The Impact of Mathematics and Mathematicians

2019 ◽  
pp. 156-160
Author(s):  
Benjamin Fine
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Science And Engineering ◽  
Technological Revolution ◽  
Hard Science ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Modern Mathematics ◽  
The Way

The 1600's ushered in our modern world, but not in the way most people learn in school. There was a revolution; started by Kepler, continued by Galileo, Descartes and Fermat and culminating in Newton and Leibniz. This revolution allowed for the development of modern mathematics which in turn led to modern science and engineering to advance. Hence, the technological revolution occurred which has shaped our present-day existence much more than anything else. In this article we examine these developments during the amazing seventeenth century. We keep an eye on the fact that for whatever reason human beings for the most part seem not to do hard engineering until the hard science is developed and not to do the hard science until the correct mathematics has been discovered.

Engels on women, the family, class and gender

2021 ◽  
pp. 194277862110000
Author(s):  
Sheila Margaret McGregor
Keyword(s):  
Historical Materialism ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
True Nature ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Women's Oppression ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
Socialist Movement ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

This article looks at Engels’s writings to show that his ideas about the role of labour in the evolution of human beings in a dialectical relationship between human beings and nature is a crucial starting point for understanding human society and is correct in its essentials. It is important for understanding that we developed as a species on the basis of social cooperation. The way human beings produce and reproduce themselves, the method of historical materialism, provides the basis for understanding how class and women’s oppression arose and how that can explain LGBTQ oppression. Although Engels’s analysis was once widely accepted by the socialist movement, it has mainly been ignored or opposed by academic researchers and others, including geographers, and more recently by Marxist feminists. However, anthropological research from the 1960s and 1970s as well as more recent anthropological and archaeological research provide overwhelming evidence for the validity of Engels’s argument that there were egalitarian, pre-class societies without women’s oppression. However, much remains to be explained about the transition to class societies. Engels’s analysis of the impact of industrial capitalism on gender roles shows how society shapes our behaviour. Engels’s method needs to be constantly reasserted against those who would argue that we are a competitive, aggressive species who require rules to suppress our true nature, and that social development is driven by ideas, not by changes in the way we produce and reproduce ourselves.

Richard Baxter as Philosophical Theologian

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. Sytsma
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Rene Descartes ◽  
Thomas Hobbes ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Robert Boyle ◽  
Mechanical Philosophy ◽  
René Descartes ◽  
Pierre Gassendi ◽  
The Way

This chapter argues for Baxter’s importance as a theologian engaged with philosophy. Although Baxter is largely known today as a practical theologian, he also excelled in knowledge of the scholastics and was known in the seventeenth century also for his scholastic theology. He followed philosophical trends closely, was connected with many people involved in mechanical philosophy, and responded directly to the ideas of René Descartes, Pierre Gassendi, Robert Boyle, Thomas Willis, Thomas Hobbes, and Benedict de Spinoza. As a leading Puritan and nonconformist, his views are especially relevant to the question of the relation of the Puritan tradition to the beginnings of modern science and philosophy. The chapter introduces the way in which “mechanical philosophy” will be used, and concludes with a brief synopsis of the argument of the book.

Sincere Humans and Insincere Beasts: Cicero’s Politics of Humanity

Antichthon ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 77-94
Author(s):  
Lazar Maric
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Legal Theory ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Conceptual Background ◽  
Political Boundary ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way ◽  
De Officiis

AbstractThis article analyses the ‘politics of humanity’ in Cicero’s philosophical and rhetorical works, the practice of projecting and shifting the moral and political boundary that separates the ‘human’ from the ‘inhuman’, the ‘inept at being human’, and the ‘undeserving of being human’. This practice has many affinities with the relatively modern phenomenon of ‘dehumanisation’. In the first part, the emphasis is on Cicero’s humanism, in particular his ideas on human nature as they appear inDe Officiis. Here I also show the impact of this practice on Roman ideas of self-fashioning, ‘sincerity’ and social performance. In the second part, I observe the way in which Cicero’s political and legal theory fits within this ideological project. I further argue that Cicero’s humanism provided a conceptual background to the rhetorical dehumanisation of his political enemies, that is, to the claims in his invective that these men could no longer be considered as proper human beings. My final suggestion is that the goal of this practice, at least some of the time, was to make a case for excluding these individuals from the state’s legal system and thus depriving them of its protections.

scholarly journals Personalistyczne postrzeganie małżeństwa i rodziny profilaktyką współczesnych niebezpieczeństw zagrażających rodzinie

2016 ◽  
pp. 415-425
Author(s):  
Paulina Puszcz
Keyword(s):  
Specific Form ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Raising Children ◽  
Philosophical School ◽  
Complex Approach ◽  
The Way

Personalism is a philosophical school of thought focused on thorough considerations around the human being. A few types and branches of personal­ism can be distinguished, for example by country of origin and development of thought, or by the analysis of differ­ent elements that constitute a human be­ing. On Polish ground, it is the teaching of St. John Paul II that deserves partic­ular attention. On the basis of a specific view on human beings in their integral and social dimension, personalism for­mulates a characteristic vision of mar­riage and family. It emphasizes the un­derstanding of family as a communi­ty of people, it teaches of the specificity of a relationship between a man and a woman, which leads to a tradition­al way of defining marriage and fami­ly. Consideration of biological, psycho­logical and spiritual dimensions of the functioning of a human being triggers a complex approach towards family. This means that it is the basis for deter­mining rules of psychological and spiri­tual establishment of marriage and fam­ily bonds. It also concerns the way of raising children, at the same time be­coming a special place for personal up­bringing. Reminding and promoting the abovementioned understanding of fam­ily can be a means of preventing threats of the modern world. This means that it can prevent the destruction of a family, as well as any attempts to redefine mar­riage and family – present in current so­cial reality. It can influence the process of supporting marriage and family with regard to appropriate communication, dealing with marriage crisis and with upbringing children. The way to per­form those preventive and supporting actions should first of all be the period of preparation for marriage, in a broad and direct aspect. Apart from that, in­cluding it in the constant formation of families may constitute a specific form of protection.

Analytical Impact of Technology on the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 236-249
Author(s):  
Devesh Bathla ◽  
Shraddha Awasthi
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technology ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Technological Performance ◽  
Online Mode ◽  
The World ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
Short Time ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way ◽  
Lack Of Knowledge

COVID-19 has totally changed the way that we live, and it also changed the way we work. It changed the way all the businesses run. Many of the businesses today either shut down due to lack of technological performance or the others moved towards the online mode to sustain the market. During the time of this pandemic, the businesses had no choice other than to shift to online mode. Some of the businesses operate offline, and it was not possible for them to shift online in a very short time due to lack of technology, lack of knowledge, etc. They faced much difficulty to operate their business smoothly. So, the impact of technology during the COVID-19 pandemic played a very important role throughout the world. When this pandemic was at its peak, technology became a lifeline of the human beings. This chapter shows the trend of digital technology during the COVID-19 pandemic and some innovations during this pandemic.

scholarly journals Fatalne zauroczenie (Wiktor Pielewin, Miłość do trzech Zuckerbrinów)

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Zywert
Keyword(s):  
Real Life ◽  
Russian Literature ◽  
Role Playing ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
Human Individual ◽  
Irreversible Effects ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this paper is to analyze an increasingly dangerous phenomenon in modern times – the Internet addiction – in the context of contemporary Russian literature. It seems that in this light, the work of Viktor Pelevin can serve as a perfect example of a literary voice in the discussion about the condition of the modern world. The present paper uses the findings of modern technology experts (e.g. Clifford Stoll), philosophers, and sociologists (e.g. Jean Baudrillard, Kazimierz Krzysztofek). In Viktor Pelevin’s novel entitled Love for Three Zuckerbrins (Любовь к трeм цукербринам, 2014) the author continues his analysis of the problem, already marked in The Helmet of Horror (Шлем ужаса: Креатифф о Тесее и Минотавре, 2005), centered on the impact of the development of the latest technologies on human beings. While in the author’s earlier works this issue remained in the sphere of predictions and guesses, here it is unequivocally resolved to the detriment of the human individual. By touching upon the question of popular games for people, Pelevin shows their real role – playing with people. In this context the abovementioned attraction to simple entertainment has irreversible effects – a win in an Internet game means a failure in real life. While advocating unequivocally on the side of the opponents of the adulation for cyberspace, Pelevin points out that a complete unification with it will lead to the end of humanity.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF THE DIGITAL ECONOMY ON GLOBALIZATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 104-118
Author(s):  
Svitlana KOLIADENKO
Keyword(s):  
Modern Science ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Economic Science ◽  
It Industry ◽  
The World ◽  
Cross Platform ◽  
Modern Economic ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Further Development

The article explores the main directions and trends of the modern economy – digital and its impact on globalization processes taking place in the modern world. Digital economy entered the modern definition is not so long ago, having gone through the difficult path of becoming both in the world and in Ukraine. Forming as a modern science, digital economy is becoming a feature of modern times: new terms, categories, concepts, tools are emerging and being introduced into scientific modernity. Some terms have been proposed for use in modern economic science, including: digital co-working center, cross-platform with digital industry, digital hub studio, hub association, hackathon, internet of things; some of them have been interpreted by the author. The contemporary impact of the digital economy on globalization has been investigated and some trends, implications, which can positively affect the further development of the IT industry in the economy of the world and Ukraine, especially the development of small and medium-sized enterprises basis of economic development for the coming period, especially as the next wave of the global economic crisis approaches. Although the term "digital economy" has long been used in the economic community of the world, not all its characteristics have been described in terms of theoretical economics, and even more so, those specific terms that accompany it in the economic studies of scientists. The digital economy is determined by a number of aspects in the technological, global, digitized, social fields. This article shows and substantiates ways to form some terms used in this direction and justifies (in some cases propose own) the formulation of terms that are either used in foreign-language sources or come from other fields, especially technical terms, economic substantiation of which is necessary for modern theoretical thought.

scholarly journals Web Triad: the Impact of Web Portals on Quality of Institutions of Higher Education - Case Study of Faculty of Economics, University of Liubliana, Slovenia

10.28945/2872 ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ales Popovic ◽  
Jaka Lindic ◽  
Mojca Indihar Stemberger ◽  
Jurij Jaklic
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Cultural Changes ◽  
Culturally Based ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Way

Institutions of higher education are just like other organizations forced to adapt to the rapidly changing environment that brings many new challenges. There are several obstacles in the way of introducing e-learning in these institutions. We can divide them into technology-based and culturally-based. Many benefits of e-learning such as cost-effectiveness, enhanced responsiveness to change, timely content, flexible accessibility, and providing value to the customer are not based only on use of high technology. We cannot expect that the use of advanced technology is enough to change the way we work as human beings. Technologic solutions in the form of portals have been known for several years. A recurring problem has become the efficiency and usefulness of these solutions. Integration of dispersed sources is not sufficient. Individual users should obtain information in a variety of ways, including in a personalized way. The paper will address the topic of using the Internet as a medium to achieve one of the primary goals of institutions in higher education; that is quality improvement. We will show the influence of the e-learning environment on achieving this goal. The model has also been tested in practice, at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Ljubljana. This case has also proved that cultural changes never take place over night.

The Bible Made Me Do It: Christianity, Science, and the Environment

1995 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest L. Fortin
Keyword(s):  
Modern Science ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Environmental Disaster ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Living Things ◽  
Modern Natural ◽  
Modern Natural Science ◽  
Christian Thought

The blame for the environmental disaster that threatens to overtake us unless something is done to avert it is often laid at the door of the Bible and the tradition that comes out of it. Typical of this trend is Lynn White's landmark essay, “The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis” (1967), which traces the West's ruthless exploitation of nature to the biblical injunction that human beings are to “subdue” the earth and exercise “dominion” over all other living things. Ironically, White's indictment all but coincided with the triumph of an older theory the object of which was to demonstrate against the Enlightenment that, far from being hostile to modern science, the glory of our civilization and the instrument of its conquest of nature, the Christian tradition was the principal agent of its emergence. Christianity would thus be simultaneously and for the same reason responsible for what is best and what is worst in the modern world. The article challenges the premise that these two theories share, namely, that modern science is a child of premodern Christian thought. It begins with a restatement of what was once the commonly accepted view of our relationship to nonhuman nature and ends with a brief account of the essential limitations of modern natural science.

scholarly journals Healing with Mercury: The Uses of Mercury in Arabic Medical Literature

2015 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 831-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Bachour
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Knowledge Transmission ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
External Application ◽  
Latin West ◽  
Textual Traditions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Second Period

Abstract Three textual traditions can be discerned in Arabic medical literature: the early translations from Greek, Syriac and Indian sources; the autochthonous tradition, which reached its height between the tenth and thirteenth centuries; and the translations from Latin sources, beginning in the seventeenth century. This study traces the medical use of mercury and its derivatives within these traditions. The Greek works translated into Arabic like those of Galen or Paul of Aegina did not prescribe mercury as a remedy for human beings because of its toxicity. However, many scholars of the second period, including Rhazes (d. 925), Ibn al-Jazzār (d. 979), Avicenna (d. 1037), Abū l-ʿAlāʾ Zuhr (d. 1131) and Muḥammad al-Idrīsī (d. 1166), described the external application of mercury. Many terms were used to describe these varieties of mercury – the living (ziʾbaq ḥayy), the dead (ziʾbaq mayyit), the murdered (ziʾbaq maqtūl), the sublimated (ziʾbaq muṣaʿʿad) and the dust of mercury (turāb al-ziʾbaq). To reconstruct the meaning of these terms, I examine various recipes for mercurial preparation given in these works. The internal use of mercury is documented in the sixteenth century in a work by Dawūd al-Anṭākī (d. 1599), who used the term sulaymānī to refer to a sublimated derivative of mercury. I attempt to reconstruct the modalities of knowledge transmission from the Indian and Persian East into Arabic medicine, and from the Arabic world into the Latin West. I also address the impact of translations into Arabic of Latin works in the seventeenth century, such as the Practicae medicinae and Institutionum medicinae by Daniel Sennert (d. 1637), the Antidotarium generale et speciale by Johann Jacob Wecker (d. 1586) and the Basilica Chymica by the Paracelsian Oswaldus Crollius (d. 1608).

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