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Who is Who?

The Philosophy of Doctor Who

By: Kevin S. Decker

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Who is Who?

The Philosophy of Doctor Who

By: Kevin S. Decker

When you have been wandering the cosmos from one end of eternity to another for nearly a thousand years, what's your philosophy of life, the universe, and everything? Doctor Who is 50 years' old in 2013. Through its long life on television and beyond it has inspired much debate due to the richness and complexity of the metaphysical and moral issues that it poses. This is the first in-depth philosophical investigation of Doctor Who in popular culture. From 1963's An Unearthly Child through the latest series, it considers continuity and change in the pictures that the programme paints of the nature of truth and knowledge, science and religion, space and time, good and evil, including the uncanny, the problem of evil, the Doctor's complex ethical motivations, questions of persisting personal identity in the Time Lord processes of regeneration, the nature of time travel through 'wibbley-wobbley, timey-wimey stuff, how quantum theory affects our understanding of time; and the nature of the mysterious and irrational in the Doctor's universe.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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0857734393

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Terminator and Philosophy

I'll Be Back, Therefore I Am

By: William Irwin,Richard Brown,Kevin S. Decker

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Terminator and Philosophy

I'll Be Back, Therefore I Am

By: William Irwin,Richard Brown,Kevin S. Decker

Are cyborgs our friends or our enemies? Was it morally right for Skynet to nuke us? Is John Connor free to choose to defend humanity, or not? Is Judgment Day inevitable? The Terminator series is one of the most popular sci-fi franchises ever created, captivating millions with its edgy depiction of the struggle of humankind for survival against its own creations. This book draws on some of history’s philosophical heavy hitters: Descartes, Kant, Karl Marx, and many more. Nineteen leather-clad chapters target with extreme prejudice the mysteries surrounding intriguing philosophical issues raised by the series, including the morality of terminating other people for the sake of peace, whether we can really use time travel to protect our future resistance leaders in the past, and if Arnold’s famous T-101 is a real person or not. You’ll say “Hasta la vista, baby” to philosophical confusion as you develop a new appreciation for the complexities of John and Sarah Connor and the battles between Skynet and the human race.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470730102

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9780470730102

Star Trek and Philosophy

The Wrath of Kant

By: Kevin Decker,Jason Eberl

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Star Trek and Philosophy

The Wrath of Kant

By: Kevin Decker,Jason Eberl

Philosophy and space travel are characterized by the same fundamental purpose: exploration. An essential guide for both philosophers and Trekkers, Star Trek and Philosophy combines a philosophical spirit of inquiry with the beloved television and film series to consider questions not only about the scientific prospects of interstellar travel but also the inward journey to examine the human condition. The expansive topics range from the possibilities for communication among different cultural backgrounds to questions about the stoic temperament exhibited by Vulcans to Ferengi business practices. Specifically chosen to break new ground in exploring the philosophical dimensions of Star Trek, these articles boldly go where no philosopher has gone before.

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330

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Open Court

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0812697049

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9780812697049

Star Trek and Philosophy

By: Kevin Decker Jason Eberl

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Star Trek and Philosophy

By: Kevin Decker Jason Eberl

From cult to mainstream, the Star Trek epic has gone where no work of dramatic art has gone before, to become the most popular imaginary world yet conceived. The same restless and relentless spirit of exploration that propels the voyages of the starship Enterprise is also the driving force of philosophical wonder throughout human history. Star Trek and philosophy share the same prime directive: testing ideas from our past and present to progressively improve our future. In Star Trek and Philosophy, twenty-one professional philosophers put their brains into warp drive to probe the limits of the limitless, expanding our knowledge of the furthest reaches of thought while also delving deep into the human essence. A philosophical feast for Trekkies and other sci-fi fans. One of the things that makes Star Trek so exciting is the philosophical angle it has often presented. Reading this terrific book will prolong and deepen that excitement.

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1459601149

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9781459601147

Star Wars and Philosophy

More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine

By: Kevin S. Decker

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Star Wars and Philosophy

More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine

By: Kevin S. Decker

Sensed a disturbance in The Force lately? This is whats been setting your midi-chlorians tingling. Seventeen Jedi adepts got together to probe the deeper reaches of the Star Wars epic. A hazardous quest philosophy is more risky than not letting a ...

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ReadHowYouWant.com

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1459601017

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9781459601017

Engineering Agile Big-Data Systems

By: Kevin Feeney,Jim Davies,James Welch

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Engineering Agile Big-Data Systems

By: Kevin Feeney,Jim Davies,James Welch

To be effective, data-intensive systems require extensive ongoing customisation to reflect changing user requirements, organisational policies, and the structure and interpretation of the data they hold. Manual customisation is expensive, time-consuming, and error-prone. In large complex systems, the value of the data can be such that exhaustive testing is necessary before any new feature can be added to the existing design. In most cases, the precise details of requirements, policies and data will change during the lifetime of the system, forcing a choice between expensive modification and continued operation with an inefficient design.Engineering Agile Big-Data Systems outlines an approach to dealing with these problems in software and data engineering, describing a methodology for aligning these processes throughout product lifecycles. It discusses tools which can be used to achieve these goals, and, in a number of case studies, shows how the tools and methodology have been used to improve a variety of academic and business systems.

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CRC Press

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1000792544

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9781000792546

Knowledge Graphs

Methodology, Tools and Selected Use Cases

By: Dieter Fensel,Umutcan Şimşek,Kevin Angele,Elwin Huaman,Elias Kärle,Oleksandra Panasiuk,Ioan Toma,Jürgen Umbrich,Alexander Wahler

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Knowledge Graphs

Methodology, Tools and Selected Use Cases

By: Dieter Fensel,Umutcan Şimşek,Kevin Angele,Elwin Huaman,Elias Kärle,Oleksandra Panasiuk,Ioan Toma,Jürgen Umbrich,Alexander Wahler

This book describes methods and tools that empower information providers to build and maintain knowledge graphs, including those for manual, semi-automatic, and automatic construction; implementation; and validation and verification of semantic annotations and their integration into knowledge graphs. It also presents lifecycle-based approaches for semi-automatic and automatic curation of these graphs, such as approaches for assessment, error correction, and enrichment of knowledge graphs with other static and dynamic resources. Chapter 1 defines knowledge graphs, focusing on the impact of various approaches rather than mathematical precision. Chapter 2 details how knowledge graphs are built, implemented, maintained, and deployed. Chapter 3 then introduces relevant application layers that can be built on top of such knowledge graphs, and explains how inference can be used to define views on such graphs, making it a useful resource for open and service-oriented dialog systems. Chapter 4 discusses applications of knowledge graph technologies for e-tourism and use cases for other verticals. Lastly, Chapter 5 provides a summary and sketches directions for future work. The additional appendix introduces an abstract syntax and semantics for domain specifications that are used to adapt schema.org to specific domains and tasks. To illustrate the practical use of the approaches presented, the book discusses several pilots with a focus on conversational interfaces, describing how to exploit knowledge graphs for e-marketing and e-commerce. It is intended for advanced professionals and researchers requiring a brief introduction to knowledge graphs and their implementation.

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Springer Nature

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3030374394

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A Shouting of Orders

A History of the 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment

By: Kevin McCray

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A Shouting of Orders

A History of the 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment

By: Kevin McCray

A Shouting of Orders conveys the history of the 99th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, an American Civil War unit formed from the counties of northwest Ohio surrounding Lima. The regiment, one among nearly 200 formed in the Buckeye State, has a history rich in personalities and experiences. A Shouting of Orders is the culmination of nearly 10 years of research and features previously unpublished primary source documents from key members of the regiment, including the lieutenant colonel and a company captain. McCray also heavily relied on the regimental papers kept with the National Archives, as well as contemporary newspaper reports.

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Xlibris Corporation

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ISBN 13

9798369429587

The Semantic Web

A Guide to the Future of XML, Web Services, and Knowledge Management

By: Michael C. Daconta,Leo J. Obrst,Kevin T. Smith

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The Semantic Web

A Guide to the Future of XML, Web Services, and Knowledge Management

By: Michael C. Daconta,Leo J. Obrst,Kevin T. Smith

The Semantic Web is an extension of the current Web in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation." —Tim Berners-Lee, Scientific American, May 2001 This authoritative guide shows how the Semantic Web works technically and how businesses can utilize it to gain a competitive advantage Explains what taxonomies and ontologies are as well as their importance in constructing the Semantic Web Companion Web site includes further updates as the framework develops and links to related sites

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John Wiley & Sons

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0471481130

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9780471481133

Who is Who?

The Philosophy of Doctor Who

By: Kevin S. Decker

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The Philosophy of Doctor Who

By: Kevin S. Decker

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Who is Who?

Who is Who?

Terminator and Philosophy

Terminator and Philosophy

Star Trek and Philosophy

Star Trek and Philosophy

Star Trek and Philosophy

Star Trek and Philosophy

Star Wars and Philosophy

Star Wars and Philosophy

Engineering Agile Big-Data Systems

Engineering Agile Big-Data Systems

Knowledge Graphs

Knowledge Graphs

A Shouting of Orders

A Shouting of Orders

The Semantic Web

The Semantic Web

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