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 Artificial
Intelligence: Is It Possible? (1999) A brief history
of 'intelligent' machines and a detailed discussion of the possibility
of creating machines that can think similarly to humans. The COG project
at MIT is discussed in some detail.
Cyborgs:
Uploading and Immortality. Some Serious Concerns. (2002)
Published in Sophia International. A critical philosophical
investigation into the Extropian concepts of Uploading and Immortality.
Biobehavioural
Basis of Art. (1999) A detailed discussion and investigation
into the evolutionary nature of art making. Art is used in its broadest
sense. The paper argues art making is an evolved trait and perhaps
predates language acquisition.
Kant
& Aquinas: Regarding The Transcendence of Reason.
(1996) This paper is a detailed investigation into the role these great
thinkers gave Reason in the investigation of the possibility of proving
the existence of God.
Condemned
To Be Free. (1994) An ontological investigation into
Sartre's concept of radical freedom. Including a brief background on the
nature of Existentialism.
The
Myth of The Freudian Unconscious. (2000) Abstract:
This thesis investigates the nature of the Freudian Unconscious and its
relationship with Surrealist poetry.
The findings of recent neurophysiological research and
dream-sleep experiments suggest that such an Unconscious is a myth.
The concept of nonconscious mental states, which are controlled
by precise ratios of the brain's chemicals, as opposed to a dynamic,
autonomous Freudian Unconscious is explored.
Analysis of the surrealist project itself, and a comparison of
surrealist poetry with computer generated poetry, further supports the
scientific evidence. Whilst
this thesis is not specifically about Artificial Intelligence some of my
findings are directly relevant to this field of research.
It also shows that the surrealists' belief, that they could
circumvent the control of logical reasoning in their literary and
artistic creations, was misguided.
It was not the purpose of this thesis to provide irrefutable
evidence as to the non-existence of the Freudian Unconscious but to
establish sufficient doubt to justify further detailed research.
Superman,
Joan of Arc and Jesus: Transgressive or Conventional Heroes? [1998]
This paper looks at the nature of mythical heroes and their
relationship to the society in which they lived.
Was
Shakespeare An Existential Wimp? [1998] A discussion
on the nature of human benevolence from Shakespeare's Christian
ideological background. "Measure for Measure" and "The
Merchant of Venice" are the two plays analyzed.
Post-Reformation
Hermeneutics. [1996] This paper gives a general background to
exegesis and hermeneutics, then a critical analysis of the problems with
existing methods and suggests an holistic methodology for deconstructing
texts.
Christianity
and Evolution: Is The Conflict Resolvable? [1997]
This paper is an introductory and general discussion on this complex and
often, hotly debated topic.
Shelter
News: Ferro-cement [1977] This article discusses the concept
of ferro-cement used to
construct free-form organic dome shelters.
Thoughts
On Building [1982] This article discusses some of the
philosophy involved in the design of environmentally responsible
shelters.
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