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1. Computational and Clinical Approaches to Pattern Recognition and Concept Formation

   Quantitative Analyses of Behavior, Volume IX

   Edited by Michael L. Commons, Richard J. Herrnstein, Stephen M. Kosslyn, David B. Mumford

   Series: Quantitative Analyses of Behavior Series

   The ninth volume in this highly acclaimed series discusses the computational and clinical approaches to pattern recognition and concept formation regarding: visual and spatial processing models; computational models, templates and hierarchical models. An ideal reference for students and...

   Published May 12th 2013 by Psychology Press
2. Watching Sport

   Aesthetics, Ethics and Emotion

   By Stephen Mumford

   Series: Ethics and Sport

   Do we watch sport for pure dumb entertainment? While some people might do so, Stephen Mumford argues that it can be watched in other ways. Sport can be both a subject of high aesthetic values and a valid source for our moral education. The philosophy of sport has tended to focus on participation,...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
3. Laws in Nature

   By Stephen Mumford

   Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

   Mumford outlines a major new theory of natural laws. His book begins with the question of whether there are any genuinely law-like phenomena in nature. The discussion addresses questions currently being debated by metaphysicians such as whether the laws of nature are necessary or contingent and...

   Published April 30th 2006 by Routledge
4. Russell on Metaphysics

   Selections from the Writings of Bertrand Russell

   By Bertrand Russell

   Edited by Stephen Mumford

   Series: Russell on...

   Is the world of appearances the real world?Are there facts that exist independently of our minds?Are there vague objects?Russell on Metaphysics brings together for the first time a comprehensive selection of Russell's writing on metaphysics in one volume. Russell's major and lasting contribution to...

   Published February 12th 2003 by Routledge