William I McLaughlin

Biographic Data

ID5890141
NAMEWilliam I McLaughlin
GIVEN NAMESWilliam I
FAMILY NAMEMcLaughlin
SIGNATUREMCLAUGHLIN W I
AFFILIATIONSJet Propulsion Laboratory
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS7
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1983
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
H-INDEX2

  • Thomson's Lamp is Dysfunctional

    Open AccessWilliam I McLaughlinARTICLESynthese1998Cited by: 1References: 14

  • Resolving Zeno's Paradoxes

    William I McLaughlinARTICLEScientific American1994

  • An epistemological use of nonstandard analysis to answer Zeno's objections against motion

    Open AccessWilliam I McLaughlin, Sylvia L MillerARTICLESynthese1992Cited by: 3References: 8

  • The Infinite Organism

    William I McLaughlinARTICLEInterdisciplinary Science Reviews1987References: 1

    Existing biological systems are finitely based, in the sense that no appeal to infinite sets is required for their description. The subject of actual infinity has been a persistent topic in philosophy since the time of the Greeks, but little attention has been paid to the possibility of infinite organisms outside a theological context. The present paper seeks the terms of description of an infinite organism in the generalization of a model for hu…

  • Human Evolution in the Age of the Intelligent Machine

    William I McLaughlinARTICLELeonardo1984

    A systems analysis of the future evolution of man can be conducted by analyzing the biological material of the galaxy into three subsystems: man, intelligent machines, and intelligent extraterrestrial organisms. A binomial interpretation is applied to this system wherein each of the subsystems is assigned a designation of success or failure. For man the two alternatives are, respectively, 'decline' or 'flourish', for machine they are 'become inte…

  • Human Evolution in the Age of the Intelligent Machine

    William I McLaughlinARTICLEInterdisciplinary Science Reviews1983

    A systems analysis of tbe future evolution of man can be conducted by analyzing tbe biological material of the galaxy into three subsystems: man, intelligent machines, and intelligent extraterrestrial organism. A binomial interpretation is applied to this system wherein each of the subsystems is assigned a designation of success or failure. For man the two alternatives are, respectively, ‘decline’ or ‘flourish', for machine they are ‘become intel…

  • Human Evolution in the Age of the Intelligent Machine

    William I McLaughlinARTICLEInterdisciplinary Science Reviews1983Cited by: 3

    A systems analysis of the future evolution of man can be conducted by analyzing the biological material of the galaxy into three subsystems: man, intelligent machines and intelligent extraterrestrial organisms. A binomial interpretation is applied to this system wherein each of the subsystems is assigned a designation of success or failure. For man the two alternatives are, respectively, ‘decline’ or ‘flourish’, for machine they are ‘become intel…