Forward Annual Report 2013

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Artificial Intelligence and Thomistic Angelology: a Rejoinder

My paper analyses the analogy between Computers and the Thomistic separate substances, and argues that Aquinas' account of angels as cognitively intuitive and non-discursive makes the analogical gap between these impossible to bridge. From there, I point the direction away from computers as the way for us to move up the order of cognitive excellence. Instead, the gifts of the Holy Spirit are the way to go, since by them we participate in this intuitivity. I then lay out the ascetical presuppositions for the successful participation of this gifts, in particular the necessity for the passive purgations, according to the division of the ascetical life into three stages by Garrigou-Lagrange O

Tacit Representations and Artificial Intelligence: Hidden Lessons from an Embodied Perspective on Cognition

In this paper, I explore how an embodied perspective on cognition might inform research on artificial intelligence. Many embodied cognition theorists object to the central role that representations play on the traditional view of cognition. Based on these objections, it may seem that the lesson from embodied cognition is that AI should abandon representation as a central component of intelligence. However, I argue that the lesson from embodied cognition is actually that AI research should shift its focus from how to utilize explicit representations to how to create and use tacit representations. To develop this suggestion, I provide an overview of the commitments of the classical view and distinguish three critiques of the role that representations play in that view. I provide further exploration and defense of Daniel Dennett’s distinction between explicit and tacit representations. I argue that we should understand the embodied cognition approach using a framework that includes tacit representations. Given this perspective, I will explore some AI research areas that may be recommended by an embodied perspective on cognition

Tablet and E-Book Reader Ownership Nearly Double Over the Holiday Gift-Giving Period

Based on survey findings, compares trends in ownership of tablet computers and of e-book readers between mid-December 2011 and early January 2012 by gender, race/ethnicity, age, education, and income. Considers contributing factors

Archway Commencement Issue, May 16, 1992.

1992 Archway Commencement Issu

Barnes Hospital Bulletin

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Campus Hub Reawakens

The newly renovated T.J. Day Hall opened this fall, a bright, modern airy building that retains the spirit of the former Northup Library