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Monthly Archives August 2012

Affirmation and negation

Some thoughts about the possible ways of affirming or negating something in the world led to the following formal structure. Affirmation 1. Affirmation as associating yourself, taking the path, making the choice 2. Affirmation by copying what you affirm, assuming its form 3. Affirmation by appropriating something in a sophisticated way, making it your own […]

Posted 24 August 2012 † johan § Philosophy ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

How one might develop a Heideggerian AI that uses software equipment

This year I’ve spent a fair amount of time trying to read Martin Heidegger‘s great work Being and Time, using Hubert Dreyfus’ Berkeley lectures on the book as supporting material. By now I’ve almost finished division 1. I’m learning a lot, but it’s fair to say that this is one of the most difficult books […]

Posted 05 August 2012 † johan § Computer science § Philosophy § Software development ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , , ,