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Appendix A: References
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1.1 Introduction
The following are the primary and differentiating references I used in writing this book.
My work would not have been possible without the work of Aristotle and Ayn Rand. Nor could I have completed this book without the detailed, inductive elaborations and explanations of Ayn Rand's ideas, primarily by Dr. Leonard Peikoff and Dr. Harry Binswanger, in their own books and taped lecture courses.
Many other books and articles that I have read over the past 34 years have also provided me with invaluable background knowledge, but they are too numerous to recall.
I owe part of my early intellectual development to the many long hours of discussion covering a wide variety of subjects with my old friend William P. Doyle, III; we had discussions on the telephone nearly every Sunday morning for years during the 1970's and early 1980's.
I also gained background knowledge in computer science from my years of selling Apple® products in my computer store, The Binary Orchard, Inc., as well as from my eleven years supporting those products when I worked for Apple Computer, Inc. as a trainer and later as a training course developer.
Finally, this book would not have been as complete without the guidance, helpful suggestions, and broad knowledge of Dr. James Spohrer of the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, CA. Jim provided me with many ideas for improving the book and several of the differentiating references that made it possible for me to clearly distinguish my work from the current state of the art in the fields of AI and AL.
1.2 References Lists
The references for this book are listed by function: Those that support the book's main thesis and those that differentiate the thesis from the work of others. The titles of the primary references have also been abbreviated in the chapter citations.
1.2.1 Primary References
- Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand - Dr. Leonard Peikoff, Dutton, 1991, ISBN# 0-525-93380-8
- Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology - Ayn Rand, Meridian, Expanded Second Edition, 1990, ISBN# 0-453-00724-4
- The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts - Dr. Harry Binswanger, Ayn Rand Institute Press, 1990, ISBN# 0-9625336-0-2
- Volition as Cognitive Self-Regulation - Dr. Harry Binswanger, Second Renaissance Books, 1991, ISBN# 1-56114-108-9
- The Nature of life -John H. Postlewait & Janet L. Hopson, McGraw-Hill, 1989
- Psycho-Epistemology I & II - Dr. Harry Binswanger, Second Renaissance Books, 1996, 1997 (audio tapes)
- Animal Cognition - Dr. Edwin Locke, Second Renaissance Books, 1997, (audio tape)
- DLF Simulation Program - Gregory J. Czora, Copyright 1993-2001
- The Metaphysics of Consciousness - Dr. Harry Binswanger, Second Renaissance Books, 1998, (audio tape)
- Consciousness as Identification - Dr. Harry Binswanger, Second Renaissance Books, 1989, (audio tape)
- Abstractions from Abstractions - Dr. Harry Binswanger, Second Renaissance Books, 1996, (audio tape)
- The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z, Edited by Dr. Harry Binswanger, Signet Books, 1986, ISBN# 0-453-00528-4
- Objectivism: The State of the Art, Dr Leonard Peikoff, Second Renaissance Books, 1987, (audio tape)
1.2.2 Differentiating References
- Intelligence as Adaptive Behavior - Randall D. Beer, Academic Press, Inc., 1990
- Discover Magazine, October 1999 issue
- The Dimensions of Context-Space, Doug Lenat, CyCorp, 1998
- Artificial Life meets Entertainment: Lifelike Autonomous Agents, Pattie Maes, 1995, MIT Media Lab, Rm. E15-305, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, pattie@media.mit.edu
- Artificial Intelligence (Third Edition), Patrick Henry Winston, 1999, http://www.ascent.com/books
- Redefining Robots, Smithsonian Magazine, February 2000 issue
- Dymanic Memory, Roger Schank, 1982, Cambridge University Press, ISBN# 0-521-24858-2
1.3 Reference Citations from the Chapters
The following are the page references used for quotes or to paraphrase the references; they are numbered or lettered consecutively by chapter.
Note - The references are abbreviated as follows: 1=OPAR, 2=ITOE, 3=BBTC, 4=VCSR, 5=TNOL, 6=PE, 7=AC, 8=DLFSP, 9=TMC, 10=CI, and 11=AA, 12=ARL, OTSOTA. Differentiating references are used for general background only, and page numbers are not specified in all cases.
1.3.1 References for Chapter 1
- OPAR - Pages 30-36
- OTSOTA - (Audio tape), OPAR - Pages 142-151
- OPAR - Pages 4-17
- OPAR - Pages 48-52
- OPAR - Pages 73-74
- ITOE - Pages 58
- OPAR - Pages 189-193
- OPAR - Pages 14-16
Note - To gain a good understanding of the issues discussed in Chapters 1 & 2, a very careful reading of the first six chapters of OPAR and of all of BBTC & VCSR is strongly recommended; these will be new ideas to most readers.
Differentiating References for Chapter 1
1.3.2 References for Chapter 2
- OPAR - Pages 144-150
- OPAR - Pages 13-14
- BBTC - Pages 63-64
- BBTC - Page 63, OPAR - Page 191
- BBTC - Page 50
- BBTC - Page 22
- OPAR - Pages 207-220
- BBTC - Pages 64-66
- BBTC - Pages 89-118
- BBTC - Pages 119-120
- VCSR - Pages 3-4
- AC - (Audio tape)
- VCSR - Pages 5-8
- OPAR - Pages 58-59
- VCSR - Pages 22-23
- VCSR - Pages 8-9
- ITOE - Pages 110-111, 242-243, 299
1.3.3 References for Chapter 3
- BBTC - Pages 119-120
- BBTC - Page 11
- VCSR - Page 8, ITOE - Pages 17-18
- ITOE - Pages 55-61
- ITOE - Page 5
- TNOL - Pages 452-458
- BBTC - Page 66-67
- DLF Program
1.3.4 References for Chapter 4
- ITOE - Page 55
- PE - (Audio tape)
- VCSR - Page 6
- VCSR - Page 5
- VCSR - Page 3
- OPAR - Page 59
- ITOE - Pages 62-63
- OPAR - Pages 132-139
- ITOE - Pages 10-38
- ITOE - Pages 230-233
- PE - (Audio tape)
- ITOE - Page 6
- ITOE - Page 10
- AC - (Audio tape)
- VCSR - Page 8
- ITOE - Pages 15-17
- ITOE - Page 13
- ITOE - Pages 282-288
- VCSR - Pages 10-14
- ITOE - Pages 256-257
- ITOE - Page 10
- ITOE - Page 17
- OPAR - Page 16
- ITOE - Pages 5-39
- ITOE - Page 17
- OPAR - Pages 7-8
- ITOE - Page 159
- OPAR - Pages 4-12
- ITOE - Pages 58
- ITOE - Pages 59
- OPAR - Pages 12-13
- OPAR - Page 118
- ITOE - Page 261
- PE I - (Audio tape)
- PE I- (Audio tape)
- PE I - (Audio tape)
- Popular Science Magazine, March 2001 - Page 31
- Popular Science Magazine, March 2001 - Pages 54-55
1.3.5 References for Chapter 5
- PE II and TMC - (audio tapes)
- PE II - (audio tape)
- OPAR - Pages 12-17
- OPAR - Pages 4-12
- PE II - (audio tape)
- San Jose Mercury News (10/15/99, ID# 9910190294)
- OPAR - Pages 52-54
- OPAR - Pages 111-121
- PE II - (audio tape)
- OPAR - Pages 17-18
- CI - (audio tape)
- OPAR - Pages 39-40
- TMC - (audio tape)
- OPAR - Pages 142-151
- OPAR - Page 16
- OPAR - Pages 189-193
- BBTC - Page 63
- BBTC - Pages 46-52
- BBTC - Page 147
- PE I (audio tape)
- VCSR - Page 22
- International Standards Organization, http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/O/OSI.html
- BBTC - Page 63
- BBTC - Pages 115-120
- BBTC - Page 116
- BBTC - Page 147
- OPAR - Pages 28-30
- VCSR - Page 3
- VCSR - Pages 10-14
- DLFSP - (computer program)
- OPAR - Pages 39-48
- ARL - Page 92
- San Jose Mercury News (10/15/99, ID# 9910190294)
- TMC (audio tape)
- OPAR - Pages 12-17
- VCSR - Page 3
- VCSR - Page 2
- VCSR - Page 8
- VCSR - Page 2 (Footnote)
- AC - (audio tape)
- VCSR - Pages 8-10
- VCSR Pages 5-8
- ITOE - Page 13
- PE II (audio tape)
- CI (audio tape)
- CI (audio tape)
- DLFSP (computer program)
- CI - (audio tape)
- AA - (audio tape)
- ITOE - Page 19, AA - (audio tape)
- ITOE - Pages 256-258
- ITOE - Pages 88-121
- ARL - Pages 245-247, AA - (audio tape)
Differentiating References for Chapter 5
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