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A new professional ethics: Karl Popper and Xenophanes’ epistemology

It is not a secret that I admire the work of Karl Popper, both as a philosopher but also as a very precise historian that tried to dismiss many misunderstandings of the past.

I was reading the book The World of Parmenides, which is a collection of Popper’s essays on the Presocratic Enlightenment, and found a very interesting insight on how the epistemology of Xenophanes led naturally to a professional ethics. This link isn’t widespread nowadays, but it certainly deserves more divulgation as it is a natural consequence of the conjectural knowledge we possess.

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13/09/202013/09/2020 by Christian S. Perone

Article, News, Philosophy, Science

Evolutionary Computation

There is a portuguese version of this post.

Evolutionary computing (EC) has been widely used in recent years, and every year there are new applications for the techniques developed, despite being a relatively new area, few people are giving attention to that (at least in my vision and I will explain why) probably will have a promising and revolutionary future in relation to how we can generate innovation and even learn from it, especially as it relates to Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs).

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14/04/2009 by Christian S. Perone

Article, News, Philosophy, Science

Computação Evolutiva

A Computação Evolutiva (EC) tem sido sido muito utilizada nos últimos anos, e a cada ano que passa, surgem novas aplicações para as técnicas desenvolvidas; apesar de ser uma área relativamente nova, pouca gente está dando a devida atenção ao que (ao menos na minha visão, e vou explicar porque) provavelmente terá um futuro promissor e revolucionário em relação à como podemos gerar a inovação a até mesmo aprender com ela, principalmente no que se relaciona com Algoritmos Evolutivos (EAs).

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14/04/2009 by Christian S. Perone

Article, Genetic Algorithms, News, Philosophy, Science

Considerations regarding Karl Popper’s philosophy of science and Evolutionary Algorithms

There is a portuguese version of this post here.

I am a big fan of the Karl Popper’s philosophy of science, so I decided to write something about what I find interesting in his philosophy, especially in relation to rational criticism, to talk later a little bit of what I think about this in relation to Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs).

Popper, in his book “In Search of a Better World” (the original title is “Auf der Suche nach einer besseren Welt“), cites the importance of rational criticism in science and combat the dogmatism of belief in the scientific authority. For me, this idea, despite intrinsic in the thoughts of many philosophers, was not so clearly exposed as Popper did, the clarity with how Popper gives us the insight about how the science grows and improves through rational criticism is remarkable, and I’ll try to summarize here what he tried to explain for almost whole life.

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04/03/200919/01/2020 by Christian S. Perone

Genetic Algorithms, News, Science

Genetic Algorithms help us to understand how we see

There is a very interesting article on the insciences.org, it talks about the use of a Genetic Algorithm to create images used to test people brain performance:

The team developed a ‘genetic algorithm’, based on a simple model of evolution, that can breed a range of images and visual stimuli which were then used to test people’s brain performance. By using artificial intelligence to design the test patterns, the team removed any likelihood of predetermining the results which could have occurred if researchers had designed the test pictures themselves.

Read the full article or see the created images.

16/02/2009 by Christian S. Perone

Article, Philosophy

Considerações sobre a filosofia da ciência de Karl Popper e Algoritmos Evolutivos

Sou um grande fã da filosofia da ciência de Karl Popper, desta maneira, resolvi escrever algo sobre o que eu acho interessante na filosofia dele, principalmente em relação à crítica racional, pra depois falar um pouco do que acho sobre isto em relação aos algoritmos evolutivos em geral.

Popper, em seu livro “Em busca de um mundo melhor“ (o título original é “Auf der Suche nach einer besseren Welt“), cita a importância da crítica racional na ciência e combate o dogmatismo na crença da autoridade científica. Para mim, esta idéia, apensar de intrínseca no pensamento de muitos filósofos, não foi tão claramente exposta como Popper o fez, a clareza com que Popper nos apresenta a idéia sobre como a nossa ciência cresce e melhora através da crítica racional é notável e vou tentar resumir aqui o que ele tentou explicar por quase uma vida.

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13/02/200919/01/2020 by Christian S. Perone

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Considerações sobre o determinismo e livre-arbítrio para uma futura e distante ciência

Decidi escrever este post em português para evitar mal interpretações em algumas pequenas considerações sobre o determinismo e livre-arbítrio.

Bom, como maioria deve saber, o determinismo é a doutrina/pensamento que afirma que todos acontecimentos [efeito] (inclusive nossas atitudes, escolhas, idéias) sejam causados por acontecimentos anteriores [causa]. Ela afirma que determinado acontecimento não poderia deixar de acontecer, visto que foi impulsionado por uma causa anterior, como por exemplo, uma esfera que for jogada para cima, ela irá subir e depois cair por efeito da gravidade, a causa da subida foi a força utilizada para jogá-la no ar e a causa da queda é a gravidade. Desta forma, o determinismo vê o universo interconectado por relações de causa e efeito.

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09/02/2009 by Christian S. Perone

Genetic Algorithms, News, Science

A beautiful example of cooperation between theory and experiment, the new Boron form

The NY Times has a nice article talking about the discovery of a new Boron form using Genetic Algorithms:

Now researchers led by Dr. Oganov have added to the actual discoveries. They have found a form of boron that is nearly as hard as diamond.

This discovery even illustrates the power of the idea of evolution, using a so-called genetic algorithm to decipher the structure of the new boron crystal.

“This work is a beautiful example of cooperation between theory and experiment,” said Aitor Bergara, a physicist at the University of the Basque Country in Spain. Dr. Bergara was not involved with the research, which was published online by the journal Nature.

Read the full article.

07/02/2009 by Christian S. Perone

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