Mark Bedau
Biographic Data
| ID | 1123218 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Bedau |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Bedau |
| SIGNATURE | BEDAU M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Reed College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Emergence
A biologia de síntese e o problema da emergência da vida
The Scientific and Philosophical Scope of Artificial Life
The new interdisciplinary science of ALife has had a connection with the arts from its inception. This paper provides an overview of ALife, reviews its key scientific challenges and discusses its philosophical implications. It ends with a few words about the implications of ALife for the arts
Where's the Good in Teleology
Contemporary analyses of teleological explanation generally attempt to sanitize it, usually by trying to assimilate it to some uncontroversial descriptive form of explanation. This trend is misguided. Teleological explanations are controversial, especially when applied in biology, because value plays an essential role in them. If a reference to value is largely what makes teleological explanations problematic, then it seems only natural to try to…
Where's the Good in Teleology
Contemporary analyses of teleological explanation generally attempt to sanitize it, usually by trying to assimilate it to some uncontroversial descriptive form of explanation. This trend is misguided. Teleological explanations are controversial, especially when applied in biology, because value plays an essential role in them. If a reference to value is largely what makes teleological explanations problematic, then it seems only natural to try to…
The Scientific and Philosophical Scope of Artificial Life
The new interdisciplinary science of ALife has had a connection with the arts from its inception. This paper provides an overview of ALife, reviews its key scientific challenges and discusses its philosophical implications. It ends with a few words about the implications of ALife for the arts
Where's the Good in Teleology
Contemporary analyses of teleological explanation generally attempt to sanitize it, usually by trying to assimilate it to some uncontroversial descriptive form of explanation. This trend is misguided. Teleological explanations are controversial, especially when applied in biology, because value plays an essential role in them. If a reference to value is largely what makes teleological explanations problematic, then it seems only natural to try to…
The Scientific and Philosophical Scope of Artificial Life
The new interdisciplinary science of ALife has had a connection with the arts from its inception. This paper provides an overview of ALife, reviews its key scientific challenges and discusses its philosophical implications. It ends with a few words about the implications of ALife for the arts
A biologia de síntese e o problema da emergência da vida
Emergence
Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Art (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Artificial life (1 works) · Cognitive science (1 works) · Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works)