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Game theory
Game theory is a study of strategic decision making . More formally, it is "the study of mathematical models of conflict and cooperation between intelligent rational decision-makers." [ 1 ] An alternative term suggested "as a more descriptive name for the discipline" is interactive decision theory . [ 2 ] Game theory is mainly used in economics, political science, and psychology, as well as logic and biology. The subject first addressed zero-sum games , such that one person's gains exactly equal net losses of the other participant(s).
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY: THE STORY OF MY EXPERIMENTS WITH TRUTH by Mohandas K. Gandhi * Editor's note by Mahadev Desai, 1940 * * Editor's note by FWP, 2006 * {This e-text is dedicated to my mother and to my dear friend Pratt Remmel} ~~~~~~~~~~~ * Gandhi's introduction (1925) * ~~~~~~~~~~~ * PART ONE * * PART TWO * * PART THREE * * PART FOUR * * PART FIVE * ~~~~~~~~~~~ PART ONE * 1.
An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth, by Mohandas K. Gandhi, 1925; ed. by Mahadev Desai, 1940 - StumbleUpon
by Eliezer Yudkowsky The first virtue is curiosity. A burning itch to know is higher than a solemn vow to pursue truth. To feel the burning itch of curiosity requires both that you be ignorant, and that you desire to relinquish your ignorance.
Twelve Virtues of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Quantum Consciousness — our evolution, our salvation
In the first post of this series I promised to explore the wider implications of our having a quantum computer in our head. What does this revolutionary understanding of the capacities of the human brain mean for our life and our future? Here I call “quantum consciousness” the consciousness we access when we use the potentials of our quantum-computer brain. Our brain is a macroscopic quantum system, yet we use it as if it were exclusively a classical biochemical system.
Edit Edited by Psam520, Teresa, Maluniu, Flickety and 13 others Socrates is considered the first major western philosopher along with his pupil Plato. [1] Socrates lived a simple life in Athens, and after being both a stonemason and soldier, he became a philosopher. [2] Socrates invented the Socratic method of inquiry which sought to highlight people's ignorance, through questioning which lead to contradictions in their beliefs; however, this didn't go down well and Socrates was executed in 399 B.C.E. at the age of 71. [3]
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The L-Space Web Copyright © Terry Pratchett 2002 When Death met the philosopher, the philosopher said, rather excitedly: "At this point, you realise, I'm both dead and not dead."
The L-Space Web: Death and What Comes Next
List of paradoxes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of paradoxes , grouped thematically. The grouping is approximate, as paradoxes may fit into more than one category.
Ayn Rand, was a Russian-born American novelist and philosopher. She is widely known for her best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism. She was an uncompromising advocate of rational individualism and laissez-faire capitalism, and vociferously opposed socialism, altruism, and other contemporary philosophical trends. She is generally either hated or loved. Her objectivist philosophy had a strong influence on the evolution of the Libertarian political philosophy movement (though she rejected the title). Here are 25 of her more profound quotes.
Top 25 Ayn Rand Quotes - Top 10 Lists | Listverse
Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ( / ˈ n iː tʃ ə / [ 42 ] or / ˈ n i tʃ i / ; [ 43 ] German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈniːt͡sʃə] ; October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900) was a German philosopher , poet , composer , cultural critic , and classical philologist . He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy, and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor , irony , and aphorism . Nietzsche's key ideas include the " death of God ," the Übermensch , the eternal recurrence , the Apollonian and Dionysian dichotomy, perspectivism , and the will to power . Central to his philosophy is the idea of "life-affirmation", which involves questioning of all doctrines that drain life's expansive energies, however socially prevalent those views might be. [ 44 ] His influence remains substantial within philosophy, notably in existentialism , post-modernism , and post-structuralism , as well as outside it.
Epistemology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
First published Wed Dec 14, 2005 Defined narrowly, epistemology is the study of knowledge and justified belief. As the study of knowledge, epistemology is concerned with the following questions: What are the necessary and sufficient conditions of knowledge? What are its sources? What is its structure, and what are its limits?
Plato realizes that the general run of humankind can think, and speak, etc., without (so far as they acknowledge) any awareness of his realm of Forms. The allegory of the cave is supposed to explain this. In the allegory, Plato likens people untutored in the Theory of Forms to prisoners chained in a cave, unable to turn their heads. All they can see is the wall of the cave. Behind them burns a fire. Between the fire and the prisoners there is a parapet, along which puppeteers can walk.
Allegory of the Cave
This list of eponymous laws provides links to articles on laws , adages , and other succinct observations or predictions named after a person. (It does not refer to eponymous statutes such as Laura's Law .) In some cases the person named has coined the law – such as Parkinson's law .
List of eponymous laws
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Zeno's "Paradox of the Arrow" passage from Biocentrism by Robert Lanza M.D. Related Posts: The Paradox Of The Infinite Circle The Liar Paradox The Barber Paradox Tags: paradoxesCritias , one of Plato 's late dialogues , contains the story of the mighty island kingdom Atlantis and its attempt to conquer Athens , which failed due to the ordered society of the Athenians. Critias is the second of a projected trilogy of dialogues, preceded by Timaeus and followed by Hermocrates . [ 1 ] The latter was possibly never written and Critias was left incomplete. Because of their resemblance (e.g. in terms of persons appearing), modern classicists occasionally combine both Timaeus and Critias as Timaeus-Critias . [ 2 ] [ edit ] Protagonists