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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course provides an introduction to important philosophical questions about the mind, specifically those that are intimately connected with contemporary psychology and neuroscience. Are our concepts innate, or are they acquired by experience? (And what does it even mean to call a concept 'innate'?) Are 'mental images' pictures in the he
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- brain and cognitive sciences
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- occlusion
- matching
- recognition
- smell
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- hearing
- perspective
- sight
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- ground
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- modal
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- color
- form
- depth.
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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course begins with an introduction to the theory of computability, then proceeds to a detailed study of its most illustrious result: Kurt Gödel's theorem that, for any system of true arithmetical statements we might propose as an axiomatic basis for proving truths of arithmetic, there will be some arithmetical statements that we can re
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- linguistics and philosophy
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- theory of computability
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- system
- true
- arithmetical
- statements
- axiomatic basis
- proving
- truths of arithmetic
- history applications
- technique
- church?s theorem
- algorithm
- formula
- valid
- predicate calculus
- tarski?s theorem
- g?del?s second incompleteness theorem.
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Published by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Language: English
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This course analyzes the development of the United States Congress by focusing on the competing theoretical lenses through which legislatures have been studied. In particular, it compares sociological and economic models of legislative behavior, applying those models to floor decision-making, committee behavior, political parties, relations
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- political science
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- sociological models
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- committee behavior
- political parties
- relations
- federal government
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This course continues from the fall semester. The course introduces students to the fundamental theories and methods of modern political science through the study of a small number of major books and articles that have been influential in the field. This semester, the course focuses on American and comparative politics.
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- social division
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Published by: The Open University | Language: English
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Revenue, profit and loss, balance sheets – are these accounting terms that intimidate you? This unit will help you to understand the very basics of accounting, from its historical beginnings to the objectives of modern day accountants. You will learn how an accountant in business balances conflicting demands to maximise market share and profit.
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- business and management
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- accounting
- balance_sheets
- data_processing
- information
- loss
- objectives
- profit
- revenue
- summarisation
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Published by: The Open University | Language: English
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There is increasing recognition that the reductionist mindset that is currently dominating society, rooted in unlimited economic growth unperceptive to its social and environmental impact, cannot resolve the converging environmental, social and economic crises we now face. The primary aim of this unit is to encourage the shift away from reductionist and human centred thinking towards a holistic and ecological worldview.
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- engineering and technology
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- analysis
- capability
- communication structure
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- control
- cybernetics
- environment
- environmental footprint
- geesoer
- homeostasis
- interdependence
- management feedback loop
- purpose
- regulation
- role
- sensor
- shared model
- subsystem
- input–process–output
- synthesis
- system
- ukoer
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- recognition
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- taste
- hearing
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File: 24-242-spring-2004.zip
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- arithmetical
- statements
- axiomatic basis
- proving
- truths of arithmetic
- history applications
- technique
- church?s theorem
- algorithm
- formula
- valid
- predicate calculus
- tarski?s theorem
- g?del?s second incompleteness theorem.
File: 17-261-fall-2005.zip
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File: 17-960-spring-2005.zip
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- true
- arithmetical
- statements
- axiomatic basis
- proving
- truths of arithmetic
- history applications
- technique
- church?s theorem
- algorithm
- formula
- valid
- predicate calculus
- tarski?s theorem
- g?del?s second incompleteness theorem.
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- theory of computability
- kurt g?del
- theorem
- system
- true
- arithmetical
- statements
- axiomatic basis
- proving
- truths of arithmetic
- history applications
- technique
- church?s theorem
- algorithm
- formula
- valid
- predicate calculus
- tarski?s theorem
- g?del?s second incompleteness theorem.
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- linguistics and philosophy
- logic
- theory of computability
- kurt g?del
- theorem
- system
- true
- arithmetical
- statements
- axiomatic basis
- proving
- truths of arithmetic
- history applications
- technique
- church?s theorem
- algorithm
- formula
- valid
- predicate calculus
- tarski?s theorem
- g?del?s second incompleteness theorem.
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- linguistics and philosophy
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- theory of computability
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- theorem
- system
- true
- arithmetical
- statements
- axiomatic basis
- proving
- truths of arithmetic
- history applications
- technique
- church?s theorem
- algorithm
- formula
- valid
- predicate calculus
- tarski?s theorem
- g?del?s second incompleteness theorem.
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- linguistics and philosophy
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- theorem
- system
- true
- arithmetical
- statements
- axiomatic basis
- proving
- truths of arithmetic
- history applications
- technique
- church?s theorem
- algorithm
- formula
- valid
- predicate calculus
- tarski?s theorem
- g?del?s second incompleteness theorem.
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- linguistics and philosophy
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- theory of computability
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- theorem
- system
- true
- arithmetical
- statements
- axiomatic basis
- proving
- truths of arithmetic
- history applications
- technique
- church?s theorem
- algorithm
- formula
- valid
- predicate calculus
- tarski?s theorem
- g?del?s second incompleteness theorem.
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