The Genesis of Mind

1862 ◽  
Vol 7 (40) ◽  
pp. 461-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Maudsley
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Close Resemblance ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Being There ◽  
The One ◽  
As If

As it has ever been the custom of man to act as if he were eternal, and lavishly to scatter the limited force which he embodies as though the supply were inexhaustible, it produces no unaccustomed surprise to witness the useless expenditure of force which is so frequently made at the present time. It may even, perhaps, be deemed a token of some modesty, that the being, who since his first formation has been continually occupied in metaphysical regions with the investigation of the origin of all things, should be content for a while to amuse himself with physical theories concerning his own origin. That which is to be regretted in the new and comparatively praiseworthy occupation is the old evil of hasty theorizing on the one hand, and on the other hand, the evil, scarcely less ancient, of an impetuous eagerness to demolish any theory, however plausible, which comes athwart a favourite prejudice. What though the anatomist does discover a very close resemblance and very slight differences between the structure of a gorilla and the structure of a human being; there is no need, on that account, that mankind in a feeling of injured dignity should angrily rouse up and disclaim the undesired relationship. Whatever may be said or written, it is quite plain after all that a man is not a gorilla, and that a gorilla is not a man; it is furthermore manifest that gorillas do not breed men now-a-days, and that we have not the shadow of any evidence to guide us in forming; an opinion as to what they may have clone in times past. The negative testimony of Du Chaillu, who says that he searched in vain in the gorilla region for any intermediate race or link between it and man, scarcely adds anything to the conviction of the non-existence of any such link, which has long been universally entertained.*

scholarly journals El sesgo de la máquina en la toma de decisiones en el proceso penal.

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-71
Author(s):  
Raquel Borges Blázquez
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Criminal Process ◽  
Ethical Problems ◽  
Intelligent Machines ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Toma De Decisiones ◽  
Legal Thinking ◽  
The One

Artificial intelligence has countless advantages in our lives. On the one hand, computer’s capacity to store and connect data is far superior to human capacity. On the other hand, its “intelligence” also involves deep ethical problems that the law must respond to. I say “intelligence” because nowadays machines are not intelligent. Machines only use the data that a human being has previously offered as true. The truth is relative and the data will have the same biases and prejudices as the human who programs the machine. In other words, machines will be racist, sexist and classist if their programmers are. Furthermore, we are facing a new problem: the difficulty to understand the algorithm of those who apply the law.This situation forces us to rethink the criminal process, including artificial intelligence and spinning very thinly indicating how, when, why and under what assumptions we can make use of artificial intelligence and, above all, who is going to program it. At the end of the day, as Silvia Barona indicates, perhaps the question should be: who is going to control global legal thinking?

Herbert Mac Cabe’s Philosophical Anthropology

Politeia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 238-260
Author(s):  
Franco Manni ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Philosophical Anthropology ◽  
External World ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Language System ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Individual Human

From the ideas of Aristotle, De Saussure and Wittgenstein, philosopher Herbert McCabe elaborated an original anthropology. 'Meaning' means: the role played by a part towards the whole. Senses are bodily organs and sensations allow an animal to get fragments of the external world which become 'meaningful' for the behaviour of the whole animal Besides sensations, humans are ‘linguistic animals’ because through words they are able to 'communicate', that is, to share a peculiar kind of meanings: concepts. Whereas, sense-images are stored physically in our brain and cannot be shared, even though we can relate to sense-images by words (speech coincides with thought). However, concepts do not belong to the individual human being qua individual, but to an interpersonal entity: the language system. Therefore, on the one hand, to store images is a sense-power and an operation of the brain, whereas the brain (quite paradoxically!) is not in itself the organ of thought. On the other hand, concepts do not exist on their own.

Some Basic Elements of Psychoanalysis According to Sigmund Freud

2017 ◽  
pp. 38-113
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Sigmund Freud ◽  
Typical Feature ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Symbolic Function ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Human Psyche ◽  
Psychoanalytic Thought ◽  
The One

After having briefly but exhaustively recalled the main lines of Freudian psychoanalytic thought, we have discussed a possible psychoanalytic theoretical model for human symbolic function mainly centred on the action of a set of primary psychic mechanisms rejoined around the negative, in its widest sense according to the works of André Green. A chief aspect of this pattern has turned out to be an underlying, irreducible dialecticity that reflects on the one hand, the typical feature of human symbolic function, and, on the other hand, the main outcome of the unavoidable presence of a basic dichotomy formalized the so-called phallic logic, that is, that primordial, ancestral and irreducible logical nucleus inevitably present in the deepest meanders of human psyche as an inborn structure phylogenetically preformed and ontogenetically re-established during the psychic evolution of any human being.

Configuration of Quadrivalent Atoms

1929 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-221
Author(s):  
T. M. Lowry
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Tetrahedral Configuration ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Metallic Atom ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Function Change ◽  
The One ◽  
Image Position ◽  
Octahedral Configuration ◽  
As If

Two alternative views have been expressed in regard to the configuration of quadrivalent atoms. On the one hand le Bel and van't Hoff assigned to quadrivalent carbon a tetrahedral configuration, which has since been confirmed by the X-ray analysis of the diamond. On the other hand, Werner in 1893 adopted an octahedral configuration for radicals of the type MA6, e.g. inand then suggested that “the molecules [MA4]X2 are incomplete molecules [MA6]X2. The radicals [MA4] result from the octahedrally-conceived radicals [MA6] by loss of two groups A, but with no function-change of the acid residue…. They behave as if the bivalent metallic atom in the centre of the octahedron could no longer bind all six of the groups A and lost two of them leaving behind the fragment [MA4]” (p. 303).

Two Methodological Worlds Apart? Praises and Critiques from a European Comparativist

2006 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 332-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benoît Rihoux
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Social Inquiry ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
As If

Social scientists who strive to reflect on their research “while they're doing it” (Becker 1998) live in very fortunate times. On the one hand, it seems as if an increasing number of scholars want to do a little more than simply apply ready-made recipes. On the other hand, a few key volumes have recently been published that move beyond ready-made recipes. In my personal top three, I would most probably place Mahoney and Rueschemeyer (2003), George and Bennett (2005), and—last but not least—the volume discussed in this symposium. What distinguishes Rethinking Social Inquiry (RSI) from the two other volumes, in my view, is that it has a broader agenda and hence a broader ambition.

scholarly journals The Unnoble Nobles: Notes on Shakespeare’s Masterful Characterization in Macbeth

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 132-138
Author(s):  
Zohreh Ramin ◽  
Alireza Shafinasab
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Commercial World ◽  
Complex Characterization ◽  
The One

When writing Macbeth, Shakespeare faced a moral and aesthetic challenge. On the one hand, he had drawn the story of Macbeth from Holinshed's Chronicles, in which Banquo is depicted as an accomplice in the murder of King Duncan. On the other hand Banquo was believed to be the ancestor of King James, Shakespeare’s patron. Shakespeare had to write a play that at once pleased King James, remained true to the spirit of history, and could be a popular hit in the commercial world of Jacobean theatre, all seemingly contradictory ends because of the problem with the character of Banquo. So Shakespeare characterizes him in a different manner from his sources. The new characterization served a number of purposes. The most important reason for the alternation was to please King James, the alleged descendant of Banquo. Other than that, there is the dramatic purpose of creating a foil character for Macbeth, who can highlight Macbeth's characteristics. The presence of a noble Banquo also shows that human being can resist evil, as does Banquo. These points have been emphasized in many writings on Macbeth, which mean that Shakespeare's Banquo is an innocent man, a seemingly deviation from history. The present paper, however, tries to examine Shakespeare's complex characterization of Banquo which must meet those seemingly contradicting ends, a characterization far more ambivalent and artful than simple political affiliations might suggest. It will be shown that Shakespeare's Banquo not only is not simply an innocent man he seems to be at the first reading, but he could be as murderous as Macbeth himself. The only difference between the two is that one acts sooner than the other.

scholarly journals Estética post-humana en la obra gráfica de Claudio Romo

2021 ◽  
pp. 199-216
Author(s):  
Claire Mercier
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Life Forms ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Being ◽  
New Humanism ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The One ◽  
Graphic Work ◽  
Post Humanism

This paper considers the graphic work of the Chilean artist Claudio Romo from a post-human perspective. Romo's work realizes an opening of imaginaries, above all, new configurations of human being, in order to reconsider the boundaries of human nature and propose a new humanism in relation to a new understanding of modernity. After a theoretical tour of post-humanism, especially of Rosi Braidotti's philosophical nomadism, the paper will approach the post-human bestiary that elaborates Romo, on the one hand, as a questioning of access to empirical realities and, on the other hand, as a presentation of potential life forms. The paper will conclude on the presence, in Romo’s work, of a new affirmative humanism, that is, the experimentation of new modes of subjectivization, as well as the approach of new modes of knowledge.

Kenosis as a Model for Interreligious Dialogue

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha Th. Frederiks
Keyword(s):  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Being ◽  
The Past ◽  
Religious Person ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Shared Humanity ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
The One

In the past Christians have used various models in relating to people of other faiths. Most are still in use. Four dominant models immediately come to mind: those of expansion, of diakonia, of presence, and of interreligious dialogue. This article discusses the pros and cons of these models and then proposes a fifth model: the model of kenosis. The model of kenosis calls for imitation of the self-emptying act of Jesus in his Incarnation in relation to people of other faiths, based on a shared humanity. Kenosis demands, on the one hand, a total openness for the other, as a fellow human being and a religious person, while, on the other hand, it offers the possibility to be authentically different from the other, in religion, culture, etc. Thus is seems to offer a model for interreligious living and relating, which honors religious differences, give guidelines for relating to each other, and is firmly based in a shared humanity.

scholarly journals A falta que faz um rabo – ou a origem protética do humano / When a Tail is Missing – Or the Prosthetic Human Being Origin

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 97
Author(s):  
Josué Borges de Araújo Godinho
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Human Subject ◽  
The Other ◽  
Scene Analysis ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Domination ◽  
The One ◽  
Human Flesh

Resumo: Este texto parte de uma tentativa de aproximação de duas escrituras. De um lado, a de uma literatura pensante, nas palavras de Evando Nascimento, que é o Grande sertão: veredas; de outro, a escritura derridiana que, no pensamento da desconstrução, aponta possibilidades heterodoxas de interpretação da tradição. O escopo está na análise da cena de devoração de um macaco que era homem, no que se traça um paradoxo na escritura rosiana. Em paralelo a análises feitas por Derrida de cenas de devoração (simbólica ou não) de carne e de carne humana, as quais fazem parte de uma tradição “falogocêntrica” do Ocidente e traçam um imperativo da estrutura de dominação social, analisa-se a cena rosiana como inscrição problematizadora da tradição que associa determinados atos de comer à constituição essencialmente definidora do que é o ser humano dominante. Derrida afirma, em “Il fault bien manger”, que a estrutura social humana pressupõe e exige a ingestão “não criminosa” do cadáver, mesmo do cadáver humano. A cena rosiana, entretanto, insere-se como uma punção aterradora na estrutura social do sujeito humano, pois, ao passo que encerra o gesto estruturador das configurações de virilidade e humanidade, encerra também o gesto destruidor dos próprios do homem.Palavras-chave: violência; alimento; devoração; ex-apropriação.Abstract: We based on an attempt to approach two writings. On the one hand, a thoughtful literature piece, in the words of Evando Nascimento: Grande sertão: veredas; on the other hand, the Derridian writing that, in a deconstructed thought, points out heterodox possibilities of tradition interpretation. The scope is on the scene analysis in which a monkey - which was actually a man - is being devoured. Such situation draws a paradox in the Rosian writing. In parallel, Derrida’s analysis of devouring meat or human flesh scenes (symbolic or not), are both part of the West’s “phallogocentric” tradition. They draw an imperative of the social domination structure and the Rosian scene is analyzed as a problematizing inscription of the tradition that associates certain eating acts with the essentially defining constitution of what is the dominant human being. Derrida states in “Il fault bien manger” that the human social structure assumes and requires the “non-criminal ingestion of the corpse”, even the human one. The Rosian scene, however, comes out as a terrifying puncture in the social structure of the human subject, since, while enclosing the structuring gesture of virility and manhood configurations, it also contains the destructive gesture of human essence.Keywords: violence; food; devouring; ex-appropriation.

Drei Phantasiestücke (3)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seth Brodsky
Keyword(s):  
East Germany ◽  
The Other ◽  
Quarter Century ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Society Of The Spectacle ◽  
The Media ◽  
The One ◽  
Empty Signifier ◽  
As If ◽  
The Revolution

In the quarter century since the collapse of East Germany, the uncountable reflections that flower the media landscape inevitably turn to music. And when they do, they waffle. There is something untimely, and uncanny, about this waffling. It is as if the tensions structuring music's role in the heady days of the late 1960s were being therapeutically replayed twenty years later: 1968 yet again as the fetish object. On the one hand, music here is the fantasmatic sound of revolution itself, of truth speaking to power, and power falling to pieces under the weight of truth's irrefutable audibility, equal parts libido and righteousness. On the other hand, it is the traumatic reminder of failure, and the disenchanting premise that this “society of the spectacle” was not so powerful after all—that the revolution, in merely appearing, failed to show up. Judging from the examples of Hasselhoff, Rostropovich, and Bernstein, this chapter argues that music seems woven perfectly into a master's discourse: a process of shoring up a sovereign, of suturing itself to an empty signifier, producing a split subject, and precipitating an excessive enjoyment in the form of an object of desire.

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