-cheek crime/horror story or the Christmas story of a pig, a language game leading to an unexpected epiphany or an inward-looking tale built on the complexity of a puzzle box, and more.
One of the 20th century's most original and provocative painters delivers a vivid account of a life lived as an artist among artists. Tanning reveals her life... Læs mere
This volume considers the Russian writer Bulgakov's work, ""The master and Margarita"". It discusses the work in the context of the writer's oeuvre as well as... Læs mere
The Foundation Pit portrays a group of workmen and local bureaucrats engaged in digging the foundation pit for a grand building where all the town's will live happily and "in silence."
Examines the various forces that have fashioned the modern view of the art, from mechanization and fear of intellect to connoisseurship and - perhaps the fundamental weakness of our age - the dispassionate acceptance of art.
A philosophical exploration of how modern global cinema represents everyday means of resisting authoritarianism and totalitarianism. Havel’s concept of “living within the... Læs mere