Michele Pasin / Quotes

Negative views of digital storytelling

The feely [with reference to what described by Huxley in Brave New World] offers an opposing image of a sensation-based storytelling medium that is intrinsically degrading, fragmenting, and destructive of meaning, a medium whose success implies the death of the great traditions of humanism, or even a fundamental shift in human nature itself.

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#medium #meaning #tradition #humanism

Interpretation (philosophy)

Here we expect students to grasp the meaning of philosophical concepts, propositions and texts. What constitutes successful interpretation is a contentious…

Taking Philosophical Dialogue Online #text #tradition #interpretation #meaning #concept

What humanism stands for

Humanism is a democratic and ethical life stance that affirms that human beings have the right and responsibility to give meaning and shape to their own…

International Humanist And Ethical Union | What Is Humanism? #humanism #human-beings

Consensual behaviour (linguistic behaviour)

Consensual behaviour is behaviour between two systems as a result of living together. These would not have appeared had they not lived together. The behaviour…

Life, The Multiverse And Everything: An Introduction To The Ideas Of Humberto Maturana Interpreting Maturana #linguistic-behavior #Maturana #medium #example #behavior #interaction

From linguistic behavior to language

Given sufficient structural plasticity and the continuation of recurrent interactions then we may observe the coordination of behaviour - not only in relation…

Life, The Multiverse And Everything: An Introduction To The Ideas Of Humberto Maturana Interpreting Maturana #linguistic-behavior #relation #language #Maturana #medium

Gli italiani sono ignoranti

Ipsos Mori, una società britannica che si occupa di sondaggi e ricerche di mercato, ha recentemente pubblicato alcuni sondaggi effettuati in 14 nazioni…

Le Cose Su Cui Hanno Torto Gli Italiani - Il Post #cons #medium #anni

Structural coupling

'Structural Coupling' is a term ( like adaptation ) which is used to refer to the systems structural correspondence with its medium. A structure-determined…

Life, The Multiverse And Everything: An Introduction To The Ideas Of Humberto Maturana Interpreting Maturana #conservation #domain #medium #survival