Among the most promising modern approaches to creativity, a very important one makes use of non-standard problem solving techniques of artificial intelligence for addressing methodological descriptions of creativity. The purpose of this

The purpose of this paper is to present novel results in the development of a new scenario, called creative dynamic agency, which is devoted to propose a methodology for describing, although in a partial way, the creative activity of human intelligence.

Sensor science is a modern discipline which addresses issues, problems and solutions involving various facets of the phenomenon of perception of phenomena.

A framework for the mind-matter problem in a holistic universe which has no parts is outlined. The conceptual structure of modern quantum theory suggests to use complementary Boolean descriptions as elements for a more comprehensive non-Boolean description of a world without an apriorigiven mind-matter distinction. Such a description in terms of a locally Boolean but globally non-Boolean structure makes allowance for the fact that Boolean descriptions play a privileged role in science. If we accept the insight that there are no ultimate building blocks, the existence of holistic correlations between contextually chosen parts is a natural consequence. The main problem of a genuinely non-Boolean description is to find an appropriate partition of the universe of discourse. If we adopt the idea that all fundamental laws of physics are invariant under time translations, then we can consider a partition of the world into a tenseless and a tensed domain. In the sense of a regulative principle, the material domain is defined as the tenseless domain with its homogeneous time. The tensed domain contains the mental domain with a tensed time characterized by a privileged position, the Now. Since this partition refers to two complementary descriptions which are not given apriori,wehavetoexpectcorrelations between these two domains. In physics it corresponds to Newton’s separation of universal laws of nature and contingent initial conditions. Both descriptions have a non-Boolean structure and can be encompassed into a single non-Boolean description. Tensed and tenseless time can be synchronized by holistic correlations. 1.

www.csiic.ca Innovation is everywhere. In the world of goods (technology) certainly, but also in the realm of words. Innovation is discussed in scientific and technical literature, in social sciences such as sociology, management and economics, and in the humanities and arts. Innovation is also a central idea in the popular imaginary, in the media and in public policy. How has innovation acquired such a central place in our society? This paper looks at innovation as category, and suggests an outline for a genealogical history. It identifies the concepts that have defined innovation through history, from its very first meaning as novelty in the Middle Ages to the most recent interpretations in sociology and economics. The paper suggests a genealogical history of innovation through the following three concepts: Imitation → Invention → Innovation. 3 We have a “violent Fondness for change, and

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The central Bras d’Or Lakes watershed on the island of Cape Breton/Unama’kik, Canada is experiencing severe ecological degradation, including siltation, septic contamination, and declining biodiversity. These problems are the result of a number of things. At the most general level, Cape Breton/Unama’kik has historically been treated as a resource extraction zone for “Industria”, the global system of political and economic power, knowledge and technology which is feeding parasitically on “Gaia”, the wild, living Earth. In addition, hegemonic Industrian ontology and epistemology have ensured that managers have failed to recognise the Bras d’Or watershed as an ecological “whole” which is itself part of larger “wholes ” up to the planetary level. Government managers operate isolated from one another, attempting to deal separately with different aspects of human interactions with the rest of the natural community in the region. The result has been jurisdictional overlap, inefficiency, and continuing ecological decline. Local communities, including the Mi’kmaq nation and non-Mi’kmaq “Cape Bretoners ” have responded to these problems with a number of proposals and initiatives.

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Among the most promising modern approaches to creativity, a very important one makes use of non-standard problem solving techniques of artificial intelligence for addressing methodological descriptions of creativity.

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