Essays about: "Naturalism"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 26 essays containing the word Naturalism.
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11. Real-time 3D cloud animations using DCGAN
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för datavetenskapAbstract : Background. Previous studies in the area of video generation using generative adversarial networks have shown limitations in perceived naturalism of the generated images. A previously proposed method of rendering and simulating clouds serves as the base for this thesis. Objectives. READ MORE
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12. Is Searle a Property Dualist?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionenAbstract : It has often been argued that John Searle’s theory of mind, biological naturalism, due to its commitment to mental irreducibility amounts to no more than disguised property dualism. I suggest that a thorough analysis of Searle’s somewhat unusual views on the nature of reduction reveals this irreducibility to be not a metaphysical relation between mental properties and physical but one concerned only with the semantics of the respective terms used to refer to these. READ MORE
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13. Making Carolean Theatre Real : Johan Sylvius’s painted performances and their surroundings in the Drottningholm Palace
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetikAbstract : The thesis concerns the artworks by Johan Sylvius in the staircase, upper vestibule, upper north guard room and upper gallery of the Drottningholm Palace, as painted performances. They are studied as performative cultural encounters with a historically situated beholder but will also be regarded in relation to their spatial and artistic surrounding. READ MORE
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14. The Panpsychist Worldview : Challenging the Naturalism-Theism Dichotomy
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : The discussion of worldviews is today dominated by two worldviews, Theism and Naturalism, each with its own advantages and problems. Theism has the advantage of accommodating the individual with existential answers whilst having problems with integrating more recent scientific understandings of the universe. READ MORE
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15. Artificial Intelligence: The implications of current technological developments for Harry Collins epistemological theory and his critique of the possibilities of a general AI.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteoriAbstract : Social constructivism and Harry Collins epistemological theory put focus on the sociology of scientific knowledge, scientific practice and the nature of expertise. From his theory, inspired by Ludwig Wittgenstein’s ‘forms of life’ and David Bloor’s strong programme, Collins has from the nineties until today argued against the possibilities of creating a general artificial intelligence, which can be compared with any cognitive functions that a human accommodates. READ MORE