Biodesign: Overcoming Disciplinary Barriers

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marita Canina
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Industrial Design ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Interdisciplinary Teams ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Research Activities

A new discipline has been introduced into today’s multicultural scientific context — Biodesign. Behind the main philosophical concept of Biodesign is the human body; considered a psycho-biological unicum. Research activities aim at developing artificial devices which can be fully integrated into the human body, or rather into the prosthetic human being. During the last decade, the interest of design research and the study of solutions specifically focused on the human being gave rise to a number of disciplines characterized by the prefix “bio”, which comes from the Greek word for life. This prefix may refer to various thematic areas such as: engineering, medicine, architecture, physics and chemistry. These areas can be considered as already well-established disciplines. This means that these sectors have already reached certain solutions that led them to concentrate their efforts on an in-depth study of the human-being, in order to tackle what could be called the “bio” problem. Each discipline, therefore, performs research proposes new solutions, and discusses possible future scenarios in the light of its own particular philosophy. In design along with the other disciplines, a significant movement towards of renewal has been developing with human beings; with their bodies as the hub. The biodesigner, in an attempt to solve the medical-biological problems involved, makes use of industrial design methods, sharing their experience with interdisciplinary teams. Biodesign should not be considered merely design applied to medicine. It may indeed be more clearly defined as an entirely new discipline; whose use of an interdisciplinary approach and close cooperation with the medical-biological sciences are essential to its objective. Biodesign one of the most interesting fields of research currently under way, aimed at innovative application of biorobotic devices, that involves the design and use of new technology, such as MEMS and bioMEMS. This paper gives the research results that were developed in cooperation with two Faculties: Design and Engineering. The main research objective is to identify the intervention area and the role of industrial design in the micro (MEMS) and nanotechnology applications. In particular it’s fundamental in biorobotics to determine both the methodology and the right instruments needed. This paper is divided into two conceptual parts; the first is theoretical and the second is application driven. In the introductory analytical part, theoretical basis are put in order to show the importance of designer cooperation in the micro-technologies study and in their innovative applications. Designers can make cooperation amongst experts easier, co-ordinating design process’ among several research fields and skills. In the first part; problems, complexities, application fields and design methodologies connected to biorobotic devices are highlighted. The second part of the research is developed with the methodology defined by C. Fryling as “through (o by)”. This methodology is a research approach done throughout projects and lead by experience. One case history is used to demostrate such an approach.

Killing and the Principle of Double Effect

1988 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Van Den Beld
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Double Effect ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Good Thing ◽  
Single Individual ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Principle Of Double Effect

When we raise the question of whether the pleasures of the human body are as valuable as those of the human mind — whether, for example, pushpin is as good as poetry — it is quite possible that people will disagree on their answers. But we would also expect most people to agree with the assertion that the death of a human being would generally be a bad thing; whilst his continuing to live would be a good thing. Furthermore, we would expect most people to concede immediately that the death of five human beings is a worse evil than the death of one single individual: all other things being equal, I hasten to add. It seems to follow now, on the basis of this commonly held view, that saving the lives of five people, who would be doomed to a certain death without an intervention on the part of another, would be morally right, if not praiseworthy, even if the action which is necessary to save those five lives would also entail the death of another person. To liven up the proceedings, if you will pardon the expression in this context, let me put to you this specific case:organs distributed. In that case, there would be one dead but five saved.’

scholarly journals Metode Mengajarkan Kekudusan Hidup pada Anak-anak ditinjau dari 1 Petrus 1:16

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-65
Author(s):  
Djoko Sukono ◽  
Eko Wahyu Suryaningsih
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Biblical Theology ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Human Soul ◽  
Peter 1 ◽  
1 Peter ◽  
The Bible

Holiness is one of God's essential attributes of His Divinity. The Bible clearly shows the nature of God, that He is a holy God. In 1 Peter 1:16, the human being who is in Him is also expected to live a holy life. Holiness itself is obtained through the Spirit of God who cleanses the human soul from sin, is renewed into the likeness of Christ, and by receiving grace to obey God according to His Word. The Bible guides Christians to live holy lives, both before God and before their fellow human beings. The importance of maintaining the holiness of life so that it is necessary to teach children from an early age. The topic of this research is how the method of teaching holiness to children is seen from 1 Peter 1:26. This article was written using the study of biblical theology to understand the holiness of God and a descriptive qualitative research approach and got the results that the holiness of life is a gift from God in Christ and must be taught to children about the holiness of life through the example of life by the parents around them. AbstrakKekudusan merupakan salah satu sifat Allah yang esensial dari Keilahian-Nya.  Secara jelas Alkitab menunjukkan sifat Allah ini, bahwa Ia adalah Allah yang kudus. Dalam 1 Petrus 1:16 manusia yang ada didalam Dia juga diharapkan untuk hidup Kudus.  Kekudusan sendiri diperoleh melalui Roh Allah yang menyucikan jiwa manusia dari dosa, diperbarui menjadi serupa dengan Kristus, dan dengan menerima kasih karunia untuk menaati Allah sesuai dengan FirmanNya. Alkitab menuntun orang Kristen untuk hidup kudus, baik di hadapan Allah maupun dihadapan sesama manusia. Pentingnya menjaga kekudusan hidup sehingga perlunya mengajarkan sejak dini kepada anak-anak. Yang menjadi topik penelitian ini adalah bagaimana metode mengajarkan kekudusan kepada anak-anak di-tinjau dari 1 Petus 1:26. Artikel ini ditulis mengunakan kajian teologi biblika untuk memahami keku-dusan Allah dan pendekatan penelitian kualitatif deskriftif dan mendapatkan hasil bahwa kekudusan Hidup adalah anugerah Allah didalam Kristus dan harus diajarkan kepada anak-anak tentang kekudusan Hidup melalui teladan hidup oleh orang tua di sekitarnya. 

scholarly journals Μισέλ Φουκώ: Η συγκρότηση του σύγχρονου πειθαρχικού υποκειμένου

Conatus ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Θάνος Κιοσόγλου (Thanos Kiosoglou)
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Human Body ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Political ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Present Account ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Political Technology

In his seminal Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison, Michel Foucault aims at outlining the historical course that led to the promulgation and consolidation of the institution of imprisonment as a means of punishment as well as narrating how the corresponding human type, i.e. the contemporary disciplined subject, has been shaped. Obviously, the disciplined subject gradually took the place of the tormented subject. Consequently, this study aims at describing the sequential mutations of the imposed punishment as it progressively shifted from the spectacular slaughtering of the body to the strictly scientific manipulation of the non-material dimension of the human being. The reformation of the punitive practices “constructs” a docile body. It must be noticed, however, that this body is not necessarily guilty, since the disciplinary schemes concern everybody, even the most innocent sides of the everyday life as for example the hospital, the school or the barracks. Additionally, discipline is imposed through the division of the space, what Foucault calls the “art of allocation”, so that every working person is easily seen and supervised by the eye of the authority, while the disciplined subject is being forged gradually through the sense of responsibility before the flowing time. Foucault highlights the “political technology of the body”, that is its usurpation by the authorities, who aim at imposing to it adictated activity that produces palpable results in a binding frame of time. Although selective and brief, the present account of the punitive concepts of the three last centuries clarifies the fact that the authoritarian strategies are indissolubly interwoven with the different connotations of the human body, through the use of which they subdue human beings.

An interdisciplinary approach for tacit knowledge communication between the designer and the computer

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hala Hossam Eldin ◽  
Ramy Bakir ◽  
Sherif El-Fiki
Keyword(s):  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Computational Design ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Design Environment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Knowledge Domains

PurposeThis research investigates the means of tacit knowledge (TK) communication between the designer and the computer in architectural design. Despite the integration of state-of-the-art computational technologies in different design phases, this integration happens within a limited scope, focusing mainly on tangible aspects of the design process, such as technical systems and visual representations. This lets architectural design miss the wider scope technology provides, where it can help in developing the computational design process through incorporating new intangible knowledge domains that were usually neglected, such as tacit knowledge, and through incorporating more design entities that were not included in the design process before.Design/methodology/approachThe study conducts an interdisciplinary analytical review of the literature to achieve two main research goals. The first goal investigates TK communication between human beings and the second understands approaches of TK communication between humans and computers. For each goal, three phases were implemented; an initial research phase, where main keywords are identified, a sampling and selection of literature phase and an analysis of literature phase.FindingsThrough interlinking findings from different disciplines, the study presents a theoretical framework for TK communication. The framework provides architects with an approach to construct and transfer TK while using the computer in a computational design environment, presenting an individual and a social set of conditions and factors revealed from the review of the analyzed literature. The framework particularly emphasizes the significance of a human–computer symbiotic relationship for the process of TK communication to take place.Originality/valueThis paper presents a novel interdisciplinary reading into the literature of fields beyond architectural design, incorporating intangible knowledge domains into the computational design process and expanding the capabilities of computational design tools to allow for the transfer of intangible design attributes between different design entities, particularly tacit design knowledge.

scholarly journals KURIKULUM TAUHIDI UNIVERSITAS ISLAM (Refleksi Terhadap Insan Kamil di Bidang Pendidikan)

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
Asmu'i Marto
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Educational Activities ◽  
Spiritual Dimension ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Emotional Dimension ◽  
Human Figure ◽  
Practical Level

As the most important medium of developing civilization, Islamic University should be able to reflect on human figure which reflects the nature of God. The human being is the center of civilization. Human figure who could build the civilized human civilization is the figure who reflects the nature of God. This man is known by term insan kamil. Fundamentally, the structure and curriculum of Islamic University should be taken from the nature of man which consists permanent and spiritual dimension as well as material and emotional dimension. Then in practical level, research activities in the educational activities should involve various methods, such as religious and scientific, empirical and rational, deductive and inductive, subjective and objective, without making one method is more dominant than the other. Because of the University’s curriculum-based involve all ‘civilized human beings’ potential in a whole organ intact and holistic, then it is called tauhidi curriculum. In short, the Islamic University is a reflection of the insan kamil or universal human being (al-insān al-kullīor al-insān al-kāmil), which is directed to form a human figure perfectly and completely.

The Humanity of the Human Body

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
José M. Galván ◽  
Rocci Luppicini
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Human Enhancement ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Technological Society ◽  
Technical Ability ◽  
Enhancement Technologies

The importance of the human body within traditional bioethical debates is amplified within the field of technoethics as scholars attempt to grapple with conflicting views of what it means to be human and what attributes are core to human beings within the era of human enhancement technologies. A technoethical perspective of the human being is presented to highlight defining characteristics of humans within a technological society. Under this framework, symbolic capacity and technical ability are assumed to be grounded within the free and ethical nature of human beings. Ideas from Modernity and Postmodernity are used to demonstrate the need for a more encompassing view of humans which accommodates both its technical and ethical dimensions. The concepts of homotechnicus and cybersapien are introduced to help provide a more unitary vision of the human being and the priority of ethics over technics within this technological society.

Yair Lorberbaum. Image of God, Halakhah and Aggadah. Tel Aviv: Schocken Publishing House, 2004. 544 pp.

AJS Review ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-167
Author(s):  
Joshua Kulp
Keyword(s):  
Death Penalty ◽  
Human Body ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Image Of God ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Divine Presence ◽  
Tel Aviv ◽  
The World ◽  
Physical Manifestation

The central thesis of Lorberbaum's book is that according to the rabbis, the meaning of imago dei is that there is tangible divine presence within every human being. This concept impacted primarily upon two areas of halakhah: the death penalty and procreation. Since humans are physical representations of God, execution is equivalent in some ways to deicide. Conversely, procreation is strongly mandated because it increases God's physical manifestation in the world by creating more vehicles in which to embody God's presence. Importantly, as “images” of the divine, human beings function as icons in a manner similar to the way idols function in the pagan world; they draw God's presence into themselves, blurring the borders between representation and form. Finally, the drawing of God's presence into the human body dictates that human beings are embodied with significant theurgic powers.

Conceptions of Trust in the Qur'an

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 56-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nora S. Eggen
Keyword(s):  
Social Trust ◽  
Social Ethics ◽  
Religious Discourse ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Normative Claim ◽  
Trust Relationship ◽  
Trust Relationships ◽  
The Absolute ◽  
The Guardian

In the Qur'an we find different concepts of trust situated within different ethical discourses. A rather unambiguous ethico-religious discourse of the trust relationship between the believer and God can be seen embodied in conceptions of tawakkul. God is the absolute wakīl, the guardian, trustee or protector. Consequently He is the only holder of an all-encompassing trusteeship, and the normative claim upon the human being is to trust God unconditionally. There are however other, more polyvalent, conceptions of trust. The main discussion in this article evolves around the conceptions of trust as expressed in the polysemic notion of amāna, involving both trust relationships between God and man and inter-human trust relationships. This concept of trust involves both trusting and being trusted, although the strongest and most explicit normative claim put forward is on being trustworthy in terms of social ethics as well as in ethico-religious discourse. However, ‘trusting’ when it comes to fellow human beings is, as we shall see, framed in the Qur'an in less absolute terms, and conditioned by circumstantial factors; the Qur'anic antithesis to social trust is primarily betrayal, ‘khiyāna’, rather than mistrust.

Value and Character Education Based on Qur’anic

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 182-188
Author(s):  
Eva Nurhaeny
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Character Education ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Human Individual ◽  
Moral Dimensions ◽  
Long Life ◽  
Culture Development ◽  
Education Concept

This essay discusses based on Qur’anic value and character education. In gobalization era, it has great impact on young behaviour change such as fighting, free sex, drug and other delinquencies. The occurred result is serious enough and it cannot be assumed just as a simple matter again, mainly that the subjects and the victim are young people whose have professions as students. The fact indicates that education world has to give an important role toward preventing national moral decadency in the effort of preparing the better future young generation. In this regard, we are aware that the education goal, basically, is to build better morality of human being or in another term is to “humanize the human being”. An idea regarding the significance of character education was appeared as a given solution in answering the morality problem in Indonesian education world. Character education is part of value education. That why, looking for the character education concept has been very urgent in the effort of preparing excellent, faithful, professional and personalized leaner as being asked by the education goal. The essence of characterized behavior actually is the psychological totality form which includes the whole human individual potency of cognitive, affective and psycho-motoric aspects, and also socio-cultural totality function in the context of interaction with God, him or herself, other human beings and the environment in his or her long life. Furthermore, in Qur’an’s teaching, the figure of the Messenger Peace be upon him (PBUH) is viewed as “the model human being”. In this context, the concept of Qur’anic charactereducation can be found through three moral dimensions that should be actualized in human being personality. They are the morality toward Allah (spiritual quotient/ intelligence), the morality toward our self (emotional quotient) and the morality toward Allah’s creatures, human being and environment (social quotient). Then, school should make the Holy Qur’an as the foundation of character education’s implementation whereas the implementation form in the school can be developed through intra-curricular, extra-curricular or personality and school culture development.

Management of Value Based Education and Spirituality: A Practical Application by Mahamana Malaviyaji in BHU

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gitali Choudhury
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Education System ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
Good Citizen ◽  
Social Animals ◽  
Genuine Effort ◽  
Civilized Society

Education is the backbone of a civilized society. Values have an important role in education system of any society. Most important thing is that, education should be based on some core values of human being like truthfulness, honesty, justice, good behavior etc. Only this can help a society to maintain a peaceful atmosphere. As all human beings are social animals, so this is the duty of every human being to obey their social responsibility. Mahamana Malaviyaji is one of those great personalities who felt his social responsibility very well and established Banaras Hindu University to bring people out from the mode of ignorance. He values our Indian culture and tradition, which is based on Bhagavat Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam. His genuine effort was to build the character of new generations, so that they can be a good citizen of the country and thus can serve the country. This paper intends to focus on Mahamana’s practical thoughts and applications to contribute to the value-based education system.

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