The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Boswell, James

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“…To borrow Dr. Johnson's phrase, it “is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all” (Boswell, 1791 ). Why do these results, and DEP in general, matter?…”

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Reach Space Analysis of Baseline Differential Extrinsic Plasticity Control

2022

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The neuroplasticity rule Differential Extrinsic Plasticity (DEP) has been studied in the context of goal-free simulated agents, producing realistic-looking, environmentally-aware behaviors, but no successful control mechanism has yet been implemented for intentional behavior. The goal of this paper is to determine if “short-circuited DEP,” a simpler, open-loop variant can generate desired trajectories in a robot arm. DEP dynamics, both transient and limit cycles are poorly understood. Experiments were performed to elucidate these dynamics and test the ability of a robot to leverage these dynamics for target reaching and circular motions.

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Reach Space Analysis of Baseline Differential Extrinsic Plasticity Control

2022

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“…He thought there could be no further guarantor of truth. Berkeley's intellect allowed him to produce seemingly unimpeachable arguments in this matter (Boswell 1993, 557–72). But does this idealist acquiescence to the skeptic's argument smack of a loss of common sense?…”

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Compellingness and the search for truth in scientific practice: Einstein showing realities of light and vacuums

Wagner

2022

Metaphilosophy

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This paper warns against destructive effects of subjectivist thinking. Subjectivist accounts, as Alan Sokal exposed, promote a distorted view of scientific practice. For example, Einstein's 1905 special theory of relativity relied on data produced by Fizeau, a physicist trained in classical mechanics. Einstein's use of Fizeau's results shows that the ontological foundation of uncontroversial data transcends conventional speculations. Einstein's employment of Fizeau's results mitigates against ideas such as paradigm shifts and revolutionary science. Instead, the ontology of shared horizons of fact remains largely unadulterated. The descriptions scientists use accommodate received view shifts, but the horizon of fact remains unimpeachably the same. The apt performance of science shows what it means to move further away from error. The only direction away from error is toward truth. To deny the reality of this directionality flies in the face of common sense and prudent science.

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“…This direction breaks the rotational symmetry of space and is again chosen by random fluctuations during the formation of the ground state 4 .…”

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“…To refute Bishop Berkeley's idealism Samuel Johnson kicked a stone while exclaiming "I refute it thus" (for more details see[4]). …”

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Beyond information: A bit of meaning

Dreyer¹

2013

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Is our world just information? We argue that our current notion of information has one serious shortcoming: It is quite literally meaningless. We suggest a meaningful extension of the notion of information that is dynamic, internal, approximate, contains an element of randomness, and is layered. This new notion of information derives from the interactions of material objects. Our answer to the essay question then is Bit from It or, more appropriately, Bit ++ from It. We discuss how our new notion of information sheds light on the measurement problem in quantum mechanics and how it can be applied in philosophy and computer science. Contents

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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Abstract: To write the Life of him who excelled all mankind in writing the lives of others, and who, whether we consider his extraordinary endowments, or his various works, has been equalled by few in any age, is an arduous, and may be reckoned in me a presumptuous task.

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Reach Space Analysis of Baseline Differential Extrinsic Plasticity Control

Reach Space Analysis of Baseline Differential Extrinsic Plasticity Control

Compellingness and the search for truth in scientific practice: Einstein showing realities of light and vacuums

Beyond information: A bit of meaning

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