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Anthony Beavers
Anthony Beavers (born 8 May 1963) is an American philosopher. he holds the positions of professor of philosophy, director of cognitive science, and director of The Digital Humanities Laboratory at the University of Evansville. Beavers received his MA and BA from Trinity College, Hartford and his PhD from Marquette University Marquette University () is a Private university, private Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It was established as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, by John Henni, the first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Ar .... He was the fourth president of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP). Throughout his career, Beavers has been interested in search-engine design. In 1996, he and Hiten Sonpal built the first peer-reviewed search engine, called Argos. Beavers is the creator and editor of the online journal '' Noesis''. References External links *https://web.archive.org/web/20120402012528/ht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Antony Beevor
Sir Antony James Beevor, (born 14 December 1946) is a British military historian. He has published several popular historical works, mainly on the Second World War, the Spanish Civil War, and most recently the Russian Revolution and Civil War. Educated at Abberley Hall School, Winchester College, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Beevor commanded a troop of tanks in the 11th Hussars in Germany before deciding in 1970 to leave the army and become a writer. He was a visiting professor at Birkbeck, University of London, and the University of Kent. His best-selling books, '' Stalingrad'' (1998) and '' Berlin: The Downfall 1945'' (2002), have been acclaimed for their detailed coverage of the battles between the Soviet Union and Germany, and their focus on the experiences of ordinary people. ''Berlin'' proved very controversial in Russia because of the information it contained from former Soviet archives about the mass rapes carried out by the Red Army in 1945. Beevor's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marquette University
Marquette University () is a Private university, private Jesuit research university in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It was established as Marquette College on August 28, 1881, by John Henni, the first Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Initially an all-male institution, Marquette became the first coeducational Catholic university in the world in 1909. Marquette is part of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is Higher education accreditation in the United States, accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and had an enrollment of about 11,000 students in 2023. It is Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". Marquette is one of the largest Jesuit universities in the United States and the largest private university in Wisconsin. Marquette is organized into 11 schools and colleges at its main Milwauke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1963 Births
Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia. * January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory. * January 9 – A January 1963 lunar eclipse, total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963. * January 13 – 1963 Togolese coup d'état: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president. * January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the January 1963 lunar eclipse, penumbral lunar eclipse and the Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963, annular solar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Trinity College (Connecticut) Alumni
Trinity College may refer to: Australia * Trinity Anglican College, an Anglican coeducational primary and secondary school in , New South Wales * Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, a coeducational school in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales * Trinity Catholic College, Goulburn, a coeducational school in the Southern Tablelands, New South Wales * Trinity Catholic College, Lismore, a coeducational school in northeastern New South Wales * Trinity College Queensland, a theological college of the Uniting Church in Australia, in Auchenflower, Brisbane * Trinity College, Beenleigh, a Roman Catholic coeducational school in Queensland * Trinity College, Gawler, a coeducational multi-school college in South Australia * Trinity College, Melbourne, a residential college of the university of Melbourne * Trinity College, Perth, a Roman Catholic boys' school in Western Australia * Trinity Lutheran College (Queensland), a coeducational school in Ashmore, on the Gold Coast * Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Marquette University Alumni
Marquette may refer to: Locations France *Marquette-en-Ostrevant, Nord * Marquette-lez-Lille, Nord United States * Marquette, Illinois * Marquette, Iowa * Marquette, Kansas *Marquette, Nebraska * Marquette (town), Wisconsin ** Marquette, Wisconsin, village within the town *Marquette County, Michigan **Marquette, Michigan, a city within the county ***Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette **Marquette Township, Marquette County, Michigan, a township within the country * Marquette County, Wisconsin * Marquette Heights, Illinois * Marquette Interchange, in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Marquette Island, in Lake Huron * Marquette Mountain, a winter sports area in Marquette, Michigan *Marquette Park, Chicago, Illinois * Marquette Park (Gary), Indiana * Marquette Park (Mackinac Island), Michigan * Marquette Township, Mackinac County, Michigan * Lake Marquette, a lake in Minnesota Canada * Marquette, Manitoba * Marquette (provincial electoral district), a current provincial electoral distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
21st-century American Philosophers
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American Philosophers Of Technology
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label that was previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Noesis (online Journal)
''Noesis'' is a domain-specific search engine and open access journal for academic philosophy.Kooy, Brian K., "Noesis: Philosophical Research Online" in ''Reference Reviews'', Volume 22, Issue 6 (2008), pp. 18–19. The current online version is a prototype release. ''Noesis'' may be treated as a sort of clearinghouse for scholarly e-journals in philosophy.Persing, Bob, "Seeking Philosophy Journals on the Web: Scholarly, Full-Text, and Free" in ''Serials Review'', Volume 28, Issue 3 (Autumn 2002), pp. 225–231. ''Noesis'' is currently undergoing development at Indiana University, thanks to a Digital Humanities Initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The editor-in-chief is Anthony Beavers (University of Evansville). Further reading *Beavers, Anthony, "Noesis and the encyclopedic internet vision" in ''Synthese'', Volume 182, Issue 2 (September 2011), pp. 315–333. References {{Reflist Philosophy journals Open access journals Academic journals establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
International Association For Computing And Philosophy
The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) is a professional, philosophical association emerging from a history of conferences on computing and philosophy that began in 1986 (the CAP conferences). After the American A-CAP and the European E-CAP, the IACAP was founded in 2004. It adopts its mission from these conferences in order to promote scholarly dialogue on all aspects of the computational turn and the use of computers in the service of philosophy. The role of the IACAP is to help facilitate a global communications network for those interested in computing and philosophy as defined by these themes. To this end, it sponsors a series of international conferences and this developing website. The founding members of IACAP include Ron Barnette, Selmer Bringsjord, Terry Bynum, Robert Cavalier, Preston Covey, Marvin Croy, Charles Ess, James Moor, Nelson Pole, and Saul Traiger. Awards IACAP has two annual awards: The Covey Award and The Herbert A. Simon Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Trinity College, Hartford
Trinity College is a private liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Founded as Washington College in 1823, it is the second-oldest college in the state of Connecticut. Coeducational since 1969, the college enrolls 2,235 students. Trinity offers 41 majors and 28 interdisciplinary minors. The college is a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC). History 19th century Bishop Thomas Brownell opened "Washington College" in 1824 to nine male studentsAlbert E. Van Dusen, ''Connecticut'' (1961) pp 362-63 and the vigorous protest of Yale alumni. A 14-acre site was chosen, at the time about a half-mile from the city of Hartford. The college was renamed "Trinity College" in 1845; the original campus consisted of two Greek Revival buildings. One of the Greek Revival buildings housed a chapel, library, and lecture rooms. The other was a dormitory for the male students. In 1872, Trinity College was persuaded by the state to mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census it had a population of 21,956. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination on the Piscataqua River bordering the state of Maine, Portsmouth was formerly the home of the Strategic Air Command's Pease Air Force Base, since converted to Portsmouth International Airport at Pease. History Indigenous peoples of the Americas, American Indians of the Abenaki and other Algonquian languages-speaking nations, and their predecessors, inhabited the territory of coastal New Hampshire for thousands of years before European contact. The first known European to explore and write about the area was Martin Pring in 1603. The Piscataqua River is a tidal estuary with a swift current, but forms a good natural harbor. The west bank of the harbor was settled by European colonists in 1630 and named Strawbery Banke, after the many wild Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
