What was “Geschichtsphilosophie”?

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-210
Author(s):  
Peter Vogt
Keyword(s):  
Modern Philosophy ◽  
German Idealism ◽  
Philosophy Of History ◽  
Fundamental Difference ◽  
The Future ◽  
Made In ◽  
The Way

This paper looks at modern philosophy of history in the sense of the German concept of “Geschichtsphilosophie”. “Geschichtsphilosophie”, as it was formulated since the heydays of German Idealism, always implied the belief that it is possible to make true statements about the future. I will take a closer look at such a version of philosophy of history by reconstructing Odo Marquard’s arguments against “Geschichtsphilosophie” and Heinz Dieter Kittsteiner’s defense of it. These two authors were asking precisely the same question about the essence of “Geschichtsphilosophie”, but came to totally different conclusions. I will defend Marquard’s position and thus will come to the position that history cannot be made or at least cannot be made in the way agents want it to be made. However, my insistence on the inevitable limits of any project to make history as it has been constitutive for modern philosophy of history, in no way precludes the possibility of making politics. Thus, at the very end of my paper, I argue for the fundamental difference between the making of history and the making of politics.

The Potential for Immersive Technology combined with Online Dating

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 125-135
Author(s):  
David Evans Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Online Dating ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Immersive Technology ◽  
Made In ◽  
Immersive Technologies ◽  
The Way

Whilst online dating has been around for several years; immersive technologies are relatively new to this type of interaction. The first forays into immersive VR online dating have only just being made in the past year. To what degree this type of technology will change the way that we date is potentially quite different from the current way that online dates are conducted. The way the technology works could make virtual dates seem as real as a physical date. Understanding how immersive technology functions gives some insights into the future of online dating and also the impact on the digital economy.

scholarly journals Pamięć protetyczna i nierealność czasu w serialu Watchmen

2020 ◽  
pp. 278-290
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Loska
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Collective Dimension ◽  
Point Of Reference ◽  
Made In ◽  
The Way

Prosthetic Memory and Unreality of Time in Watchmen Starting from a reflection on the traumatic experience of racism, the author of the article considers the possibility of transmitting the knowledge about the past and retrieving memory, and then points out how the relationships between the past, the present and the future are problematized, if we change the way we think about time, namely when it ceases to be perceived as something real or objective. The point of reference for further considerations is the HBO Watchmen series, made in 2019, which exemplifies the mechanism of prosthetic memory. According to the definition proposed by Alison Landsberg, prosthetic memory includes continuity and rupture. It is connected not only with the individual but the collective dimension as well, as it is related to the sphere of politics. In other words, it is a vehicle thanks to which we can travel to other places and times, and thanks to which the viewer may refer to important social and psychological issues.

scholarly journals The decline of the Greek myth of man and being

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 554-567
Author(s):  
Feodor I. Girenok ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Modern Philosophy ◽  
Fundamental Difference ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Greek Myth ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Inner Self ◽  
New Thinking ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Way

Modern philosophy is forced to return to the question of “what is philosophy?” Does it need to be understood as the science of being or a science about man? M. Heidegger believes that philosophy is the science of being and refers to Parmenides. R. M. Rilke, as a poet, is closest to the point of view of I. Kant, according to which philosophy is anthropology. The article analyzes the attitude of Heidegger to Parmenides’ poem “Оn Nature” and concludes that Heidegger did not express his attitude to the fork of two ways of man in Parmenides’ philosophy: the way of understanding being and the way of understanding the ghostly, that is, the existence of man. Parmenides chose the path of being, and Heidegger supported him. However, on this path it is impossible to talk about the fundamental difference between man and animal. It is also impossible to raise the question of what is a man. The path of ontology leads to the coincidence of the human and non-human. In this regard, the article analyzes the attitude of Heidegger to the poetry of Rilke. Heidegger understands man as being. Rilke sees the essence of a man not in the fact that he owns a word, but in the fact that he is addressed to his inner self. The article shows that Heidegger distorted the position of Rilke, identifying his poetry with the philosophy of the subject in modern times. The author comes to the conclusion that Rilke is outside the limits of western thinking, according to which man is included in the structure of existence, and the human and non-human do not differ. Rilke’s poetry, in the author’s opinion, is the source of new thinking that proceeds from the fact that the human and non-human do not fundamentally coincide. Man dreams, the animal evolves.

Ten Challenges for Digital Humanities and the Way Forward

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
George Pavlidis ◽  
Stella Markantonatou ◽  
Simon Donig ◽  
Adamantios Koumpis
Keyword(s):  
Digital Humanities ◽  
Position Paper ◽  
Computational Approaches ◽  
The Future ◽  
Made In ◽  
The Way

Regardless of whether one supports Digital Humanities as a discipline in its own, ‘traditional' Humanities are transforming with the incorporation of computational approaches. In this short position paper, we outline ten challenges that we consider important and propose to kick-off an in-depth dialog for the future shaping of Digital Humanities, without prejudices and preconceptions. The presentation of the challenges situates them with respect to trends and evolutionary developments in society and technology, and some first comments are being made in kicking-off the dialog for the shaping of the future.

scholarly journals The Potential for Immersive Technology combined with Online Dating

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 125-135
Author(s):  
David Evans Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Online Dating ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Immersive Technology ◽  
Made In ◽  
Immersive Technologies ◽  
The Way

Whilst online dating has been around for several years; immersive technologies are relatively new to this type of interaction. The first forays into immersive VR online dating have only just being made in the past year. To what degree this type of technology will change the way that we date is potentially quite different from the current way that online dates are conducted. The way the technology works could make virtual dates seem as real as a physical date. Understanding how immersive technology functions gives some insights into the future of online dating and also the impact on the digital economy.

scholarly journals Some preliminary thoughts on epistemological transformation and the study of the Old Testament

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
S.D. Snyman
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
The Past ◽  
Look Back ◽  
The Future ◽  
Major Transition ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Made In ◽  
The Way ◽  
Old Testament Studies

This contribution addressed the question of epistemological transformation in the study of the Old Testament in South Africa. Epistemological transformation entails the way in which we think of knowledge: what do we teach, why do we teach the knowledge that we teach and how do we teach? This contribution focused on the first and second aspects of knowledge. The aspect of transformation brings to mind the post�1994 situation in South Africa. In view of the major transition South Africa has made in terms of an inclusive democratic dispensation this new state of affairs, combined with the past we came from, necessitates a process of epistemological transformation in the study of the Old Testament. At the occasion of the retirement of a colleague it might be appropriate to look back and open up some possibilities for the future of Old Testament studies in South Africa.

scholarly journals Strategic planning and response to COVID-19 in a London emergency department

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (9) ◽  
pp. 567-570
Author(s):  
Kerrie Whitwell ◽  
Rachel Maynard ◽  
Natalia Barry ◽  
Victoria Cowling ◽  
Tara Sood
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Strategic Planning ◽  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Command And Control ◽  
The Future ◽  
And Control ◽  
Made In ◽  
The Way

For many of us in emergency medicine, rising to the challenge of the COVID-19 crisis will be the single most exciting and challenging episode of our careers. Lessons have been learnt on how to make quick and effective changes without being hindered by the normal restraints of bureaucracy. Changes that would normally have taken months to years to implement have been successfully introduced over a period of several weeks. Although we have managed these changes largely by command and control, compassionate leadership has identified leaders within our team and paved the way for the future. This article covers the preparation and changes made in response to COVID-19 in a London teaching hospital.

The way of the future

1973 ◽  
Vol 131 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Rosati
Keyword(s):  
The Future ◽  
The Way

Less Power, Greater Conflict

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra C. Schmid
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
High Power ◽  
Goal Pursuit ◽  
Goal Conflict ◽  
Personal Goals ◽  
Multiple Goals ◽  
Objective Performance ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Way

Abstract. Power facilitates goal pursuit, but how does power affect the way people respond to conflict between their multiple goals? Our results showed that higher trait power was associated with reduced experience of conflict in scenarios describing multiple goals (Study 1) and between personal goals (Study 2). Moreover, manipulated low power increased individuals’ experience of goal conflict relative to high power and a control condition (Studies 3 and 4), with the consequence that they planned to invest less into the pursuit of their goals in the future. With its focus on multiple goals and individuals’ experiences during goal pursuit rather than objective performance, the present research uses new angles to examine power effects on goal pursuit.

Becoming Politicized

2017 ◽  
Vol 225 (4) ◽  
pp. 324-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Barkas ◽  
Xenia Chryssochoou
Keyword(s):  
Collective Identity ◽  
Political Socialization ◽  
Greek Society ◽  
Economic Vulnerability ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Identity Model ◽  
Beliefs About The Future ◽  
Of Greece ◽  
The Way

Abstract. This research took place just after the end of the protests following the killing of a 16-year-old boy by a policeman in Greece in December 2008. Participants (N = 224) were 16-year-olds in different schools in Attiki. Informed by the Politicized Collective Identity Model ( Simon & Klandermans, 2001 ), a questionnaire measuring grievances, adversarial attributions, emotions, vulnerability, identifications with students and activists, and questions about justice and Greek society in the future, as well as about youngsters’ participation in different actions, was completed. Four profiles of the participants emerged from a cluster analysis using representations of the conflict, emotions, and identifications with activists and students. These profiles differed on beliefs about the future of Greece, participants’ economic vulnerability, and forms of participation. Importantly, the clusters corresponded to students from schools of different socioeconomic areas. The results indicate that the way young people interpret the events and the context, their levels of identification, and the way they represent society are important factors of their political socialization that impacts on their forms of participation. Political socialization seems to be related to youngsters’ position in society which probably constitutes an important anchoring point of their interpretation of the world.

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