Glossaries,
Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Caveat : The meaning of words (or any communications) are a central theme
here.
If
this glossary could be clear and unambiguous, it would not need to exist.
"It often does more harm than good to force definitions on things
we don't understand. Only in logic and mathematics do
definitions ever capture concepts perfectly. The things we deal with in
practical life are usually too complicated to be represented by neat,
compact expressions. Especially when it comes to understanding minds, we
still know so little that we can't be sure our ideas about psychology
are even aimed in the right directions. One must not
mistake defining things for knowing what they are."
Marvin
Minsky - The Society of Mind - 1985. Ref Alberta
Uni Cog-Sci Dictionary.
You have been warned.
General Dictionaries
WordNet / XRefer / OneLook
link to other on-line dictionaries inc Merriam-Webster.
Glossary
Ian's Glossary of Semantics related
terms.
Growing collection of definitions selected for the context of
this research exercise.
Cybernetics Dictionaries
The Web
Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems, from Principia Cybernetica.
Philosophy Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Chrucky's Meta-Encyclopedia
of Philosophy - crawler, looks up other dictionaries.
Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names
Part of Philosophy Pages by Garth Kemerling. (Includes many other links.)
Dictionary
of Philosophy of Mind, a Washington Uni. St Louis site by
Chris Eliasmith.
The Internet
Encyclopedia of Philosophy by James Fieser of Uni. of
Tennessee.
Krech's Bio-Bibliographical
Directory on culture of science and the
humanities.
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