Martin Schneider
Publisher
De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Where was the locus of parapsychology - the academic involvement with the occult - during the 20th century? In this first attempt at an international comparison, the authors examine various institutional venues, including private salons, academic societies, and universities, while also addressing prominent opponents. Essays on practical applications of parapsychology and cinematic presentations supplement their findings.
"Okkultismus im Gehäuse"...
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
The recent explosion in interest in both the democratization of data and artificial intelligence (AI) brings important questions to the fore: How democratic is AI? How to explore the political aspects of modern machine learning if many computer scientists consider AI technologies a black box fundamentally opaque to human understanding? And how does this affect questions of accountability and political agency?This timely collection discusses the complex...