| Thought Poppers: A Scavenger Hunt For Meaning Contributor(s): Cohn, Ron (Author) |
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ISBN: 1734890223 ISBN-13: 9781734890228 Publisher: 994011 OUR PRICE: $9.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (1.30 lbs) 252 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Thought Poppers presents the results of an experiment with adjectival phrases that began in the early 1990s. The experiment relies on a system of computer programs that the author created first in C language, then in Visual Basic, and now in Python 3.2. The author has also assembled a database of over 9000 adjectives or adjectival phrases and over 30,000 nouns or noun phrases. Two strictures have been employed on every word admitted to the database: 1) Is the word less than 25 characters in length 2) Can the word replace a word in the template phrase: "rational Western intellectual tradition." The system produces 10,000 phrases per second on an old-fashioned 2015 PC. Many of the phrases are pure poppycock and babble. The scene has been set. This book presents a scavenger hunt. The prizes are thought poppers. |