Well June Carter wrote this song, while Johnny Cash was still married to his first wife... I think this song expresses her feelings towards Johnny. She fell for him, but being the chaste christian girl she was she thought it was a sin to %26quot;lust%26quot; after a married man and so on. However they had a huge attraction between eachother.. the flames of love were burning high for them! Basically the ring of fire perhaps meant she knew it was wrong, she might end up in the pitts of fire (hell) But the flames of attraction were much more intense, and she couldnt resist..... :/ yeah
What does Johny Cash mean by a burning ring of fire?
He says that love is a burning thing that makes a fiery ring bound by wild desire.
Some people say that they are %26quot;burning with passion%26quot;.
I believe he means that he is burning with passion for the object of his love. He fell in love and now he is burning with passion. The further into the love relationship he %26quot;falls%26quot; the hotter and higher the passion becomes %26quot;and the flames got higher and it burns, burns, burns%26quot;. He can%26#039;t escape it because he is surrounded by the %26quot;ring of fire%26quot;.
Edited:
And I got a thumbs down for my opinion? How can you get a thumbs down for an opinion? Isn%26#039;t everyone entitled to their own opinion? It isn%26#039;t like I insisted everyone agree with me, I just put what I thought. Wow, that%26#039;s pretty impressive!!! lol
What does Johny Cash mean by a burning ring of fire?
maybe some fetish related stuff...
Reply:heameroids
Reply:love, baby, love!!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Really importanat Question?
what is bewitching hour
Really importanat Question?
Midnight.
Really importanat Question?
no such thing
it%26#039;s the witching hour
Reply:Question, Why concern yourself with things that you have no control over?
Seek first the Kingdom of God for in this is Truth and happyness.
Dan 2:44
And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
Reply:The witching hour is 1am am on hollows eve.
Reply:midnight to 3 AM
Really importanat Question?
Midnight.
Really importanat Question?
no such thing
it%26#039;s the witching hour
Reply:Question, Why concern yourself with things that you have no control over?
Seek first the Kingdom of God for in this is Truth and happyness.
Dan 2:44
And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
Reply:The witching hour is 1am am on hollows eve.
Reply:midnight to 3 AM
Eugenics question?
why is eugenics is seen in such a negative light? why is it a bad thing?
Eugenics question?
Playing god is usually looked at in a very negative light in our culture. It%26#039;s associated with Nazism.
Also, although the altruistic intents of eugenicists are admirable, the actual IMPLEMENTATION of eugenics has a history of being extremely violent, racist, sexist, and generally, is associated with state-sponsored sterilization or even genocide.
Like communism, eugenics is good in theory, but causes enormous amounts of suffering in actual practice.
Eugenics question?
You shall not Murder (Kill) Says the Lord God.
TEN COMMANDMENTS
What right does a man have to take away Life that He did not give in the first place?
What right does a man have to say, I am the perfect representation of man and no other shall exist?
Exd 23:7
Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked.
Reply:It is the reason - behind the use of eugenics - that can make it negative.
One attempted implementation of a form of eugenics was a %26quot;genius sperm bank%26quot; (1980鈥?9) created by Robert Klark Graham, from which nearly 230 children were conceived (the best known donors were Nobel Prize winners William Shockley and J.D.Watson). In the United States - there are some states that require a blood test prior to marriage. While these tests are typically restricted to the detection of the sexually transmitted disease syphilis (which was the most common STD at the time these laws were enacted), some partners will voluntarily test for other diseases and genetic incompatibilities.
Eugenics is a social philosophy which advocates the improvement of human hereditary traits through various forms of intervention. Proposed means of achieving these goals focused on selective breeding, while modern ones focus on prenatal testing and screening, genetic counseling, birth control, in vitro fertilization, and genetic engineering.
Historically, a minority of eugenics advocates have used it as a justification for state-sponsored discrimination, forced sterilization of persons deemed genetically defective, and the killing of institutionalized populations. Eugenics was also used to rationalize certain aspects of the Holocaust.
Since the postwar period, both the public and the scientific communities have associated eugenics with Nazi abuses, such as enforced racial hygiene, human experimentation, and the extermination of undesired population groups. However, developments in genetic, genomic, and reproductive technologies at the end of the 20th century have raised many new questions and concerns about what exactly constitutes the meaning of eugenics and what its ethical and moral status is in the modern era. 鈾?br>Reply:1. because inevitably, eugenics requires that *someone decide* who is fit to reproduce and who isn%26#039;t, and every someone has values and an agenda related to their own interests, not the interest of the species. Even those who profess to have humanity%26#039;s progress and happiness at heart, are operating according to a set of cultural values, which are always narrow minded and shortsighted in some sense, whether they are elitist or not.
2. because if we bred ourselves to have certain traits, the earth environment might change in such a way that we were all unfit to survive. Nature provides the amount of variation needed to make us resilient enough to survive as a species.
3. eugenics privileges the interest of society over that of individual, but there is no %26quot;correct%26quot; way to define which is more morally important, or whether that is good or bad. It%26#039;s good for those who are arbitrarily defined as breeders, and bad for those who aren%26#039;t, but that%26#039;s all that can be rationally said about it.
4. eugenics involves physically coercing people to not reproduce, which is violent aggressive harm, and prohibitions against violent aggressive harm are necessary for civilization.
Reply:It is better to let nature have it%26#039;s way . Once man%26#039;s hand get involved it turns nasty .
Reply:That is an interesting question. I think it has more to do with historical reasons than with philosophical or rational reasons. Eugenics used to be favored by many good people in the US. It was seen as a way to help eliminate various problems which had a genetic basis. Then it became associated with Hitler, plans for %26quot;master races,%26quot; and forced sterilizations and fell out of favor.
Why it is bad, if it is bad will depend on the form it takes. Sterilizing poor people, petty criminals, or those with mental problems does seem to be very seriously wrong. Allowing a woman to use genetic data to choose sperm from a sperm bank doesn%26#039;t seem to be wrong at all. And of course evolutionary psychology indicates that when we choose a mate we are practicing eugenics (we tend to pick mates, unconsciously or consciously, who appear to have the best set of genes.)
Today the debate takes the form of genetic manipulation. So far there is near universal condemnation of parents being able to select the genes of their child. Most likely this opposition will, like opposition to many new technologies, fade with time.
Michael Jenkins: Eugenics does not involve killing.
Reply:Hello --
Are you sure about this ... eugenics might not be such a bad thing -- A lot people have considered it a very positive idea.
Get a good definition: and then ask yourself %26quot;What kind of children do I want?%26quot;
Welcome to real eugenics!
My guess is that it has something to do with racist ideology and practices in Hitler%26#039;s Germany.
W. H.
Eugenics question?
Playing god is usually looked at in a very negative light in our culture. It%26#039;s associated with Nazism.
Also, although the altruistic intents of eugenicists are admirable, the actual IMPLEMENTATION of eugenics has a history of being extremely violent, racist, sexist, and generally, is associated with state-sponsored sterilization or even genocide.
Like communism, eugenics is good in theory, but causes enormous amounts of suffering in actual practice.
Eugenics question?
You shall not Murder (Kill) Says the Lord God.
TEN COMMANDMENTS
What right does a man have to take away Life that He did not give in the first place?
What right does a man have to say, I am the perfect representation of man and no other shall exist?
Exd 23:7
Keep yourself far from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked.
Reply:It is the reason - behind the use of eugenics - that can make it negative.
One attempted implementation of a form of eugenics was a %26quot;genius sperm bank%26quot; (1980鈥?9) created by Robert Klark Graham, from which nearly 230 children were conceived (the best known donors were Nobel Prize winners William Shockley and J.D.Watson). In the United States - there are some states that require a blood test prior to marriage. While these tests are typically restricted to the detection of the sexually transmitted disease syphilis (which was the most common STD at the time these laws were enacted), some partners will voluntarily test for other diseases and genetic incompatibilities.
Eugenics is a social philosophy which advocates the improvement of human hereditary traits through various forms of intervention. Proposed means of achieving these goals focused on selective breeding, while modern ones focus on prenatal testing and screening, genetic counseling, birth control, in vitro fertilization, and genetic engineering.
Historically, a minority of eugenics advocates have used it as a justification for state-sponsored discrimination, forced sterilization of persons deemed genetically defective, and the killing of institutionalized populations. Eugenics was also used to rationalize certain aspects of the Holocaust.
Since the postwar period, both the public and the scientific communities have associated eugenics with Nazi abuses, such as enforced racial hygiene, human experimentation, and the extermination of undesired population groups. However, developments in genetic, genomic, and reproductive technologies at the end of the 20th century have raised many new questions and concerns about what exactly constitutes the meaning of eugenics and what its ethical and moral status is in the modern era. 鈾?br>Reply:1. because inevitably, eugenics requires that *someone decide* who is fit to reproduce and who isn%26#039;t, and every someone has values and an agenda related to their own interests, not the interest of the species. Even those who profess to have humanity%26#039;s progress and happiness at heart, are operating according to a set of cultural values, which are always narrow minded and shortsighted in some sense, whether they are elitist or not.
2. because if we bred ourselves to have certain traits, the earth environment might change in such a way that we were all unfit to survive. Nature provides the amount of variation needed to make us resilient enough to survive as a species.
3. eugenics privileges the interest of society over that of individual, but there is no %26quot;correct%26quot; way to define which is more morally important, or whether that is good or bad. It%26#039;s good for those who are arbitrarily defined as breeders, and bad for those who aren%26#039;t, but that%26#039;s all that can be rationally said about it.
4. eugenics involves physically coercing people to not reproduce, which is violent aggressive harm, and prohibitions against violent aggressive harm are necessary for civilization.
Reply:It is better to let nature have it%26#039;s way . Once man%26#039;s hand get involved it turns nasty .
Reply:That is an interesting question. I think it has more to do with historical reasons than with philosophical or rational reasons. Eugenics used to be favored by many good people in the US. It was seen as a way to help eliminate various problems which had a genetic basis. Then it became associated with Hitler, plans for %26quot;master races,%26quot; and forced sterilizations and fell out of favor.
Why it is bad, if it is bad will depend on the form it takes. Sterilizing poor people, petty criminals, or those with mental problems does seem to be very seriously wrong. Allowing a woman to use genetic data to choose sperm from a sperm bank doesn%26#039;t seem to be wrong at all. And of course evolutionary psychology indicates that when we choose a mate we are practicing eugenics (we tend to pick mates, unconsciously or consciously, who appear to have the best set of genes.)
Today the debate takes the form of genetic manipulation. So far there is near universal condemnation of parents being able to select the genes of their child. Most likely this opposition will, like opposition to many new technologies, fade with time.
Michael Jenkins: Eugenics does not involve killing.
Reply:Hello --
Are you sure about this ... eugenics might not be such a bad thing -- A lot people have considered it a very positive idea.
Get a good definition: and then ask yourself %26quot;What kind of children do I want?%26quot;
Welcome to real eugenics!
My guess is that it has something to do with racist ideology and practices in Hitler%26#039;s Germany.
W. H.
What is most important for you?
Happiness.
What is most important for you?
Getting along with everyone
What is most important for you?
True Love!!!
Reply:To be at peace with myself, with the people around me and with the world...
Reply:Honor
Reply:Depends on the day.
Reply:the people around me and my religion!
Reply:A sound mind in a sound body: in other words a life of good health. The need for a well-being can never be overestimated. Because health is the very basis of all our hopes and aspirations and dreams of fulfilment, I should place it above all our possessions. Imagine a situation when the doctor tells you that rest of your life will be a series of physical ailments; what then happens is that all of your prized visions of a secure and productive continued existence will be gone for ever.
All the perspective of a well-planned future will disappear in the absence of fruitful and healthy life. Think about this in depth. Many thanks.
Reply:for life to coexist on earth and for me to understand it. liveit.loveit. learnit.
Reply:peace and happiness omg i sound like a b***dy hippie ha
Reply:I live for the feeling of making a diffrence. We only have one shot at life and having our voice heard and affecting our peers is the supreme diffrence we can make. Our instances
of help and teachings should not be limited to our friends and aquentences. If I can make a diffrence in a strangers life I feel like I have broken the atmosphere set by our your-on-your-own culture. If everyone took 5 minutes a day just to reach out into the life of a friend, family member, or a stanger you can help our global community thrive which I feel is something important to all of us.
Reply:It is most important for me to have an understanding of how and why things happen the way they do, not only so that it helps me to accept them better but also because it makes everything fall within the purview of my logical grasp.
Reply:Freedom to think and do, without being judged.
Reply:my husband....truely....if he is happy, i am happy...if he is successful, i m successful...if he is appreciated, i am appreciated......for me, everything is him...
Reply:%26#039;The Bliss, only%26#039;.
Reply:Life..Nothing else matters much -- not wealth, nor learning, nor even health -- without this gift: the capacity to keep zest in living.. that you should be able to believe in life... because it gives me the chance to love, to work and to play!
Reply:Reaching the Goal.
Reply:Oneness With God.
Reply:Life with dignity and respect.
Reply:My Country, My Friends and My Family.
What is most important for you?
Getting along with everyone
What is most important for you?
True Love!!!
Reply:To be at peace with myself, with the people around me and with the world...
Reply:Honor
Reply:Depends on the day.
Reply:the people around me and my religion!
Reply:A sound mind in a sound body: in other words a life of good health. The need for a well-being can never be overestimated. Because health is the very basis of all our hopes and aspirations and dreams of fulfilment, I should place it above all our possessions. Imagine a situation when the doctor tells you that rest of your life will be a series of physical ailments; what then happens is that all of your prized visions of a secure and productive continued existence will be gone for ever.
All the perspective of a well-planned future will disappear in the absence of fruitful and healthy life. Think about this in depth. Many thanks.
Reply:for life to coexist on earth and for me to understand it. liveit.loveit. learnit.
Reply:peace and happiness omg i sound like a b***dy hippie ha
Reply:I live for the feeling of making a diffrence. We only have one shot at life and having our voice heard and affecting our peers is the supreme diffrence we can make. Our instances
of help and teachings should not be limited to our friends and aquentences. If I can make a diffrence in a strangers life I feel like I have broken the atmosphere set by our your-on-your-own culture. If everyone took 5 minutes a day just to reach out into the life of a friend, family member, or a stanger you can help our global community thrive which I feel is something important to all of us.
Reply:It is most important for me to have an understanding of how and why things happen the way they do, not only so that it helps me to accept them better but also because it makes everything fall within the purview of my logical grasp.
Reply:Freedom to think and do, without being judged.
Reply:my husband....truely....if he is happy, i am happy...if he is successful, i m successful...if he is appreciated, i am appreciated......for me, everything is him...
Reply:%26#039;The Bliss, only%26#039;.
Reply:Life..Nothing else matters much -- not wealth, nor learning, nor even health -- without this gift: the capacity to keep zest in living.. that you should be able to believe in life... because it gives me the chance to love, to work and to play!
Reply:Reaching the Goal.
Reply:Oneness With God.
Reply:Life with dignity and respect.
Reply:My Country, My Friends and My Family.
Why so many tears in this world..?
tears are there because of love... so there are many tears because theres alot of love.
Why so many tears in this world..?
In order to give you the opportunity to learn or grow..
Imagine a world where nothing ever went wrong, nothing bad ever happened etc etc pretty soon life would be a series of stale sucesses..
The world we currently have though teaches people to cope with adversity, help others, empathy/sympathy, learn tolerance by experiencing intolerance, learn justice from injustice etc etc etc
Why so many tears in this world..?
it what tha world is made up of . the world is made of problems and when we fail in tackling the problems we got tears
Reply:because emotion is a very powerful thing!
Reply:Tears are here for love. For sorrow. For joy. And for any burdens holding you back from your dreams. your cares, your wishes, and your achievements.
Reply:Because life is short, cruel and full of misery. See the Bible for details.
Reply:because of cruel causes and of love too. like the paraellels of the world. where there is life, comes death. where there is stupiditiy comes intelliegence. where there is choices comes consequences. they exist because it keeps balanced and other crap. all that stuff is understandable but what comes next is monkcrap. good but confusing....
Reply:I would agree that we cry because of love. You love some one and they hurt you and you cry. also horomones contribute to this. they make us emotional... and they make us love-- so i say blame the hormones.
Reply:It is because we are human...
I expect nothing less than human moments of joys and sadness...For without one, the other cannot exist....
Reply:tears mean emotion, and compassion. they signify love and dissapointment, hope and loss. tears are there because people care. so the day all the tears dry will be the saddest day on earth.
Reply:%26quot;Sometimes we must get hurt in order to grow, we must fail in order to know. Sometimes our visions clear only after our eyes are washed away with tears.%26quot;
to answer your question: because good and evil coexist....
Reply:Because nobody can just be NICE. It obviously takes way to much effort. Okay... so some can, but they%26#039;re the ones who end up crying. Also nobody really cares for he world, they only care for themselves, therefore saving the planet doesn%26#039;t matter to them, they wont be here when it all goes **** up.
Reply:If you really want to make a difference in this sorry world, then you don%26#039;t have time for tears. You just grit your teeth and get on with the job in hand.
Weeping and wailing may bring relief, but they%26#039;re not very productive.
Reply:tears are not that bad sure you get tears of happiness :-)
Reply:because that is life. Lots of pain and lots of laughter.Lots of tears in our sleep. Only you can answer why you have tears. I am thinking of you
Reply:if you dnt have any trears u wont be able to enjoy ur joy ..i mean u will never knw wats joy then.........jst think if u wer happy would u ever remember ur god ........may be yeah bt not as such as u will remember in ur hard times..n if u bear trears fr his cause ..im sure ull have a never ending happy life after death........the tears which u will have here or are having here rght are reported by god as nothing compared to tears ull have after death if u have done bad deeds in ur life ........this world is temporary in which i dnt think the majority of which enjoys it..i mean no one even minority of them re unhappy frm inside which frm outwards seems as if there very happy......n over all tears are part f life face it .
Reply:have u notice...when you%26#039;re feeling upset, worried or excited... tears are always there...you cry maybe because you%26#039;re hurt or for intance tears of joy! whatever your feelings are it%26#039;s always there just like a friend that will never leave you %26#039;til it dries! ^.^
Reply:First Answerer is so right hun...Most of our tears are caused because of love....or lack of it for that matter! xxx
Reply:Some people wanted to cause tears for fun, then people who did not want to cause tears were pressured to cause tears, and then there were wars and famines and stuff, yup sadly much fo history=tears.
Reply:Its becouse we do nothing to wipe away the tears. we just let them fall and fill our rivers of blood.
Reply:Because life isn%26#039;t easy but life does offer many tears of joy as well. Hence all the tears.
Reply:because tears is part of our life
Reply:There%26#039;s gotta be something that balances the smiles...
Why so many tears in this world..?
In order to give you the opportunity to learn or grow..
Imagine a world where nothing ever went wrong, nothing bad ever happened etc etc pretty soon life would be a series of stale sucesses..
The world we currently have though teaches people to cope with adversity, help others, empathy/sympathy, learn tolerance by experiencing intolerance, learn justice from injustice etc etc etc
Why so many tears in this world..?
it what tha world is made up of . the world is made of problems and when we fail in tackling the problems we got tears
Reply:because emotion is a very powerful thing!
Reply:Tears are here for love. For sorrow. For joy. And for any burdens holding you back from your dreams. your cares, your wishes, and your achievements.
Reply:Because life is short, cruel and full of misery. See the Bible for details.
Reply:because of cruel causes and of love too. like the paraellels of the world. where there is life, comes death. where there is stupiditiy comes intelliegence. where there is choices comes consequences. they exist because it keeps balanced and other crap. all that stuff is understandable but what comes next is monkcrap. good but confusing....
Reply:I would agree that we cry because of love. You love some one and they hurt you and you cry. also horomones contribute to this. they make us emotional... and they make us love-- so i say blame the hormones.
Reply:It is because we are human...
I expect nothing less than human moments of joys and sadness...For without one, the other cannot exist....
Reply:tears mean emotion, and compassion. they signify love and dissapointment, hope and loss. tears are there because people care. so the day all the tears dry will be the saddest day on earth.
Reply:%26quot;Sometimes we must get hurt in order to grow, we must fail in order to know. Sometimes our visions clear only after our eyes are washed away with tears.%26quot;
to answer your question: because good and evil coexist....
Reply:Because nobody can just be NICE. It obviously takes way to much effort. Okay... so some can, but they%26#039;re the ones who end up crying. Also nobody really cares for he world, they only care for themselves, therefore saving the planet doesn%26#039;t matter to them, they wont be here when it all goes **** up.
Reply:If you really want to make a difference in this sorry world, then you don%26#039;t have time for tears. You just grit your teeth and get on with the job in hand.
Weeping and wailing may bring relief, but they%26#039;re not very productive.
Reply:tears are not that bad sure you get tears of happiness :-)
Reply:because that is life. Lots of pain and lots of laughter.Lots of tears in our sleep. Only you can answer why you have tears. I am thinking of you
Reply:if you dnt have any trears u wont be able to enjoy ur joy ..i mean u will never knw wats joy then.........jst think if u wer happy would u ever remember ur god ........may be yeah bt not as such as u will remember in ur hard times..n if u bear trears fr his cause ..im sure ull have a never ending happy life after death........the tears which u will have here or are having here rght are reported by god as nothing compared to tears ull have after death if u have done bad deeds in ur life ........this world is temporary in which i dnt think the majority of which enjoys it..i mean no one even minority of them re unhappy frm inside which frm outwards seems as if there very happy......n over all tears are part f life face it .
Reply:have u notice...when you%26#039;re feeling upset, worried or excited... tears are always there...you cry maybe because you%26#039;re hurt or for intance tears of joy! whatever your feelings are it%26#039;s always there just like a friend that will never leave you %26#039;til it dries! ^.^
Reply:First Answerer is so right hun...Most of our tears are caused because of love....or lack of it for that matter! xxx
Reply:Some people wanted to cause tears for fun, then people who did not want to cause tears were pressured to cause tears, and then there were wars and famines and stuff, yup sadly much fo history=tears.
Reply:Its becouse we do nothing to wipe away the tears. we just let them fall and fill our rivers of blood.
Reply:Because life isn%26#039;t easy but life does offer many tears of joy as well. Hence all the tears.
Reply:because tears is part of our life
Reply:There%26#039;s gotta be something that balances the smiles...
What are some of Daniel Dennett's theories regarding the mind?
This guy sounds cool as hell, a real maverick. Thanks for bringing him to my attention.
%26quot;For centuries philosophers had grappled with the problem of the nature of consciousness, and at the end of the 20th century the mind-body problem still provoked lively debate. At home in this contentious milieu was philosopher Dan Dennett, head of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, Medford, Mass. Beginning in the 1960s Dennett argued, in an elegant and engaging style, for the materialist viewpoint--the idea that the mind can be described solely in terms of the workings of the brain. His latest book, Kinds of Minds, which appeared in 1996, advanced that argument yet another step.%26quot;
as a graduate student, Dennett became interested in the problem of consciousness and wrote his first thesis on the topic, which he later turned into his first book, Content and Consciousness (1969). He received a doctorate in philosophy in 1965, whereupon he returned to the U.S. to teach at the University of California, Irvine. In 1971 he moved to Tufts, eventually achieving the distinction of distinguished arts and sciences professor. %26quot;
%26quot;. . . as a graduate student, Dennett became interested in the problem of consciousness and wrote his first thesis on the topic, which he later turned into his first book, Content and Consciousness (1969). He received a doctorate in philosophy in 1965, whereupon he returned to the U.S. to teach at the University of California, Irvine. In 1971 he moved to Tufts, eventually achieving the distinction of distinguished arts and sciences professor. %26quot;
%26quot;Although trained in the philosophical tradition, Dennett was conversant in the fields of artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and cognitive psychology. He educated himself in those disciplines, having become convinced that only by being informed by science could the philosophical debate about mind be productive. His somewhat unorthodox approach, which reflected his skepticism of traditional methods of philosophy, cast him as a radical among his colleagues. Nevertheless, his interdisciplinary strategy was becoming more prevalent among philosophers as scientific researchers gathered more information about the brain%26#039;s mechanisms. %26quot;
%26quot;In 1996 Dennett was involved with a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that was attempting to construct an intelligent, and perhaps even conscious, robot called Cog. He also continued to write. Throughout his career he authored a number of books that detail his theories of consciousness. Two recent efforts, Consciousness Explained (1991) and Darwin%26#039;s Dangerous Idea (1995), examine how the mindless process of natural selection can account for the evolution of the brain and human consciousness. Kinds of Minds continued to explore and, in Dennett%26#039;s view, to demystify those phenomena. %26quot;
What are some of Daniel Dennett%26#039;s theories regarding the mind?
One serious error in DD (1991): he grossly assumed that %26quot;Mind%26quot; is not, as it would leave (by current standards) energetic/material traces per causality.
This is simply an error well-known in quantum physics: i.e., that a standing wave (e.g., %26quot;Mind,%26quot; %26quot;God%26quot;) decoheres (i.e., moves into particularity, or e.g. human mentation) without necessitating either energetic or mass activity.
Thus, it were impossible for DD to have made such an egregious claim, had he known somewhat of quantum physics. See Henry P. Stapp, Ph.D., %26quot;Mindful Universe.%26quot;
Dr. William A. Tiller, http://www.tiller.org has an interesting SU(2) field theory, with which he has obtained good, solid data, vis a vis intentionality and mind.
http://www.quantumbrain.org
http://www.integralscience.org
http://www.divinecosmos.com
http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~bdj10
http://www.sheldrake.org
http://www.noetic.org
http://noosphere.princeton.edu
are examples of post-reductionist data which need philosophic awareness and understanding.
%26quot;For centuries philosophers had grappled with the problem of the nature of consciousness, and at the end of the 20th century the mind-body problem still provoked lively debate. At home in this contentious milieu was philosopher Dan Dennett, head of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, Medford, Mass. Beginning in the 1960s Dennett argued, in an elegant and engaging style, for the materialist viewpoint--the idea that the mind can be described solely in terms of the workings of the brain. His latest book, Kinds of Minds, which appeared in 1996, advanced that argument yet another step.%26quot;
as a graduate student, Dennett became interested in the problem of consciousness and wrote his first thesis on the topic, which he later turned into his first book, Content and Consciousness (1969). He received a doctorate in philosophy in 1965, whereupon he returned to the U.S. to teach at the University of California, Irvine. In 1971 he moved to Tufts, eventually achieving the distinction of distinguished arts and sciences professor. %26quot;
%26quot;. . . as a graduate student, Dennett became interested in the problem of consciousness and wrote his first thesis on the topic, which he later turned into his first book, Content and Consciousness (1969). He received a doctorate in philosophy in 1965, whereupon he returned to the U.S. to teach at the University of California, Irvine. In 1971 he moved to Tufts, eventually achieving the distinction of distinguished arts and sciences professor. %26quot;
%26quot;Although trained in the philosophical tradition, Dennett was conversant in the fields of artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and cognitive psychology. He educated himself in those disciplines, having become convinced that only by being informed by science could the philosophical debate about mind be productive. His somewhat unorthodox approach, which reflected his skepticism of traditional methods of philosophy, cast him as a radical among his colleagues. Nevertheless, his interdisciplinary strategy was becoming more prevalent among philosophers as scientific researchers gathered more information about the brain%26#039;s mechanisms. %26quot;
%26quot;In 1996 Dennett was involved with a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that was attempting to construct an intelligent, and perhaps even conscious, robot called Cog. He also continued to write. Throughout his career he authored a number of books that detail his theories of consciousness. Two recent efforts, Consciousness Explained (1991) and Darwin%26#039;s Dangerous Idea (1995), examine how the mindless process of natural selection can account for the evolution of the brain and human consciousness. Kinds of Minds continued to explore and, in Dennett%26#039;s view, to demystify those phenomena. %26quot;
What are some of Daniel Dennett%26#039;s theories regarding the mind?
One serious error in DD (1991): he grossly assumed that %26quot;Mind%26quot; is not, as it would leave (by current standards) energetic/material traces per causality.
This is simply an error well-known in quantum physics: i.e., that a standing wave (e.g., %26quot;Mind,%26quot; %26quot;God%26quot;) decoheres (i.e., moves into particularity, or e.g. human mentation) without necessitating either energetic or mass activity.
Thus, it were impossible for DD to have made such an egregious claim, had he known somewhat of quantum physics. See Henry P. Stapp, Ph.D., %26quot;Mindful Universe.%26quot;
Dr. William A. Tiller, http://www.tiller.org has an interesting SU(2) field theory, with which he has obtained good, solid data, vis a vis intentionality and mind.
http://www.quantumbrain.org
http://www.integralscience.org
http://www.divinecosmos.com
http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~bdj10
http://www.sheldrake.org
http://www.noetic.org
http://noosphere.princeton.edu
are examples of post-reductionist data which need philosophic awareness and understanding.
How can we define humanity and inhumanity today? How does humanity affect a civilization.?
I have to write a paper on this topic. It would be great if you can give me any ideas. Thanks.
How can we define humanity and inhumanity today? How does humanity affect a civilization.?
Humanity is respecting other human beings and not committing genocide.
Inhumanity is committing genocide on your fellow man/woman.
How can we define humanity and inhumanity today? How does humanity affect a civilization.?
Humanity is what inspires a culture to worry about it%26#039;s lowest members. So a society that likes giving tax cuts to the rich and corporations while taking $$ away from programs for the needy is a society that is low on the humanity scale.
Reply:Humanity is the characteristic of being human or human-like
So inhumanity is the exact opposite...it is quality of not being human, being animalistic....
That leads to a question though, what constitutes as a human?
And for the sake of the argument we are going to skip physiological characteristics and just move on to mental and ethical characteristics...
As humans we are inclined to help and support other humans, we are sentient: we are capable of emotion, empathy, and perception, we are an intelligent species: we can create tools, solve problems, and discuss our thoughts, we create bonds with other humans: families and friends, we think not only ourselves, but also other humans, we are creative: we are able to create and appreciate music, art, and other aesthetics, etc...
So we have defined, to some extent, what constitutes as a human being, now we must use the term humanity in respect to civilization...
A civilization, in a broad definition, is a society with an advanced level of culture and social organization...So with that being said...In respect to humanity, all civilizations we know of are human...
What does this mean? It means that civilization itself is dependent on the fact that its very infrastructure is human-based, ergo, if there are no humans, then there is no civilization...
So humanity is essential to the process of civilization, if humans lose humanity, then we cannot be called humans, therefore, there will be no civilization...
Hope that answers your question...
Reply:in Humanity is the human species, human nature (e.g.compassion, altruism) and the human condition (the totality of experience of existing as a human). It is also the study of one branch of the humanities, academic disciplines which study the human condition using analytic, critical, or speculative methods.
while Inhumanity is the debut album of Finnish melodic death metal band Mors Principium Est. It was first released in 2003 and later reissued in 2006 with new artwork and three bonus tracks.
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How can we define humanity and inhumanity today? How does humanity affect a civilization.?
Humanity is respecting other human beings and not committing genocide.
Inhumanity is committing genocide on your fellow man/woman.
How can we define humanity and inhumanity today? How does humanity affect a civilization.?
Humanity is what inspires a culture to worry about it%26#039;s lowest members. So a society that likes giving tax cuts to the rich and corporations while taking $$ away from programs for the needy is a society that is low on the humanity scale.
Reply:Humanity is the characteristic of being human or human-like
So inhumanity is the exact opposite...it is quality of not being human, being animalistic....
That leads to a question though, what constitutes as a human?
And for the sake of the argument we are going to skip physiological characteristics and just move on to mental and ethical characteristics...
As humans we are inclined to help and support other humans, we are sentient: we are capable of emotion, empathy, and perception, we are an intelligent species: we can create tools, solve problems, and discuss our thoughts, we create bonds with other humans: families and friends, we think not only ourselves, but also other humans, we are creative: we are able to create and appreciate music, art, and other aesthetics, etc...
So we have defined, to some extent, what constitutes as a human being, now we must use the term humanity in respect to civilization...
A civilization, in a broad definition, is a society with an advanced level of culture and social organization...So with that being said...In respect to humanity, all civilizations we know of are human...
What does this mean? It means that civilization itself is dependent on the fact that its very infrastructure is human-based, ergo, if there are no humans, then there is no civilization...
So humanity is essential to the process of civilization, if humans lose humanity, then we cannot be called humans, therefore, there will be no civilization...
Hope that answers your question...
Reply:in Humanity is the human species, human nature (e.g.compassion, altruism) and the human condition (the totality of experience of existing as a human). It is also the study of one branch of the humanities, academic disciplines which study the human condition using analytic, critical, or speculative methods.
while Inhumanity is the debut album of Finnish melodic death metal band Mors Principium Est. It was first released in 2003 and later reissued in 2006 with new artwork and three bonus tracks.
hope you like my answer
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