Dennett's Real Patterns in Science and Nature
Language: English
Published by MIT Press Ltd, 2026
- Softcover
- New

Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United KingdomPBShop.store UK
AbeBooks seller since June 11, 1999
Condition: New
US$ 92.74
Quantity: 4 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Seller Inventory # GB-9780262052030
- Title
- Dennett's Real Patterns in Science and Nature
- Author
- Tyler Millhouse
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- PAP
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0262052032
- ISBN 13
- 9780262052030
- Item weight
- 374 grams
The explosive growth of AI and machine learning in recent decades is predicated on the recognition and exploitation of patterns in data. Of course, scientists have engaged in their own—less automated—processes of pattern recognition since the birth of science itself, and biological organisms evolved their own neural networks for pattern recognition long before people and their technology came along.
In his seminal work, “Real Patterns,” philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett laid out a road map for connecting the idea of “patterns” as understood by information theory to the practices of scientists and to our own cognitive capacity to model and predict the world around us. In this book—the first dedicated to the topic of real patterns—Tyler Millhouse, Steve Petersen, and Don Ross follow this road map. They explore the relevance of patterns to important aspects of both science and nature, including the emergence of high-level structure in physics, the nature of biological species, the measurement of welfare in economics, the evaluation of causal models, and the possibility of understanding in large neural networks.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Steve Petersen is Professor of Philosophy at Niagara University. His work has appeared in journals like Philosophical Studies and Synthese, and in collections like The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. He has been supported by the Survival and Flourishing Fund, the Center for Effective Altruism’s Long-Term Future Fund, the Future of Life Institute, and the Center for AI Safety.
Don Ross is Professor in the School of Society, Politics, and Ethics at University College Cork, Ireland; Professor in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa; and Program Director for Methodology at the Center for the Economic Analysis of Risk, Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University, Atlanta. He is an author or editor of 20 books, including Every Thing Must Go (with James Ladyman) and most recently The Gambling Animal (with Glenn Harrison).
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
PBShop.store UK
Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
AbeBooks seller since June 11, 1999
Shipping rates from United Kingdom to U.S.A.
| Item | 10 to 20 business days | 10 to 20 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 5.63 | US$ 5.63 |
Payment methods
Store description
Specialty
Hardbacks, PaperbacksSeller's business information
Pbshop.co.uk
Unit 22 Horcott Industrial Estate, Horcott Road
Fairford, United Kingdom GL7 4BX
Terms of sale
Returns Policy
We ask all customers to contact us for authorisation should they wish to return their order. Orders returned without authorisation may not be credited.
If you wish to return, please contact us within 14 days of receiving your order to obtain authorisation.
Returns requested beyond this time will not be authorised.
Our team will provide full instructions on how to return your order and once received our returns department will process your refund.
Please note the cost to return any unwanted order to us is borne by the buyer.
Should your order arrive damaged, not as advertised or faulty, we must be advised of this within 14 days of delivery. Please contact us so we can find the best solution for you.
Our Customer Care Team can be contacted by emailing alborders@paperbackshop.co.uk, or by calling our UK Office on +441285 712 917. We are available 9:00am till 5:30pm GMT Monday to Friday.
Shipping terms
Orders are shipped from our UK warehouse. Delivery thereafter is between 4 and 14 business days. Please contact us if you have any queries about our services or products.