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Philosopher and historian of biology at Tel Aviv University. Before that: CS, SE, programming languages. I'm almost always half joking. @ehud@scholar.social

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Book Cover for: Burmese Days, George Orwell

Burmese Days

George Orwell
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“The best way to predict the future is to invent it” — George Orwell. (My source: a book by Foucault.)

Paperback, 1974

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Book Cover for: The Symposium, Benjamin Jowett

The Symposium

Benjamin Jowett
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People who think there was no progress in philosophy reveal their ignorance. They also often talk about game theory and bayesianism, two well known topics in Plato’s Symposium.

Paperback, 2013

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Book Cover for: The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness, Oren Harman

The Price of Altruism: George Price and the Search for the Origins of Kindness

Oren Harman
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Oren Harman’s The Price of Altruism is the place to go if you are interested in George Price. https://t.co/S5tmF1a2Pq

Hardcover, 2010

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Book Cover for: Microcognition: Philosophy, Cognitive Science, and Parallel Distributed Processing, Andy Clark

Microcognition: Philosophy, Cognitive Science, and Parallel Distributed Processing

Andy Clark
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@SuryaGanguli @WiringTheBrain Andy Clark (I recently read Microcognition and was impressed by how well it kept) Eva Jablonka Ian Hacking So many others…

Paperback, 1991

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Book Cover for: Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans, Melanie Mitchell

Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans

Melanie Mitchell
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Reminder: if you’re auditing or attending my philosophy of AI seminar #philAI in the coming semester, and don’t have background in the field, I highly recommend reading @MelMitchell1 ’s “Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans” before the semester begins.

Paperback, 2020

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