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Over 60 recipes, with classic cocktails, batch ideas for parties,
seasonal tipples and even some tasty snacks. Featuring advice on
essential bar tools, home-made syrup recipes and suggestions on how
to produce next-level drinks! In a corner of every home is an area
where bottles lurk. For some, it's a plinth of joy where
beautifully polished spirits stand proud. For others, it's a dark,
mysterious nook where bottles are hidden from view under a layer of
dust. In Home Bar, drink expert Andy Clarke shows that even the
most unloved bottle of booze can be a treasure chest full of liquid
promise, waiting to be unlocked. Andy shares over 60 recipes, from
classic cocktails to his own creations, batch ideas for parties,
seasonal tipples and even some tasty snacks. He also gives advice
on essential bar tools, home-made syrup recipes, and genius
suggestions which will allow you to produce next-level drinks, even
if you think you don't have the kit! Whether it's a Friday night
drink for two, or a weekend party for twenty, this book is
guaranteed to transform you into an unstoppable cocktail legend.
A grand new vision of cognitive science that explains how our minds
build our worlds For as long as we've studied the mind, we've
believed that information flowing from our senses determines what
our mind perceives. But as our understanding has advanced in the
last few decades, a hugely powerful new view has flipped this
assumption on its head. The brain is not a passive receiver, but an
ever-active predictor. At the forefront of this cognitive
revolution is widely acclaimed philosopher and cognitive scientist
Andy Clark, who has synthesized his ground-breaking work on the
predictive brain to explore its fascinating mechanics and
implications. Among the most stunning of these is the realization
that experience itself, because it is guided by prior expectation,
is a kind of controlled hallucination. We don't passively take in
the world around us; instead our mind is constantly making and
refining predictions about what we expect to see. This even applies
to our bodies, as the way we experience pain and other states is
shaped by our expectations, and this has broader implications for
the understanding and treatment of conditions from PTSD to
schizophrenia to medically unexplained symptoms. From the most
mundane experiences to the most sublime, it is our predictions that
sculpt our experience. A landmark study of cognitive science, The
Experience Machine lays out the extraordinary explanatory power of
the predictive brain for our lives, mental health and society.
Summarizes and illuminates two decades of research
Gathering important papers by both philosophers and scientists,
this collection illuminates the central themes that have arisen
during the last two decades of work on the conceptual foundations
of artificial intelligence and cognitive science. Each volume
begins with a comprehensive introduction that places the coverage
in a broader perspective and links it with material in the
companion volumes. The collection is of interest in many
disciplines including computer science, linguistics, biology,
information science, psychology, neuroscience, iconography, and
philosophy.
Examines initial efforts and the latest controversies
The topics covered range from the bedrock assumptions of the
computational approach to understanding the mind, to the more
recent debates concerning cognitive architectures, all the way to
the latest developments in robotics, artificial life, and dynamical
systems theory. The collection first examines the lineageof major
research programs, beginning with the basic idea of machine
intelligence itself, then focuses on specific aspects of thought
and intelligence, highlighting the much-discussed issue of
consciousness, the equally important, but less densely researched
issue of emotional response, and the more traditionally
philosophical topic of language and meaning.
Provides a gamut of perspectives
The editors have included several articles that challenge crucial
elements of the familiar research program of cognitive science, as
well as important writings whose previous circulation has been
limited. Within each volume the papers are organized to reflect a
variety of research programs and issues. Thesubstantive
introductions that accompany each volume further organize the
material and provide readers with a working sense of the issues and
the connection between articles.
Summarizes and illuminates two decades of research
Gathering important papers by both philosophers and scientists,
this collection illuminates the central themes that have arisen
during the last two decades of work on the conceptual foundations
of artificial intelligence and cognitive science. Each volume
begins with a comprehensive introduction that places the coverage
in a broader perspective and links it with material in the
companion volumes. The collection is of interest in many
disciplines including computer science, linguistics, biology,
information science, psychology, neuroscience, iconography, and
philosophy.
Examines initial efforts and the latest controversies
The topics covered range from the bedrock assumptions of the
computational approach to understanding the mind, to the more
recent debates concerning cognitive architectures, all the way to
the latest developments in robotics, artificial life, and dynamical
systems theory. The collection first examines the lineageof major
research programs, beginning with the basic idea of machine
intelligence itself, then focuses on specific aspects of thought
and intelligence, highlighting the much-discussed issue of
consciousness, the equally important, but less densely researched
issue of emotional response, and the more traditionally
philosophical topic of language and meaning.
Provides a gamut of perspectives
The editors have included several articles that challenge crucial
elements of the familiar research program of cognitive science, as
well as important writings whose previous circulation has been
limited. Within each volume the papers are organized to reflect a
variety of research programs and issues. Thesubstantive
introductions that accompany each volume further organize the
material and provide readers with a working sense of the issues and
the connection between articles.
This collection summarizes and illuminates two decades of research
on the conceptual foundations of artificial intelligence and
cognitive science, gathering together papers by both philosophers
and scientists.
Summarizes and illuminates two decades of research
Gathering important papers by both philosophers and scientists,
this collection illuminates the central themes that have arisen
during the last two decades of work on the conceptual foundations
of artificial intelligence and cognitive science. Each volume
begins with a comprehensive introduction that places the coverage
in a broader perspective and links it with material in the
companion volumes. The collection is of interest in many
disciplines including computer science, linguistics, biology,
information science, psychology, neuroscience, iconography, and
philosophy.
Examines initial efforts and the latest controversies
The topics covered range from the bedrock assumptions of the
computational approach to understanding the mind, to the more
recent debates concerning cognitive architectures, all the way to
the latest developments in robotics, artificial life, and dynamical
systems theory. The collection first examines the lineageof major
research programs, beginning with the basic idea of machine
intelligence itself, then focuses on specific aspects of thought
and intelligence, highlighting the much-discussed issue of
consciousness, the equally important, but less densely researched
issue of emotional response, and the more traditionally
philosophical topic of language and meaning.
Provides a gamut of perspectives
The editors have included several articles that challenge crucial
elements of the familiar research program of cognitive science, as
well as important writings whose previous circulation has been
limited. Within each volume the papers are organized to reflect a
variety of research programs and issues. Thesubstantive
introductions that accompany each volume further organize the
material and provide readers with a working sense of the issues and
the connection between articles.
Summarizes and illuminates two decades of research
Gathering important papers by both philosophers and scientists,
this collection illuminates the central themes that have arisen
during the last two decades of work on the conceptual foundations
of artificial intelligence and cognitive science. Each volume
begins with a comprehensive introduction that places the coverage
in a broader perspective and links it with material in the
companion volumes. The collection is of interest in many
disciplines including computer science, linguistics, biology,
information science, psychology, neuroscience, iconography, and
philosophy.
Examines initial efforts and the latest controversies
The topics covered range from the bedrock assumptions of the
computational approach to understanding the mind, to the more
recent debates concerning cognitive architectures, all the way to
the latest developments in robotics, artificial life, and dynamical
systems theory. The collection first examines the lineageof major
research programs, beginning with the basic idea of machine
intelligence itself, then focuses on specific aspects of thought
and intelligence, highlighting the much-discussed issue of
consciousness, the equally important, but less densely researched
issue of emotional response, and the more traditionally
philosophical topic of language and meaning.
Provides a gamut of perspectives
The editors have included several articles that challenge crucial
elements of the familiar research program of cognitive science, as
well as important writings whose previous circulation has been
limited. Within each volume the papers are organized to reflect a
variety of research programs and issues. Thesubstantive
introductions that accompany each volume further organize the
material and provide readers with a working sense of the issues and
the connection between articles.
Exam Board: WJEC, Eduqas Level: A-level Subject: Biology First
Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: Summer 2017 Reinforce
students' understanding throughout their course with clear topic
summaries and sample questions and answers to help your students
target higher grades. Written by experienced teacher Andy Clarke,
our Student Guides are divided into two key sections, content
guidance and sample questions and answers. Content guidance will: -
Develop students' understanding of key concepts and terminology;
this guide covers WJEC A-level Unit 3; Eduqas A-level Component 1
and Component 3. - Consolidate students' knowledge with 'knowledge
check questions' at the end of each topic and answers in the back
of the book. Sample questions and answers will: - Build students'
understanding of the different question types, so they can approach
each question with confidence. - Enable students to target top
grades with sample answers and commentary explaining exactly why
marks have been awarded.
Connectionism in Context aims to broaden and extend the debate
concerning the significance of connectionist models. The volume
collects together a variety of perspectives by experimental and
developmental psychologists, philosophers and active AI
researchers. These contributions relate con- nectionist ideas to
historical psychlogical debates, e.g., over behaviourism and
associationism, to develop- mental and philosophical issues. The
result is a volume which addresses both familiar, but central,
topics such as the relation between connectionism and classical AI,
and less familiar, but highly challenging topics, such as
connectionism, associationism and behaviourism, the dis- tinction
between perception and cognition, the role of en- vironmental
structure, and the potential value ofconnec- tionism as a means of
"symbol grounding." The nine essays have been written with an
interdisciplinary audience in mind and avoid both technical jargon
and heavy mathematics.
How is it that thoroughly physical material beings such as
ourselves can think, dream, feel, create and understand ideas,
theories and concepts? How does mere matter give rise to all these
non-material mental states, including consciousness itself? An
answer to this central question of our existence is emerging at the
busy intersection of neuroscience, psychology, artificial
intelligence, and robotics. In this groundbreaking work,
philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark explores exciting
new theories from these fields that reveal minds like ours to be
prediction machines - devices that have evolved to anticipate the
incoming streams of sensory stimulation before they arrive. These
predictions then initiate actions that structure our worlds and
alter the very things we need to engage and predict. Clark takes us
on a journey in discovering the circular causal flows and the
self-structuring of the environment that define "the predictive
brain." What emerges is a bold, new, cutting-edge vision that
reveals the brain as our driving force in the daily surf through
the waves of sensory stimulation.
Exam Board: WJEC, Eduqas Level: AS/A-level Subject: Biology First
Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: Summer 2016 Reinforce
students' understanding throughout their course with clear topic
summaries and sample questions and answers to help your students
target higher grades. Written by experienced teacher Andy Clarke,
our Student Guides are divided into two key sections, content
guidance and sample questions and answers. Content guidance will: -
Develop students' understanding of key concepts and terminology;
this guide covers biodiversity and physiology of body systems. -
Consolidate students' knowledge with 'knowledge check questions' at
the end of each topic and answers in the back of the book. Sample
questions and answers will: - Build students' understanding of the
different question types, so they can approach each question with
confidence. - Enable students to target top grades with sample
answers and commentary explaining exactly why marks have been
awarded.
In Fighting Deindustrialisation, Andy Clark outlines and examines
one of the most significant and under-researched periods in modern
Scottish labour history. Over a fourteen month period in 1981 and
1982, as Scotland suffered the effects of the accelerated
deindustrialisation of its economy, three workforces refused to
accept the loss of their jobs. The predominantly women assembly
workers at Lee Jeans (Greenock), Lovable Bra (Cumbernauld), and
Plessey Capacitors (Bathgate) were informed that their
multinational employers had taken the decisions to close their
plants. At each site, a battle was fought against capital movement,
corporate greed, and unfair jobloss. The workers occupied their
factories and refused to vacate until their demands were met and
closure avoided. At all sites this objective was achieved; none of
the factories completely closed following the women's occupations.
In this book, these occupations are analysed together for the first
time, through a range of analytical frameworks from oral history,
memory studies, industrial relations scholarship, and
deindustrialisation studies. In his extensive examination, Clark
argues that the actions of 1981-82 should be considered as one of
the most significant periods in Scotland's history of
deindustrialisation. However, the public memory of 1981-82 is
precarious; Fighting Deindustrialisation begins the process of
incorporating women's militant resistance within academic and
popular understandings of working-class activism in later 20th
century-Scotland.
From the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, 2000 AD, comes the most gripping
colouring book of the year: the toughest, strongest, most defiant
and sometimes meanest action heroines in comics. Intricate and
bold, be mindful that these are the most determined characters you
will get to colour this year!
Tomorrow's top lawyers know that lawyer wellness is NOT an
oxymoron. Now more than ever, lawyers who fail to invest
consistently in their personal wellness are at a competitive
disadvantage in their legal career - and in their lives as a whole.
Lawyers who do not adopt a wellness lifestyle today will fall
further behind in the coming years as the legal services business
rapidly evolves. This book shows you why this is so - and gives you
the essential wellness information and resources you need to thrive
in tomorrow's legal services landscape. In this book you will
discover: *why so many lawyers are unhealthy, unhappy, and
unfulfilled *how a wellness lifestyle creates sustained health,
happiness, and fulfillment - and makes you a more effective lawyer
*what wellness really is, what a wellness lifestyle consists of,
and what you need to do to create one *why lawyers are perfectly
positioned to adopt a wellness lifestyle, to change the legal
profession for the better, and to be wellness leaders for the world
Clark charts a fundamental shift from a static, inner-code-oriented
conception of the subject matter of cognitive science to a more
dynamic, developmentally rich, process-oriented view. Connectionist
approaches, Andy Clark argues, are driving cognitive science toward
a radical reconception of its explanatory endeavor. At the heart of
this reconception lies a shift toward a new and more deeply
developmental vision of the mind-a vision that has important
implications for the philosophical and psychological understanding
of the nature of concepts, of mental causation, and of
representational change. Combining philosophical argument,
empirical results, and interdisciplinary speculations, Clark charts
a fundamental shift from a static, inner-code-oriented conception
of the subject matter of cognitive science to a more dynamic,
developmentally rich, process-oriented view. Clark argues that this
shift makes itself felt in two main ways. First, structured
representations are seen as the products of temporally extended
cognitive activity and not as the representational bedrock (an
innate symbol system or language of thought) upon which all
learning is based. Second, the relation between thoughts (as
described by folk psychology) and inner computational states is
loosened as a result of the fragmented and distributed nature of
the connectionist representation of concepts. Other issues Clark
raises include the nature of innate knowledge, the conceptual
commitments of folk psychology, and the use and abuse of
higher-level analyses of connectionist networks.
Parallel distributed processing is transforming the field of
cognitive science. Microcognition provides a clear, readable guide
to this emerging paradigm from a cognitive philosopher's point of
view. It explains and explores the biological basis of PDP, its
psychological importance, and its philosophical relevance.
Socially Extended Epistemology explores the epistemological
ramifications of one of the most important research programmes in
contemporary cognitive science: distributed cognition. In certain
conditions, according to this programme, groups of people can
generate distributed cognitive systems that consist of all
participating members. This volume brings together a range of
distinguished and early career academics, from a variety of
different perspectives, to investigate the very idea of socially
extended epistemology. They ask, for example: can distributed
cognitive systems generate knowledge in a similar way to
individuals? And if so, how, if at all, does this kind of knowledge
differ from normal, individual knowledge? The first part of the
volume examines foundational issues, including from a critical
perspective. The second part of the volume turns to applications of
this idea, and the new theoretical directions that it might take
us. These include the ethical ramifications of socially extended
epistemology, its societal impact, and its import for emerging
digital technologies.
In this ground-breaking work, philosopher and cognitive scientist
Andy Clark turns a common view of the human mind upside down. In
stark opposition to familiar models of human cognition, Surfing
Uncertainty explores exciting new theories in neuroscience,
psychology, and artificial intelligence that reveal minds like ours
to be prediction machines-devices that have evolved to anticipate
the incoming streams of sensory stimulation before they arrive.
This keeps minds like ours a few steps ahead of the game, poised to
respond rapidly and apparently effortlessly to threats and
opportunities as (and sometimes even before) they arise. Creatures
thus equipped are more than simple response machines. They are
knowing agents deep in the business of understanding their worlds.
Such agents cope with changing and uncertain worlds by combining
sensory evidence with informed prediction. Remarkably, the learning
that makes neural prediction possible can itself be accomplished by
the ceaseless effort to make better and better predictions. A
single fundamental trick (the trick of trying to predict your own
sensory inputs) thus enables learning, empowers moment-by-moment
perception, and installs a rich understanding of the surrounding
world. Action itself now appears in a new and revealing light. For
action is not so much a 'response to an input' as a neat and
efficient way of selecting the next 'input'. As mobile embodied
agents we are forever intervening, actively bringing about the very
streams of sensory information that our brains are simultaneously
trying to predict. This binds perception and action in a delicate
dance, a virtuous circle in which neural circuits animate, and are
animated by, the movements of our own bodies. Some of our actions,
in turn, structure the physical, social, and technological worlds
around us. This moves the goalposts by altering the very things we
need to engage and predict. Surfing Uncertainty brings work on the
predictive brain into full and satisfying contact with work on the
embodied and culturally situated mind. What emerges is a bold new
vision of what brains do that places circular causal flows and the
active structuring of the environment, center-stage. In place of
cognitive couch potatoes idly awaiting the next sensory inputs,
Clark's journey reveals us as proactive predictavores, skilfully
surfing the waves of sensory stimulation.
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