Are Pictures Peculiar Objects of Perception?

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
GABRIELE FERRETTI
Keyword(s):  
Visual System ◽  
Face Perception ◽  
Human Visual System ◽  
The Other ◽  
Picture Perception ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

ABSTRACT:Are face-to-face perception and picture perception different perceptual phenomena? The question is controversial. On the one hand, philosophers have offered several solid arguments showing that, despite some resemblances, they are quite different perceptual phenomena and that pictures are special objects of perception. On the other hand, neuroscientists routinely use pictures in experimental settings as substitutes for normal objects, and this practice is successful in explaining how the human visual system works. But this seems to imply that face-to-face perception and picture perception are very similar, if not actually the same. How can we decide between these two opposite intuitions? Here I offer a regimentation of the notion of picture perception that can reconcile these two apparently conflicting ideas about pictures. It follows that philosophers and neuroscientists can maintain their respective stances without any theoretical conflict.

scholarly journals Apes and Elephants: In Search of Sensation in the Tropical Imaginary

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Creed
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
World View ◽  
Natural World ◽  
The Other ◽  
Major Purpose ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
And Control

This paper will explore the tropical exotic in relation to the widespread European fascination with tropical animals exhibited in zoos throughout the long nineteenth century. Zoos became places where human animals could experience the chill of a backbone shiver as they came face to face with the animal/other. It will examine the establishment of the first zoos in relation to Harriet Ritvo’s argument that their major imperative was one of classification and control. On the one hand, the zoo fulfilled the public’s desire for wild, exotic creatures while, on the other hand, the zoo reassured the public that its major purpose was control of the natural world encapsulated by the stereotype of tropical excess. I will argue that these various places of exhibition created an uncanny zone in which the European subject was able to encounter its animal self while reaffirming an anthropocentric world view.

scholarly journals DISTANCE TEACHING AND PRESENCE TEACHING TOWARDS A POSSIBLE AND USEFUL INTEGRATION

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Tarantino ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Distance Learning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Distance Teaching ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Ordinary Teaching

The pandemic emergency seems to have extinguished many residual reservations regarding distance learning, but it has created a consensus that is all in all fragile, because it is non-critical and more charged with assimilative pressures. The problem is not establishing when, where and whether distance learning or face-to-face training should be promoted. The problem is to understand why and to specify, jointly, with which paradigms it is necessary to operate. It is a question of tackling problems that have remained on the sidelines for too long, in order to understand what digital can offer to ordinary teaching and what from ordinary teaching can also be useful for distance teaching. We will stop on two issues only. On the one hand we will try to enhance the logic of the reticularity and composability of knowledge; on the other hand, we will focus on curricular systems, showing how each of these two aspects can benefit both distance and face-to-face teaching and, above all, how it can benefit their possible integration. And this also in order to be ready for the next emergency. Ready, while hoping it won't come.

THE INCREASING ROLE OF THE DIGITAL BODY IN THE HUMAN CAPITAL: CHANGES IN THE NATURE IF COMMUNICATIONS

Communicology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 15-28
Author(s):  
SERGEY KRAVCHENKO ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Medical Surveillance ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Positive Side ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The World ◽  
The One ◽  
Global And Local

The research is conditioned by the necessity to analyze new opportunities for the development of the human capital and the challenges to it, caused by the digital transformation. It is substantiated that under the influence of the time arrow effects (I. Prigozhin) the development of the human capital goes at an accelerating pace and in a more complicated way in the context of the formation of the complex socio-digital-natural reality. The process of the digitalization has an ambivalent impact on the content and character of the human capital: on the one hand, individuals, starting from their early socialization, use smart machines for self-development, communicate not only with their parents and peers, as it used to be, but practically with people around the world, grasping the diversity of cultures and creating their “digital bodies”; however, on the other hand, the digitalization depletes the values of their own world of life, minimizes face-to-face communication, dehumanizes education and training; however, on the other hand, digitalization dilutes the values of their own life world, minimizes face-to-face communications, and dehumanizes the education at “McUniversities” (G. Ritzer). Accordingly, there are limits to how the digital transformation can be used to develop the human capital. The challenges of COVID-19 to the functionality of the human capital at both the global and local levels are particularly addressed. At the same time, in the author’s opinion, U. Beck’s idea of the “metamorphosis of the world”, expressed in the emergence of the “positive side effects of the bads”, is applicable to the pandemic. In this connection, it is argued that the qualitatively new opportunities for the development of the human capital under conditions of the socio-natural turbulence and the coexistence of people with viruses are emerging in a non-linear way, including: the emergence of the homo epidemiologicus as a new social type - an individual who during his/her life reflexes to the epidemiological situation; the transition to the digital medical surveillance with a humanistic orientation; the distant treatment of those who have fallen ill according to the data of their “digital body”; the creation of the prerequisites for recognizing the unity of the human capital of the peoples of the world.

scholarly journals Invariance from the Euclidean Geometer's Perspective

Perception ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 547-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luc J Van Gool ◽  
Theo Moons ◽  
Eric Pauwels ◽  
Johan Wagemans
Keyword(s):  
Object Recognition ◽  
Machine Vision ◽  
Visual System ◽  
Human Visual System ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Basic Philosophy

It is remarkable how well the human visual system can cope with changing viewpoints when it comes to recognising shapes. The state of the art in machine vision is still quite remote from solving such tasks. Nevertheless, a surge in invariance-based research has led to the development of methods for solving recognition problems still considered hard until recently. A nonmathematical account explains the basic philosophy and trade-offs underlying this strand of research. The principles are explained for the relatively simple case of planar-object recognition under arbitrary viewpoints. Well-known Euclidean concepts form the basis of invariance in this case. Introducing constraints in addition to that of planarity may further simplify the invariants. On the other hand, there are problems for which no invariants exist.

Ultimate resolution: A mathematical framework

1991 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 492-493
Author(s):  
A. van den Bos
Keyword(s):  
Visual System ◽  
Intensity Distribution ◽  
Human Visual System ◽  
The Other ◽  
Electron Optics ◽  
Mathematical Framework ◽  
The One ◽  
Rayleigh Limit

Modern optics and electron optics literature usually associates resolution with the geometrical extension of observed intensity distributions. This agrees with Rayleigh's formulation a century ago. He considers two superimposed, incoherent, sine-square intensity distributions at a distance such that the center of the one distribution coincides with the first zero of the other and states, “We may consider this to be about the limit of closeness at which there could be any decided appearance of resolution.” Later modifications and generalizations only quantitatively differ from this limit. Clearly, Rayleigh referred to the limitations of the human visual system. Since then, photometry and numerically processing have become available. Under these new conditions, sticking to the visual Rayleigh limit leads to inconsistencies. To see this, suppose that the combined intensity distribution is exactly measured and that the component functions are exactly known like in Rayleigh's considerations. Then numerically fitting the components with respect to their intensity and locations removes any limit to resolution.

Adaptive DCT Based Digital Watermarking Scheme

2010 ◽  
Vol 20-23 ◽  
pp. 1136-1142
Author(s):  
Gui Feng ◽  
Yi Min Yang
Keyword(s):  
Visual System ◽  
Digital Watermarking ◽  
Human Visual System ◽  
Experimental Results ◽  
The Other ◽  
Dct Transform ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Chaos Sequence ◽  
Watermarking Scheme

The paper proposes an adaptive digital watermarking scheme based on chaos sequence and DCT transform. The scheme can choose the location for watermark inserting adaptively, and properly assign the embedding intensity in different inserting locations according to the characteristic of human visual system (HVS). On the other hand, this scheme combines chaos sequence and scrambling technique to improve the ability to withstand various attacks. The experimental results show that, the method can basically satisfy transparency and robustness requirement.

Stories and the Self

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Krause ◽  
Markus Appel
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Lower Degree ◽  
Contrast Effects ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Implicit And Explicit

Abstract. Two experiments examined the influence of stories on recipients’ self-perceptions. Extending prior theory and research, our focus was on assimilation effects (i.e., changes in self-perception in line with a protagonist’s traits) as well as on contrast effects (i.e., changes in self-perception in contrast to a protagonist’s traits). In Experiment 1 ( N = 113), implicit and explicit conscientiousness were assessed after participants read a story about either a diligent or a negligent student. Moderation analyses showed that highly transported participants and participants with lower counterarguing scores assimilate the depicted traits of a story protagonist, as indicated by explicit, self-reported conscientiousness ratings. Participants, who were more critical toward a story (i.e., higher counterarguing) and with a lower degree of transportation, showed contrast effects. In Experiment 2 ( N = 103), we manipulated transportation and counterarguing, but we could not identify an effect on participants’ self-ascribed level of conscientiousness. A mini meta-analysis across both experiments revealed significant positive overall associations between transportation and counterarguing on the one hand and story-consistent self-reported conscientiousness on the other hand.

Radioimmunotherapy for treatment of acute myeloid leukaemia and myelodysplastic syndrome

2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (03) ◽  
pp. 107-117
Author(s):  
R. G. Meyer ◽  
W. Herr ◽  
A. Helisch ◽  
P. Bartenstein ◽  
I. Buchmann
Keyword(s):  
Acute Myeloid Leukaemia ◽  
Myeloid Leukaemia ◽  
Primary Tumour ◽  
The Other ◽  
Haematopoietic Stem Cell ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Primary Reduction ◽  
The One ◽  
Acute Myeloid

SummaryThe prognosis of patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) has improved considerably by introduction of aggressive consolidation chemotherapy and haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT). Nevertheless, only 20-30% of patients with AML achieve long-term diseasefree survival after SCT. The most common cause of treatment failure is relapse. Additionally, mortality rates are significantly increased by therapy-related causes such as toxicity of chemotherapy and complications of SCT. Including radioimmunotherapies in the treatment of AML and myelodyplastic syndrome (MDS) allows for the achievement of a pronounced antileukaemic effect for the reduction of relapse rates on the one hand. On the other hand, no increase of acute toxicity and later complications should be induced. These effects are important for the primary reduction of tumour cells as well as for the myeloablative conditioning before SCT.This paper provides a systematic and critical review of the currently used radionuclides and immunoconjugates for the treatment of AML and MDS and summarizes the literature on primary tumour cell reductive radioimmunotherapies on the one hand and conditioning radioimmunotherapies before SCT on the other hand.

The Salvage of Ideas: Schumpeter and the Core Problems Still Confronting Economics

2003 ◽  
pp. 15-26
Author(s):  
P. Wynarczyk
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
The Core ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One

Two aspects of Schumpeter' legacy are analyzed in the article. On the one hand, he can be viewed as the custodian of the neoclassical harvest supplementing to its stock of inherited knowledge. On the other hand, the innovative character of his works is emphasized that allows to consider him a proponent of hetherodoxy. It is stressed that Schumpeter's revolutionary challenge can lead to radical changes in modern economics.

Pembaharuan Pesantren: Arah dan Implikasi

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-84
Author(s):  
Wahyudin Noor
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Development ◽  
The Other ◽  
Learning Methods ◽  
Technology Learning ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Traditional Term

Abstract Pesantren are often associated with backwardness and traditionalism in everything: facilities, technology, learning methods, and even the curriculum. For now, it seems like the traditional term for pesantren is no longer relevant enough. The pace of movement in the era of renewal marked by the rapid development of technology has demanded pesantren to make adjustments. However, on the one hand, when viewed from the direction of change, the reform efforts pursued by pesantren are not to erase the old tradition, but merely to add something new so that the old tradition and conditions can be maintained while accepting the presence of a new one. On the other hand, the reform efforts undertaken by pesantren have implications for the fact that the typical values of the pesantren are fading away. Abstrak  Pesantren seringkali diasosiasikan dengan keterbelakangan dan tradisional dalam segala hal: fasilitas, teknologi, metode pembelajaran, dan bahkan kurikulumnya. Untuk saat ini, sepertinya istilah tradisional untuk pesantren, sudah tidak lagi cukup relevan. Laju gerak pembaharuan zaman yang ditandai dengan pesatnya perkembangan teknologi telah menuntut pesantren untuk melakukan penyesuaian diri. Kendatipun demikian, di satu sisi, jika dilihat dari arah perubahan, upaya pembaharuan yang ditempuh pesantren tidaklah untuk menghapus tradisi yang lama, tetapi sekadar menambah dengan sesuatu yang baru sehingga tradisi maupun kondisi yang lama bisa dipertahankan sambil menerima kehadiran yang baru. Di sisi yang lain, upaya pembaharuan yang dilakukan pesantren ternyata berimplikasi pada kenyataan akan semakin pudarnya nilai-nilai khas yang dimiliki oleh pesantren.

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