Alistair Isaac

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• 2022

  Escape from Zanzibar: The epistemic value of precision in measurement

  Isaac, A. M. C., Dec 2022, In: Philosophy of Science. 89, 5, p. 1243-1254

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  • Epistemic values 100%
  • Zanzibar 100%
  • Case Study 100%
  • Physics 100%
  • Independent 33%
• 2021

  Apophatic science: How computational modeling can explain consciousness

  Bridewell, W. & Isaac, A. M. C., 16 Jun 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Neuroscience of Consciousness. 2021, 1, 10 p., niab010.

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  • Consciousness 100%
  • Cognitive Science 100%
  • Computer Science 12%

• The ups and downs of mechanism realism: Functions, levels, and crosscutting hierarchies

  Dewhurst, J. & Isaac, A. M. C., 3 May 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Erkenntnis.

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  • Realism 100%
  • Neurotransmission 100%
  • Derived Hierarchy 12%
  • Neural Computation 12%
• 2019

  The allegory of isomorphism

  Isaac, A., 12 Dec 2019, In: Avant: Trends in Interdisciplinary Studies. 10, 3

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  • Artwork 100%
  • Perceptual Experience 100%
  • Scientific Theory 100%
  • Structural realism 100%
  • Standing 100%

• Epistemic loops and measurement realism

  Isaac, A. M. C., 1 Dec 2019, In: Philosophy of Science. 86, 5, p. 930-941

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  • Epistemic 100%
  • Interest 33%
  • Guiding Catheter 33%
  • Independent 33%
  • Shapes 16%

• Realism without tears I: Müller's doctrine of specific nerve energies

  Isaac, A., Dec 2019, In: Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 78, p. 83-92

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  • Doctrine 100%
  • Tears 100%
  • Canonical 28%
  • Philosophy of Perception 28%
  • Structuralists 28%

• Introduction

  Isaac, A. M. C. & Ward, D., 11 Sept 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) Synthese.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Editorial

  • Phenomenologist 100%
  • Gestalt Psychology 100%

• Realism without tears II: The structuralist implications of sensory physiology

  Isaac, A., 24 Jan 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part A.

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  • Doctrine 100%
  • Tears 100%
  • Sensory Physiology 100%
  • Structuralists 100%
  • Cognitive Science 100%
• 2018

  Embodied cognition as analog computation

  Isaac, A., 31 Dec 2018, In: Reti, saperi, linguaggi.

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  • Cognitive Science 100%
  • Embodied Cognition 100%
  • Representationalism 50%
  • compatriots 50%
  • Computationalism 50%

• Computational thought from Descartes to Lovelace

  Isaac, A., 21 Oct 2018, The Routledge Handbook of the Computational Mind. Sprevak, M. & Colombo, M. (eds.). Abingdon; New York: Routledge, p. 9-22 14 p. (Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Nineteenth Century 100%
  • Early Modern Period 100%
  • Computational theory of mind 100%
  • Precursor 100%

• Review of Gualtiero Piccinini, Physical Computation: A Mechanistic Account

  Isaac, A., 1 Jul 2018, In: The Philosophical Review. 127, 3, p. 426-431

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

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• Prospects for timbre physicalism

  Isaac, A., 28 Feb 2018, In: Philosophical Studies. 175, 2, p. 503–529

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  • Physicalism 100%
  • Timbre 100%
  • Sound Quality 100%
  • Mechanical Vibration 100%
  • Sound 71%
• 2017

  Hubris to humility: Tonal volume and the fundamentality of psychophysical quantities

  Isaac, A., Dec 2017, In: Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 65-66, p. 99-111 1 p.

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  • Psychophysics 100%
  • Perceptual Experience 100%
  • Multidimensional Scaling 100%

• White lies on silver tongues: Why robots need to deceive (and how)

  Isaac, A. & Bridewell, W., Nov 2017, Robot Ethics 2.0: From autonomous cars to artificial intelligence. Lin, P., Abney, K. & Jenkins, R. R. (eds.). Oxford University Press

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  • Deception 100%
  • Social Integration 100%
  • Theory of Mind 50%

• The semantics latent in Shannon information

  Isaac, A., 23 Aug 2017, In: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. axx029.

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  • Information Content 100%
  • Misrepresentation 50%

• Digital images: Content and compositionality

  Isaac, A., 11 Aug 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of the American Philosophical Association. 3, 1, 106-126.

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  • Digital 100%
  • Linguistic Representation 100%
  • Continuous 100%
  • Distinctive Feature 100%
• 2016

  The Semantics Latent in Shannon Information

  Isaac, A., 2016, (Unpublished).

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  • Information Content 100%
  • Misrepresentation 100%
  • Information Theory 100%
• 2015

  The Role of Subjective Models in Proto-Scientific Measurement

  Isaac, A., 5 Aug 2015.

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  • Objectification 100%
  • Mental models 100%
  • Early Stage 100%
  • Observables 100%
  • Theoretical Development 50%

• The Rise and Fall of `Volume': A Case Study in Psychophysical Measurement

  Isaac, A., 23 Jul 2015.

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  • Case Study 100%
  • Early Twentieth Century 100%
  • Multidimensional Scaling 100%
  • Psychophysics 75%
  • Criticism 66%

• When are Perceptual Qualities Psychological Kinds?

  Isaac, A., 15 May 2015.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract

  • Psychophysics 100%
  • Perceptual Experience 50%
• 2014

  Model uncertainty and policy choice: A plea for integrated subjectivism

  Isaac, A., Sept 2014, In: Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 47, p. 42-50 9 p.

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  • Public Choice 100%
  • Monetary Policy 100%
  • Climate Policy 100%
  • Scientific Modeling 100%

• The Locus of the Realism Question for the Semantic View

  Isaac, A., 9 Aug 2014.

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  • Model Theory 100%
  • Mental Representation 100%
  • Semantic View 100%
  • Founder 75%
  • Similarities 75%

• Logic and Complexity in Cognitive Science

  Isaac, A., Szymanik, J. & Verbrugge, R., Aug 2014, Johan van Benthem on Logic and Information Dynamics: Part II. Baltag, A. & Smets, S. (eds.). Springer, Vol. 5. p. 267-288 40 p. (Outstanding Contributions to Logic).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

  • Scientific Methods 100%
  • Cognitive Science 100%
  • Information Processing 100%
  • Computational Linguistics 100%
  • Research Agenda 100%

• Dimensions of understanding

  Isaac, A., 5 Jul 2014.

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  • Color Sensation 100%
  • Perceptual Experience 20%
  • Audition 20%
  • Social Exclusion 20%
  • Euclidean Geometry 16%

• A Hybrid Theory of Timbre

  Isaac, A., 27 Jun 2014.

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  • Timbre 100%
  • Sound 78%
  • Similarities 28%
  • Timbre Perception 21%
  • Violin 14%

• A Group-Theoretic Approach to Rational Decision Making

  Isaac, A., 19 Jun 2014.

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  • Normativity 100%
  • Decision Making 100%
  • Game Theory 100%
  • Conditionalization 100%
  • Bayesian 100%

• Mindreading Deception in Dialog

  Isaac, A. M. C. & Bridewell, W., Jun 2014, In: Cognitive Systems Research. 28, 1, p. 12-19

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  • Conjecture 100%
  • Action 100%
  • Motives 100%
  • Dialogue Form 100%
  • Mental Health 100%

• Special Issue on Game Theory and Communication: Introduction

  Isaac, A. (Editor), Apr 2014, In: Erkenntnis. 79, 4 supplement, p. 671-672

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• Review of Paul M. Churchland, Plato's Camera

  Isaac, A. M. C., Jan 2014, In: Philosophy of Science. 81, 1, p. 161-165 5 p.

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  • Cameras 100%
  • Landscapes 50%
  • Paper 50%
  • Presses 50%
  • Protocerebrum 50%

• Structural realism for secondary qualities

  Isaac, A. M. C., 2014, In: Erkenntnis. 79, 3, p. 481-510

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  • Coloureds 100%
  • Perceptual Experience 100%
  • Generality 50%
• 2013

  Quantifying the subjective: Psychophysics and the geometry of color

  Isaac, A. M. C., 1 Apr 2013, In: Philosophical Psychology. 26, 2, p. 207-233

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  • Subjective 100%
  • Psychophysical 100%
  • Colour Space 100%
  • Sensory Domain 100%
  • Color Space 100%

• Modeling without representation

  Isaac, A. M. C., 2013, In: Synthese. 190, 16, p. 3611-3623

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  • Puzzle 100%
  • realist 100%
  • Causal 100%
  • Modelers 100%

• Objective Similarity and Mental Representation

  Isaac, A. M. C., 2013, In: Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 91, 4, p. 683-704

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  • Mental Representation 100%

• Physicalist vs. Ecological Accounts of Perceptual Content: Lessons from Timbre

  Isaac, A., 2013.

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• The Determination and Significance of Dimensionality in Psychophysical Measurement

  Isaac, A., 2013.

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• The Evolution of Conscious from Unconscious Inferential Processes

  Isaac, A., 2013.

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• Uncertainty about Uncertainties: A Plea for Integrated Subjectivism

  Isaac, A., 2013.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Uncertainty about Uncertainties: A Plea for Integrated Subjectivism

  Isaac, A., 2013.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• 2012

  Modeling without Representation

  Isaac, A., 2012.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Newtonian Answers to Baconian Questions: Proof by Experiment in Newton's Optical Research

  Isaac, A., 2012.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• 2011

  Recognizing Deception: A Model of Dynamic Belief Attribution

  Bridewell, W. & Isaac, A., Nov 2011, Advances in Cognitive Systems: Papers from the 2011 AAAI Fall Symposium. Online: AAAI Press, Vol. FS-11-01. p. 50-57 (AAAI Fall Symposium Series).

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  • Research Direction 100%
  • Cognitive System 100%
  • Belief Attribution 100%
  • Human-Level Intelligence 33%

• Synchronizing Diachronic Uncertainty

  Isaac, A. M. C. & Hoshi, T., 1 Apr 2011, In: Journal of Logic, Language and Information. 20, 2, p. 137-159

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  • Causal Structure 100%
  • Temporal Logic 100%
  • Information Set 100%

• Newtonian Answers to Baconian Questions: Proof by Experiment in Newton's Optical Research

  Isaac, A., 2011.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Outlining a Computationally Plausible Approach to Mental State Ascription

  Isaac, A., 2011.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Taking Mistakes Seriously: Equivalence Notions for Game Scenarios with off Equilibrium Play

  Isaac, A. & Hoshi, T., 2011, Logic, Rationality, and Interaction: Third International Workshop, LORI 2011, Guangzhou, China, October 10-13, 2011. Proceedings. Vol. 6953. p. 111-124 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 6953).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Taking Mistakes Seriously: Equivalence Notions for Game Scenarios with Off Equilibrium Play

  Isaac, A. & Hoshi, T., 2011, p. 111-124.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• 2010

  Logic in Cognitive Science: Bridging the Gap between Symbolic and Connectionist Paradigms

  Isaac, A. & Szymanik, J., 2010, In: Journal of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research. 2, p. 279-309

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• The Strategic Equivalence of Games with Unawareness

  Hoshi, T. & Isaac, A., 2010, Logic and the Interactive Rationality . Grossi, D., Kurzen, L. & Velazquez-Quesada, F. R. (eds.). Institute for Logic Language and Computation, p. 203-225

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  • Equivalence Relation 100%
  • Unawareness 100%
• 2009

  Prospects for Naturalizing Color

  Isaac, A., Dec 2009, In: Philosophy of Science. 76, 5, p. 902-914

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  • Color Vision 100%
  • Coloureds 100%
  • Naturalists 50%
  • Portrayal 50%
  • Perceptual Content 50%
• 2008

  Diachronic Dutch Book Arguments for Forgetful Agents

  Isaac, A., 2008.

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