scholarly journals Why Build a Robot With Artificial Consciousness? How to Begin? A Cross-Disciplinary Dialogue on the Design and Implementation of a Synthetic Model of Consciousness

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Harris Smith ◽  
Guido Schillaci
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Counterfactual Thinking ◽  
Disciplinary Differences ◽  
Artistic Creativity ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Synthetic Model ◽  
Artificial Consciousness ◽  
The World ◽  
Creative Problem

Creativity is intrinsic to Humanities and STEM disciplines. In the activities of artists and engineers, for example, an attempt is made to bring something new into the world through counterfactual thinking. However, creativity in these disciplines is distinguished by differences in motivations and constraints. For example, engineers typically direct their creativity toward building solutions to practical problems, whereas the outcomes of artistic creativity, which are largely useless to practical purposes, aspire to enrich the world aesthetically and conceptually. In this essay, an artist (DHS) and a roboticist (GS) engage in a cross-disciplinary conceptual analysis of the creative problem of artificial consciousness in a robot, expressing the counterfactual thinking necessitated by the problem, as well as disciplinary differences in motivations, constraints, and applications. We especially deal with the question of why one would build an artificial consciousness and we consider how an illusionist theory of consciousness alters prominent ethical debates on synthetic consciousness. We discuss theories of consciousness and their applicability to synthetic consciousness. We discuss practical approaches to implementing artificial consciousness in a robot and conclude by considering the role of creativity in the project of developing an artificial consciousness.

The Middle Path of Moderation in Islam

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Hashim Kamali ◽  
Tariq Ramadan
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Financial Crises ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Continuity And Change ◽  
Personal Character ◽  
The World ◽  
Historical Profile ◽  
Moderating Role

This book is presented in two parts, consisting of a total of twenty-three chapters. Part One occupies seven chapters, which begin with a conceptual analysis of wasaṭiyyah, its meaning, definition, scope, and manifestations. This is followed by a review of the source evidence in the Qur’an and hadith, and then a round-up of modern opinion on wasaṭiyyah. The hallmarks of wasaṭiyyah and those of extremism, identification of wasaṭiyyah, its manifestations, and institutional developments on wasaṭiyyah are also discussed under Part One. Part Two looks into the various manifestations of wasaÏiyyah in the context, for instance, of religiosity, moderation and justice, environmental degradation, and financial crises the world has experienced in recent years. Other chapters that follow address subjects such as moderation in jihÉd, the moderating role of disagreement (ikhtilÉf), how wasaÏiyyah can be manifested with regard to women’s rights, the moderating influence of Sufism, wasaÏiyyah and globalization, and moderation in personal character and lifestyle. Two other chapters that appear toward the end bear the titles respectively of “Islam Between Antiquity and the Modern World” and “Reconciling the Concerns of Continuity and Change.” The former looks at Islam’s historical profile, how it played out its role of moderation in its relations with the outside world, whereas the latter looks into the ways Islam can moderate itself from within through the instrumentalities, for instance, of tajdid and islah (renewal and reform), respectively. In almost every chapter, the book explores Islamic principles and doctrines on a number of selected themes that seek to contextualize Islamic teachings with contemporary realities through the lenses of wasaṭiyyah. Part One thus focuses on a conceptual analysis of wasaṭiyyah and its understanding from a perusal of the Islamic text and doctrine, whereas Part Two presents a selected cluster of themes related to wasaṭiyyah and their application to contemporary issues.

Concepts and effects: ordering and practice in foresight

foresight ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Bussey
Keyword(s):  
First Principles ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Social Goal ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Conceptual Clarity ◽  
The World ◽  
Personal Resilience ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – This article seeks to reflect on the role of key concepts in foresight and futures work. The goal is to explore a set of concepts and link them to the effects they have in the world of foresight practice. It is argued that concepts order foresight practice and that though each foresight context and practitioner is unique, concepts bring a sense of order and coherence to foresight work and futures thinking. This reflection is placed in the context of a set of first principles the author acknowledges as his starting place for futures thinking and foresight practice. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form of conceptual analysis. Findings – Concepts have effects and these can be assessed based on their ability to increase social and personal resilience in contexts characterised by change, complexity and uncertainty. Research limitations/implications – Foresight practitioners clarify their own values and ethics through reflection on the concepts they use and the processes they deploy when working with clients. Practical implications – More reflective foresight practice; greater conceptual clarity when reflecting on and communicating/teaching foresight and futures thinking. Originality/value – This paper offers a basis for orienting foresight work towards the broader social goal of resilience through a deepened appreciation of how concepts inform process and structure meaning.

scholarly journals SOMATIC CULTURAL CODE AND ITS ROLE IN THE CHINESE LINGUISTIC WORLDVIEW (BASED ON THE CONCEPTS OF “FACE” AND “HEART”)

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 703-710
Author(s):  
Fatimabibi Daulet ◽  
Saule Zeinolla ◽  
Madina Omarova ◽  
Kulshat Smagulova ◽  
Farida Orazakynkyzy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Cultural Models ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Chinese Speakers ◽  
Cultural Specificity ◽  
The World ◽  
Native Chinese Speakers ◽  
Cultural Code

Purpose of the study: The study aims to describe the notion of somatic cultural code. The research pursues several objectives, such as: to describe the concepts of the linguistic worldview, the image of the world, the cultural code; to identify and systematize the somatic code of the Chinese language; to describe the lingua cognitive and linguacultural properties of the selected somatic concepts; to study the role of somatic components in lexical units; to investigate and describe the denotative meaning, functional-stylistic and emotional-expressive connotations. Methodology: The author employs the descriptive-representative method to isolate and describe the key Chinese cultural somas. Besides, the conceptual analysis method was used to determine the frequency of somatic metonymy and its influence on linguistic worldview. The material of the study consists of 3,000 examples of somatic concepts. Main Findings: The article offers an analysis of somatic cultural code and its role in the Chinese cultural and linguistic worldview. The research was conducted on the material of Chinese lexical and phraseological units. Despite the growing interest of modern linguistics in somatic cultural models, and in particular, in somatic metaphors, there are only a few studies on the lexico-semantic aspects of the Chinese language. Applications of this study: The concepts of face and heart are primary elements of the Chinese cultural somatic code with its system of associations, images, and symbols. As part of the traditional linguistic worldview they shape mentality, character, traditions, and stereotypes. As practical and axiological means, they are embedded in the language and consciousness of native Chinese speakers. Novelty/Originality of this study: It is one of the first studies of the Chinese somatic cultural code and its national and cultural specificity.

scholarly journals Globalization and Expectation of The Country's Prosperity

2018 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 10012
Author(s):  
Nuraini Hikmah
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Transnational Corporations ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Global Era ◽  
The World ◽  
The Village ◽  
Passive Object

Globalization is technological advancement and openness of information presented, and offered to be followed by other Nations as an agreement and shared guidelines for Nations around the world. The process of globalization can be characterized by the role of the market is so big and the acquisition of investment and production by transnational corporations. Globalization impact on injustice and inequality for the developing countries. The approach in the village development in the global era is that the village became prosperous can be initiated through refining global element into the values of the local countryside. This research aim to observe strengthening strategy of village development as economy, social, and cultural pillars in the globalization era. This method applies qualitative with secondary data and conceptual analysis. This finding is the villahe become the arising and development places of the local wisdom, in order those are needed managerial strengthening strategy through guidelines of village management. The village isn't passive object should be following globalization way but it should fulfill globaliztaion chance by wisdom value owned in order it will be not only a globalization but also how the village determined unit entity into applying globalization without eliminating local wisdom as a supporting factor.

Assessing the Role of Referent in Counterfactual Thinking

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahan S. Ali ◽  
Melissa B. Cahoon ◽  
Mark S. Rye ◽  
Tarika Daftary
Keyword(s):  
Counterfactual Thinking

The essence and causes of the spiritual and moral decline of mankind in the XX century

1998 ◽  
pp. 124-127
Author(s):  
V. Tolkachenko
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
Social Force ◽  
The World ◽  
Role Of Religion

One of the most important reasons for such a clearly distressed state of society was the decline of religion as a social force, the external manifestation of which is the weakening of religious institutions. "Religion," Baha'u'llah writes, "is the greatest of all means of establishing order in the world to the universal satisfaction of those who live in it." The weakening of the foundations of religion strengthened the ranks of ignoramuses, gave them impudence and arrogance. "I truly say that everything that belittles the supreme role of religion opens way for the revelry of maliciousness, inevitably leading to anarchy. " In another Tablet, He says: "Religion is a radiant light and an impregnable fortress that ensures the safety and well-being of the peoples of the world, for God-fearing induces man to adhere to the good and to reject all evil." Blink the light of religion, and chaos and distemper will set in, the radiance of justice, justice, tranquility and peace. "

The problem of periodization of the history of religion

1997 ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Borys Lobovyk
Keyword(s):  
Religious Studies ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Religious Development ◽  
History Of Religion ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Role Of Religion

An important problem of religious studies, the history of religion as a branch of knowledge is the periodization process of the development of religious phenomenon. It is precisely here, as in focus, that the question of the essence and meaning of the religious development of the human being of the world, the origin of beliefs and cult, the reasons for the changes in them, the place and role of religion in the social and spiritual process, etc., are converging.

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