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Category Archives: philosophy
Philosophical Problems of Elementary Particle Physics – Kuznetsov, Omel’Yanovskii (Eds.)
In this post, we will see a volume Philosophical problems of elementary particle physics – edited by I. V. Kuznetsov and M. E. Omel’Yanovskii. About the book The study of microprocesses has brought to light previously unknown features of physical … Continue reading
Faust versus Mephistopheles? – Smirnov
In this post, we will see the book Faust versus Mephistopheles? by Kim Smirnov. About the book Where does knowledge lead – does it benefit man or will it prove to be his undoing? This controversy between Faust and Mephistopheles … Continue reading
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Tagged faust, goethe, knowledge, mephistopheles, morals, philosophy, research, science, truth
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Cybernetics Today: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects – Makarov (Ed.)
In this post, we will see the book Cybernetics Today: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects edited by I. M. Makarov. About the book The book has been written by a team of leading Soviet authorities in the field of cybernetics, among … Continue reading
Posted in books, computers, mir books, mir publishers, philosophy, physiology, psychology, science
Tagged art, artificial, automata, cognition, computers, consciousness, control, culture, cybernectics, future, intelligence, learning machines, life, man-machine interaction, mind, mir books, mir publishers, polemics, psychology, science, soviet
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Ernesto Che Guevara – Lavretsky
In this post, we will see the biography of Ernesto “Che” Guevara by I. R. Lavretsky. Che perhaps is the most iconic face of a revolutionary, and indeed in deed he was a revolutionary at heart till his untimely and … Continue reading
The Principles of Philosophy – Rakitov
In this post, we will see the book The Principles of Philosophy by Anatoly Rakitov. About the book: The structure of this book permits the student to read and master its matter in varying order according to the aims and purposes he … Continue reading
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Tagged aesthetics, book, cognition, consciousness, development, dialectical-materialism, dialectics, empiricism, environment, epistemology, ethics, history, idealism, knowledge, leninst, marxism, materialism, matter, method, moscow, motion, nature, philosophy, progress publishers, social, socio-economic, soviet, space, time, world view
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Miracles on Wheels – Markusha
In this post, we will see the book Miracles on Wheels: A Book for Inquiring Minds by Anatoly Markusha. About the book: This book has been written not only for budding engineers and mechanics: it is addressed to anyone who is thinking … Continue reading
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Tagged design, education, engineering, hints, history, life pro tips, mathematics, philosophy, problem solving, raduga publishers, rules of thumb, technology, thinking
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Einstein – Kuznetsov
In last few posts, we have seen two books on Einstein and his work (Albert Einstein’s Philosophical Views and The Theory of Relativity and Einstein and the philosophical problems of 20th-century physics). In this post, we will see yet another book … Continue reading
