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Child and family predictors of child-teacher relationship trajectories during the transition from preschool to school
No full textLauren R. Miller-Lewis, Alyssa C. P. Sawyer, Amelia K. Searle, and Michael G. Sawye
Reply to Discussion on 'Geological offsets and age constraints along the northern Dead Sea fault, Syria'Journal, 167, 1001–1008
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The Age of the Potassic Alkaline Igneous Rocks along the Ailao Shan–Red River Shear Zone: Implications for the Onset Age of Left-Lateral Shearing: A Discussion
No full textE-book : Industrial Transformation In The Developing World (author: Michael T. Rock & David P. Angel)
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E-book : "industrial Transformations In The Developing World (author: Michael T. Rock & David. P Angel)
Full text linkArsip Kuliah Online 2010: E-book : "industrial Transformations In The Developing World (author: Michael T. Rock & David. P Angel
Symbol grounding and its implications for artificial intelligence
No full textIn response to Searle's well-known Chinese room argument against Strong AI (and more generally, computationalism), Harnad proposed that if the symbols manipulated by a robot were sufficiently grounded in the real world, then the robot could be said to literally understand. In this article, I expand on the notion of symbol groundedness in three ways. Firstly, I show how a robot might select the best set of categories describing the world, given that fundamentally continuous sensory data can be categorised in an almost infinite number of ways. Secondly, I discuss the notion of grounded abstract (as opposed to concrete) concepts. Thirdly, I give an objective criterion for deciding when a robot's symbols become sufficiently grounded for "understanding" to be attributed to it. This deeper analysis of what symbol groundedness actually is weakens Searle's position in significant ways; in particular, whilst Searle may be able to refute Strong AI in the specific context of present-day digital computers, he cannot refute computationalism in general
Reply to Dewey and Ryan Comment on Searle, MP (2021) ‘Tectonic evolution of the Caledonian orogeny in Scotland: a review based on the timing of magmatism, metamorphism and deformation’
No full textI welcome the comment from Dewey and Ryan on my paper (Searle, 2021), and the chance to clarify some conflicting Caledonian tectonic models and new ideas. As outlined in the paper, my review was based on the geology of Scotland, not Ireland, Newfoundland or the rest of the Caledonian orogeny beyond, mainly because of length constraints, and the fact that my personal field experience lies mainly in Scotland. The Great Glen fault and the Moine Supergroup are not exposed at all in Ireland, so critical parts, and half of the Caledonian orogeny are missing in Ireland. I argue that the Caledonian geology of Scotland can be explained by a Laurentia – Midland valley arc-microcontinent collision, progressing from NW-directed ophiolite obduction in the Late Cambrian to crustal thickening and regional metamorphism during the Ordovician and Silurian, across the Dalradian and Moine metamorphic rocks. Caledonian structures do continue north into Greenland, as summarized by Leslie et al. (2008), but the geological evolution of the Scottish Caledonides does not require any collision with Baltica. The Dewey and Ryan comment raises major tectonic questions, which this reply addresses
Correspondence: George Kephart to Michael Frome
No full textThis 1960s correspondence, from George S. Kephart to Michael Frome, discusses what the author considers misinformation about his father, Horace Kephart. Horace Kephart (1862-1931) was a noted naturalist, woodsman, journalist, and author and promoter of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
P. Michael Politano
No full textP. Michael Politano, PhD, MPS, ABPP
Dr. P. Michael (Mike) Politano is a professor in the Department of Psychology at the Citadel (Charleston, South Carolina). He holds an undergraduate degree from Duke University, a master’s and PhD from Indiana University in school psychology, a postdoctorate from Indiana University and the Medical College of Virginia in clinical child psychology, and a master’s in religious studies from Loyola, New Orleans. Dr. Politano has taught both undergraduate and graduate research methodology and statistics at various universities for more than 40 years. He also has supervised numerous master’s theses and PhD dissertations.
Dr. Politano has published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and presented his work at multiple professional conferences worldwide. He is also the author and illustrator of the children’s book A Pig in a Tree and the novel Tag and Chubs.https://commons.erau.edu/ntas-bios/1017/thumbnail.jp
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