1001: Filming the Odyssey

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gernot Waldner
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Machine Intelligence ◽  
Eternal Life ◽  
Cybernetic Model ◽  
Utopian Vision ◽  
Space Race ◽  
Auteur Cinema ◽  
Logical Process

AbstractThe article discusses how cybernetic models of learning shape the development of filmic means in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. I first outline the historical conditions that allowed for an adaption of scientific knowledge in film: auteur cinema, the space race, and the economic crisis of Hollywood studios. Then I introduce the major principles of this cybernetic model of learning, as it is palpable in the film. In this model, intelligence is simultaneously viewed as logical process inside a machine and as non-predictable behavior of a machine. When human and machine intelligence are in competition with each other, this twofold model serves as culmination point and interpretative cue for the film as a whole. In this interpretation, every signal of the monolith instigates new filmic means, which blur the boundaries between on-screen and off-screen vision, sound, and speech. As filmic adaption, the utopian vision of cybernetic intelligence thus portrays the search for eternal life.

Islamic Economic Redefinition and its Methodology Among Contemporary Thinkers

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-17
Author(s):  
Abi Suar ◽  
Meirson Meirison ◽  
Zerly Nazar
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Analytical Methods ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Core Concept ◽  
Basic Assumptions ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Islamic Economic ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Unity Of Knowledge

  Abstract: The Islamic economic crisis from an epistemological perspective has been going on in recent years, based on many Islamic economic figures' writings. Monzer Kahf argues about Islamic economics's definition that there is no agreement among Muslim economists about the definition of Islamic economics, its scope, its relation to conventional economics, analytical methods and instruments, and even some of its basic assumptions. They view that the Islamic economy epistemologically still needs to be studied, while this Study, which has been going on for 40 years, seems to be running in place. In this Study, researchers used a library research method. This aims to reveal the redefinition of Islamic economics from contemporary economists, the methodological crisis that has hit Islamic economics, and the urgency of developing Islamic economics methodology among contemporary thinkers. The essence of the urgency of developing methodologies and approaches in Islamic economics is tawhid. The central or core concept that permeates all aspects of the epistemology of Islamic economics is tawhid. Tawhîd is the essence of Islam; tawhîd is considered the unity of knowledge and can be broken down into sources, methods and scientific knowledge. Knowledge comes from Allah's revelations to His Prophet, and reasoning, perception, and empiricism. Because of al-Attas, God's first type of knowledge is through direct revelation. The second is through the speculation of rational investigations based on his experience of the plausible and understandable.  

Tangled between paradigms in the neo-baroque era

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felipe Criado-Boado
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Baroque Era ◽  
Virtual Experiences ◽  
Crisis Of Modernity

AbstractThe underlying notion for this article is that archaeology requires an amalgamation of humanities and science, and of narrative and scientific knowledge. The need for this fusion has arisen in a context in which contemporary society is experiencing major changes in epistemics, aesthetics and fashion; an increase in virtual experiences; and an economic crisis. I refer to this situation as the neo-baroque, a condition that is elusive and partially ambiguous. This social context (perhaps the final crisis of modernity), and the breakdown of this integration in pragmatic terms, call for a repoliticization of science.

scholarly journals Jute and Jute Products of Bangladesh: Contributions and Challenges

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 143-xxx
Author(s):  
Swapna Akter ◽  
Md Nazmus Sadekin ◽  
Nazrul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Foreign Currency ◽  
National Income ◽  
World Market ◽  
Land Fragmentation ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Cash Crops ◽  
The World ◽  
Made In

Jute is one of Bangladesh 's main cash crops. The contribution of the jute sector to the economy of Bangladesh is enormous. In Bangladesh, Jute is a vital sector from economical, agricultural, industrial, and commercial perspectives. Different kinds of jute products are made in Bangladesh and the products are environmentally friendly as well. Every year Bangladesh earns an amount of foreign currency by exporting jute and jute products in different countries all over the world. That contributes to the national income of Bangladesh. Jute was once called Bangladesh's 'Golden Fibre. But this industry's present and future prosperity and growth are vulnerable. There exist many problems in the jute industry of Bangladesh, such as; lack of scientific knowledge and modern tools, market tools, unavailability of quality seeds, low productivity, inappropriate market forecasting, land fragmentation, natural calamities, conflicts and economic crisis in the world market, etc. Based on the existing problems, I will try to give some policies that may help to eradicate the problems and improve the present conditions of the jute industry in Bangladesh.

Mental representation of economic crisis in Italian and Swiss samples 1The authors would like to thank Maurizio Mistri for his help in the construction of items. This research was supported by a grant from the Italian Murst (ex 40%).

2001 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Savadori ◽  
Eraldo Nicotra ◽  
Rino Rumiati ◽  
Roberto Tamborini
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Mental Representation ◽  
Mental Representations ◽  
Social Contexts ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
National Context ◽  
Cluster Procedure ◽  
Total N ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Important Symptom

The content and structure of mental representation of economic crises were studied and the flexibility of the structure in different social contexts was tested. Italian and Swiss samples (Total N = 98) were compared with respect to their judgments as to how a series of concrete examples of events representing abstract indicators were relevant symptoms of economic crisis. Mental representations were derived using a cluster procedure. Results showed that the relevance of the indicators varied as a function of national context. The growth of unemployment was judged to be by far the most important symptom of an economic crisis but the Swiss sample judged bankruptcies as more symptomatic than Italians who considered inflation, raw material prices and external accounts to be more relevant. A different clustering structure was found for the two samples: the locations of unemployment and gross domestic production indicators were the main differences in representations.

Defining the Competence of Psychologists with a View to Public Accountability *

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ype H. Poortinga ◽  
Ingrid Lunt
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
The Body ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Rigorous Evaluation ◽  
Judicial Proceedings ◽  
Psychological Knowledge

In national codes of ethics the practice of psychology is presented as rooted in scientific knowledge, professional skills, and experience. However, it is not self-evident that the body of scientific knowledge in psychology provides an adequate basis for current professional practice. Professional training and experience are seen as necessary for the application of psychological knowledge, but they appear insufficient to defend the soundness of one's practices when challenged in judicial proceedings of a kind that may be faced by psychologists in the European Union in the not too distant future. In seeking to define the basis for the professional competence of psychologists, this article recommends taking a position of modesty concerning the scope and effectiveness of psychological interventions. In many circumstances, psychologists can only provide partial advice, narrowing down the range of possible courses of action more by eliminating unpromising ones than by pointing out the most correct or most favorable one. By emphasizing rigorous evaluation, the profession should gain in accountability and, in the long term, in respectability.

Family Therapy and Scientific Knowledge: A Loyalty Conflict?

1989 ◽  
Vol 34 (5) ◽  
pp. 467-469
Author(s):  
Clifford I. Notarius
Keyword(s):  
Family Therapy ◽  
Scientific Knowledge
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