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On the Origin of Consciousness 论意识的起源

Communications of the Blyth Institute Pub Date : 2019-06-02 DOI: 10.33014/ISSN.2640-5652.1.2.REVIEW.1

Jonathan Bartlett

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The Consciousness Unit (CU) Model 意识单元(CU)模型

Communications of the Blyth Institute Pub Date : 2019-06-02 DOI: 10.33014/ISSN.2640-5652.1.2.RAKOVER.1

S. Rakover

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Generalized Information 广义的信息

Communications of the Blyth Institute Pub Date : 2019-06-02 DOI: 10.33014/issn.2640-5652.1.2.bartlett.1

Jonathan Bartlett

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The Unlearnable Checkerboard Pattern 不可学习的棋盘模式

Communications of the Blyth Institute Pub Date : 2019-06-02 DOI: 10.33014/ISSN.2640-5652.1.2.HOLLOWAY.1

Eric M. Holloway

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Damned if You Do and Damned if You Don't 做也该死，不做也该死

Communications of the Blyth Institute Pub Date : 2019-06-02 DOI: 10.33014/ISSN.2640-5652.1.2.DILLEY.1

S. Dilley, Nicholas Tafacory

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An Attributalistic Theory of Truth 真理的归因论

Communications of the Blyth Institute Pub Date : 2019-06-02 DOI: 10.33014/ISSN.2640-5652.1.2.KOCH.1

T. Koch

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The Possibility of Spontaneous Generation of Self-Replicating Systems 自我复制系统自发产生的可能性

Communications of the Blyth Institute Pub Date : 2019-06-02 DOI: 10.33014/ISSN.2640-5652.1.2.PROK.1

Gary R. Prok

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Recategorizing the Human Senses 重新分类人类的感官

Communications of the Blyth Institute Pub Date : 2018-12-13 DOI: 10.33014/issn.2640-5652.1.1.koch.1

T. Koch

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The Logical Possibility of Halting Oracles 停止神谕的逻辑可能性

Communications of the Blyth Institute Pub Date : 2018-12-13 DOI: 10.33014/ISSN.2640-5652.1.1.HOLLOWAY.3

Eric M. Holloway

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Numberphile’s Proof for the Sum 1+2+3+... 数字爱好者对1+2+3+…的证明

Communications of the Blyth Institute Pub Date : 2018-12-13 DOI: 10.33014/issn.2640-5652.1.1.bartlett.3

Jonathan Bartlett, A. Khurshudyan

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