Putnam’s Diagonal Argument and the Impossibility of a Universal Learning Machine
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DOI: 10.1007/s10670-018-9975-x
Abstract: AbstractPutnam construed the aim of Carnap’s program of inductive logic as the specification of a “universal learning machine,” and presented a diagonal proof against the very possibility of such a thing. Yet the ideas of… read more here.
Keywords: impossibility; learning machine; argument; universal learning ... See more keywords
The Political Impossibility of Modern Counterinsurgency: Strategic Problems, Puzzles, and Paradoxes & The Routledge Handbook of European Security
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DOI: 10.1080/09546553.2019.1693781
Abstract: The Political Impossibility is quite unique in that their authors' critique of contemporary military strategy not only draws on the work of Carl von Clausewitz but does so with facility and lucidit... read more here.
Keywords: modern counterinsurgency; impossibility; counterinsurgency strategic; impossibility modern ... See more keywords
Introduction: global un-governance
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DOI: 10.1080/20414005.2020.1824515
Abstract: ABSTRACT We sketch a novel mode of governance—‘global ungovernance’ (GU)—which draws on and informs the articles in this special issue. GU operates in the context of transnational institution-building projects which at once pursue big visions… read more here.
Keywords: impossibility; governance; introduction global; global governance ... See more keywords