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  • An Epistemology of Noise

    by Ms Cecile Malaspina, Ray Brassier ...
    What do we understand 'noise' to be?The term 'noise' no longer suggests only aesthetic judgement, as in acoustic or visual noise, and is now relevant to domains as varied as communication theory, physics and biology. This trans-disciplinary usage leads to confusion and complication, and reveals that the question of noise is a properly philosophical problem.Presenting an analysis of the rising ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • From the Mental State of Noise to the New Frontiers of Techno-Human Cognition

    Creative Disruptions Across AI, Gaming, Modelling, French Theory, and Politics

    Edited by Cécile Malaspina ...
    Series series Angelaki: New Work in the Theoretical Humanities
    At the intersection of humanities and science, this book re-examines noise as a fundamental force in shaping contemporary thought and digital culture. Anchored by the republication of Steven Sands and John Ratey's influential 1986 article "The concept of noise", this volume explores how noise transcends its traditional definition as unwanted sound or mere signal interference to become a generative ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

  • More-Than-Human Aesthetics

    Venturing Beyond the Bifurcation of Nature

    by Mike Michael, Michael Halewood, Thomas P. Keating, Alexander Damianos, Michael L. Thomas, Martin Savransky, Cecile Malaspina, Maximilian Haas, Matthew Fuller, Andy Goffey, Didier Debaise, Nicholas Gaskill ...
    Series series Dis-positions: Troubling Methods and Theory in STS
    In a present marked by planetary crisis, a radical rethinking of aesthetics is necessary. This inspirational collection proposes a new way of thinking about aesthetics as fundamental to cultivating more liveable futures.Drawing on the philosophies of Alfred North Whitehead and Félix Guattari, the book develops aesthetics as central to all more-than-human forms of experience, including knowledge ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

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    Information, Technology and Media

    by Simon Mills ...
    Gilbert Simondon: Information, Technology and Media is a comprehensive introduction to the work of the French philosopher Gilbert Simondon. In particular it examines Simondon's original informational ontology, as developed from a synthesis of Cybernetics, thermodynamics and French epistemology,The book goes on to delineate the role this ontology plays in developing an original account of ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • Speculative Aesthetics

    Edited by Robin Mackay, James Trafford, Luke Pendrell ...
    Series Book 4 - Urbanomic / Redactions
    An examination of the new technological mediations between the human sensorium and the planetary media network and of the aesthetic as an enabler of new modes of knowledge.This series of interventions on the ramifications of Speculative Realism for aesthetics ranges from contemporary art's relation to the aesthetic, to accelerationism and abstraction, logic and design.From varied perspectives of ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

  • The Force of the Virtual

    Deleuze, Science, and Philosophy

    Edited by Peter Gaffney ...
    Gilles Deleuze once claimed that ‘modern science has not found its metaphysics, the metaphysics it needs.’ The Force of the Virtual responds to this need by investigating the consequences of the philosopher’s interest in (and appeal to) ‘the exact sciences.’ In exploring the problematic relationship between the philosophy of Deleuze and science, the original essays gathered here examine how ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Information

    Edited by Luciano Floridi ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy
    Information and communication technology occupies a central place in the modern world, with society becoming increasingly dependent on it every day. It is therefore unsurprising that it has become a growing subject area in contemporary philosophy, which relies heavily on informational concepts. The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Information is an outstanding reference source to the key topics ... Read more

    $102.99 CAD

  • Introduction to Systems Philosophy

    Toward a New Paradigm of Contemporary Thought

    by Ervin Laszlo ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First Published in 1972, Introduction to Systems Philosophy presents Ervin Laszlo’s first comprehensive volume on the subject. It argues for a systematic and constructive inquiry into natural phenomenon on the assumption of general order in nature. Laszlo says systems philosophy reintegrates the concept of enduring universals with transient processes within a non-bifurcated, hierarchically ... Read more

    $73.99 CAD

  • The Seven Pillars of Statistical Wisdom

    by Stephen M. Stigler ...
    What gives statistics its unity as a science? Stephen Stigler sets forth the seven foundational ideas of statistics—a scientific discipline related to but distinct from mathematics and computer science.Even the most basic idea—aggregation, exemplified by averaging—is counterintuitive. It allows one to gain information by discarding information, namely, the individuality of the observations. ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Language Machines

    Cultural AI and the End of Remainder Humanism

    by Leif Weatherby ...
    Series series Posthumanities
    How generative AI systems capture a core function of languageLooking at the emergence of generative AI, Language Machines presents a new theory of meaning in language and computation, arguing that humanistic scholarship misconstrues how large language models (LLMs) function. Seeing LLMs as a convergence of computation and language, Leif Weatherby contends that AI does not simulate cognition, as ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Philosophy of Pseudoscience

    Reconsidering the Demarcation Problem

    Edited by Massimo Pigliucci, Maarten Boudry ...
    "A remarkable contribution to one of the most vexing problems in science: the 'demarcation' problem, or how to distinguish science from nonscience." —Francisco J. Ayala, author of Darwin's Gift to Science and ReligionWhat sets the practice of rigorously tested, sound science apart from pseudoscience? In this volume, the contributors seek to answer this question, known to philosophers of science as ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The World Behind the World

    Consciousness, Free Will, and the Limits of Science

    by Erik Hoel ...
    From a Forbes 30 Under 30 scientist comes a fascinating exploration into how the brain creates our conscious experiences—potentially revolutionizing neuroscience and the future of technology—transforming the very fabric of our society.Throughout history, two perspectives on the world have dueled in our minds: the extrinsic—that of mechanism and physics—and the intrinsic—that of feelings, thoughts, ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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