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1 absurdity
( plural absurdities) noun urimelighet, absurditetsubst. \/əbˈsɜːdətɪ\/ eller absurdnessurimelighet, absurditetthe absurdity of (something) det urimelige i (noe) -
2 air
1. noun1) Luft, diebe/go on the air — senden; [Programm, Sendung:] gesendet werden
be/go off the air — nicht/nicht mehr senden; [Programm:] beendet sein/werden
be in the air — (fig.) [Gerücht, Idee:] in der Luft liegen
be up in the air — [Plan, Projekt:] in der Luft hängen
be walking on air — (fig.) wie auf Wolken schweben (ugs.)
send a letter by air — einen Brief mit od. per Luftpost schicken
from the air — aus der Vogelperspektive
2) (appearance)there was an air of absurdity about the whole exercise — die ganze Übung hatte etwas Absurdes
airs and graces — Allüren Pl. (abwertend)
give oneself or put on airs — sich aufspielen
4) (Mus.) Melodie, die2. transitive verb1) (ventilate) lüften [Zimmer, Matratze, Kleidung]2) (finish drying) nachtrocknen [Wäsche]3) (parade) zur Schau tragen4) (make public) [öffentlich] darlegen3. intransitive verb(be ventilated) lüften* * *[eə] 1. noun1) (the mixture of gases we breathe; the atmosphere: Mountain air is pure.) die Luft2) (the space above the ground; the sky: Birds fly through the air.) die Luft3) (appearance: The house had an air of neglect.) die Atmosphäre4) (a tune: She played a simple air on the piano.) die Melodie2. verb1) (to expose to the air in order to dry or make more fresh etc: to air linen.) lüften2) (to make known: He loved to air his opinions.) kundtun•- academic.ru/115028/airbag">airbag- airily
- airiness
- airing
- airless
- airy
- airborne
- air-conditioned
- air-conditioner
- air-conditioning
- aircraft
- aircraft carrier
- airfield
- air force
- air-gun
- air hostess
- air letter
- airlift
- airline
- airliner
- air-lock
- airmail
- airman
- air pollution
- airplane
- airport
- air-pump
- air-raid
- airship
- airtight
- airway
- on the air
- put on airs / give oneself airs* * *[eəʳ, AM er]I. nfresh/stale \air frische/stickige Luftlet's [go] get [or go for] a breath of fresh \air lass uns ein bisschen frische Luft schnappen [gehen]▪ the \air die Luftput your hands in the \air! Hände hoch!supremacy in the \air Lufthoheit f, Luftherrschaft fto fire into the \air in die Luft schießenby \air mit dem Flugzeugto send/transport sth by \air etw auf dem Luftweg versenden/befördernto travel by \air fliegento advertise over the \air im Fernsehen/Radio Werbung machento come/go on the \air auf Sendung gehen5. no pl (facial expression) Miene f; (aura) Ausstrahlung f; (manner) Auftreten nt; (appearance) Aussehen ntshe has an \air of confidence [about her] sie strahlt eine gewisse Selbstsicherheit austhere's an \air of arrogance about him er wirkt irgendwie arrogantthere's an \air of success about her sie strahlt irgendwie Erfolg ausVenice in winter has an \air of mystery and sadness Venedig hat im Winter etwas Geheimnisvolles und Trauriges an sichthe hat lends you an \air of elegance mit diesem Hut siehst du wirklich elegant auswith an \air of confusion leicht verwirrt6. (affected manner)to give oneself [or put on] \airs [and graces] ( pej) vornehm tun8.▶ to clear the \air die Situation klären▶ to give \air to sth AM etw zur Sprache bringen▶ out of thin \air aus dem Nichts1. (of the atmosphere) (quality, pollution, freshener) Luft-\air bubble Luftblase f\air intake (opening) Lufteinlass m, Lufteintritt m fachspr; (quantity) Luftmenge f, Zuluft f fachspr2. (of an aircraft) Flug[zeug]-\air ambulance Rettungshubschrauber m\air crash Flugzeugabsturz m\air disaster Flugzeugunglück nt\air passenger Flugpassagier m, Fluggast m\air defence Luftabwehr f\air transportation Beförderung f auf dem LuftwegIII. vt▪ to \air sth1. (ventilate) etw lüftento \air clothes Kleider auslüften [lassen]to \air a room einen Raum [durch]lüften2. (dry) etw [nach]trocknen [lassen]to \air one's frustration/grievances seinem Frust/Kummer Luft machen famto \air one's views seine Ansichten äußernthe game will be \aired live on BBC 1 das Spiel wird live auf BBC 1 übertragenIV. vi1. AM TV, RADIO gesendet [o ausgestrahlt] werden2. (ventilate) auslüften, durchlüften* * *[ɛə(r)]1. n1) Luft fto go out for a breath of (fresh) air —
to go by air (person) — fliegen, mit dem Flugzeug reisen; (goods) per Flugzeug or auf dem Luftwege transportiert werden
2) (figall her plans were up in the air (inf) — all ihre Pläne hingen in der Luft
to give sb the air ( US inf ) — jdn abblitzen or abfahren lassen (inf)
to pull or pluck sth out of the air (fig) — etw auf gut Glück nennen
See:→ castle3) (RAD, TV)to be on the air (programme) — gesendet werden; (station) senden
he's on the air every day —
to go off the air (broadcaster) — die Sendung beenden; (station) das Programm beenden
4) (= demeanour, manner) Auftreten nt; (= facial expression) Miene f; (of building, town etc) Atmosphäre fshe has a certain air about her — sie hat so etwas an sich
5) pl Getue nt, Gehabe ntto put on airs, to give oneself airs — sich zieren, vornehm tun
to put on airs and graces — den Vornehmen/die Vornehme herauskehren
2. vt1) clothes, bed, room (aus)lüften3) (esp US RAD, TV) story, series senden3. vi(clothes etc) (after washing) nachtrocknen; (after storage) (aus)lüftento put clothes out to air — Kleidung f zum Lüften raushängen
* * *air1 [eə(r)]A s1. Luft f:by air auf dem Luftwege, mit dem Flugzeug;strong in the air (Fußball) kopfballstark;in the open air im Freien, unter freiem Himmel, in der freien Natur;a) im Umlauf sein (Gerücht etc),there is sth in the air es liegt etwas in der Luft;be up in the air umg ganz aus dem Häuschen sein;a) (Löcher) in die Luft hauen,b) fig vergebliche Versuche machen;a) die Luft reinigen,b) fig die Atmosphäre reinigen;come up for air auftauchen, um Luft zu holen;give sb the air bes US umga) jemanden abblitzen lassen,b) jemanden an die (frische) Luft setzen (entlassen);go up in the air umg in die Luft gehen;a) frische Luft schöpfen,b) FLUG aufsteigen,c) sich in die Lüfte schwingen (Vogel);2. Brise f, Wind m, Luftzug m, Lüftchen nfoul air schlagende Wetter pl4. RADIO, TV Äther m:on (the) air im Rundfunk oder Fernsehen;a) senden (Sender),b) in Betrieb sein (Sender),c) gesendet werden (Programm),d) auf Sendung sein (Person),a) die Sendung beginnen (Person),b) sein Programm beginnen (Sender),c) den Sendebetrieb aufnehmen (Sender);a) die Sendung beenden (Person),b) sein Programm beenden (Sender),c) den Sendebetrieb einstellen (Sender);we go off the air at ten o’clock Sendeschluss ist um 22 Uhr;put on (the) air senden, übertragen;stay on (the) air auf Sendung bleiben5. Art f, Stil m6. Miene f, Aussehen n:an air of importance eine gewichtige Miene;have the air of aussehen wie;give sb the air of jemandem das Aussehen (gen) geben7. Auftreten n, Gebaren n8. Anschein mbe full of airs and graces voller Allüren sein;put on airs (and graces), give o.s. airs vornehm tun, sich aufspielen10. Gangart f (eines Pferdes)B v/t1. der Luft aussetzen, lüften:air o.s. frische Luft schöpfen3. Getränke abkühlen4. Wäschea) trocknen, zum Trocknen aufhängenb) (aus)lüftenair one’s views seine Ansichten darlegen oder äußern;air one’s knowledge sein Wissen anbringen6. RADIO, TV besonders US umg übertragen, sendenC v/i1. trocknen, zum Trocknen aufgehängt seinair2 [eə(r)] s MUS1. Lied n, Melodie f, Weise f2. Melodiestimme f3. Arie f* * *1. noun1) Luft, diebe/go on the air — senden; [Programm, Sendung:] gesendet werden
be/go off the air — nicht/nicht mehr senden; [Programm:] beendet sein/werden
be in the air — (fig.) [Gerücht, Idee:] in der Luft liegen
be up in the air — [Plan, Projekt:] in der Luft hängen
be walking on air — (fig.) wie auf Wolken schweben (ugs.)
send a letter by air — einen Brief mit od. per Luftpost schicken
2) (appearance)airs and graces — Allüren Pl. (abwertend)
give oneself or put on airs — sich aufspielen
4) (Mus.) Melodie, die2. transitive verb1) (ventilate) lüften [Zimmer, Matratze, Kleidung]2) (finish drying) nachtrocknen [Wäsche]3) (parade) zur Schau tragen4) (make public) [öffentlich] darlegen3. intransitive verb(be ventilated) lüften* * *(music) n.Weise -n f. n.Aussehen - n.Lied -er n.Luft ¨-e f.Miene -n f.Pose -n f. v.lüften v. -
3 nonsense
1. nounUnsinn, dermake [a] nonsense of something — etwas zur Farce machen
make a nonsense of a theory — eine Theorie in sich zusammenfallen lassen
what's all this nonsense about...? — was soll das [dumme] Gerede über (+ Akk.)...?
2. interjectioncome along now, and no nonsense — kommt jetzt, und mach keinen Unsinn
* * *['nons'ns, ]( American[) -sens](foolishness; foolish words, actions etc; something that is ridiculous: He's talking nonsense; The whole book is a lot of nonsense; What nonsense!)- academic.ru/50337/nonsensical">nonsensical* * *non·sense[ˈnɒnsən(t)s, AM ˈnɑ:nsen-]to make \nonsense of a claim/plan BRIT, AUS eine Behauptung widerlegen/einen Plan verderbento talk \nonsense Unsinn redenwhat's all this \nonsense? was soll dieser Unfug?I wish she'd give up all this acting \nonsense ich wünschte, sie würde diesen Blödsinn mit der Schauspielerei aufgebenII. adj attr, inv1. LIT Blödel-\nonsense rhyme Blödelreim m2. (meaningless) unsinnig, sinnlosIII. interj▪ \nonsense! Quatsch!, Unsinn!* * *['nɒnsəns]n no pl(also as interjection) Unsinn m, Quatsch m (inf), Nonsens m (geh); (verbal also) dummes Zeug; (= silly behaviour) Dummheiten pla piece of nonsense — ein Quatsch m (inf) or Unsinn m
to make (a) nonsense of sth — etw ad absurdum führen, etw sinnlos machen
what's all this nonsense about a cut in salary/about them not wanting to go? — was soll all das Gerede von einer Gehaltskürzung/all das Gerede, dass sie nicht mitgehen wollen?
no more of your nonsense! — Schluss mit dem Unsinn!
and no nonsense —
I will stand or have no nonsense from you — ich werde keinen Unsinn or keine Dummheiten dulden
he will stand no nonsense from anybody — er lässt nicht mit sich spaßen
he won't stand any nonsense over that —
See:→ stuff* * *A s1. Nonsens m, Unsinn m, dummes Zeug (alle a int):2. Unsinn m, Mätzchen pl umg:stand no nonsense sich nichts gefallen lassen, nicht mit sich spaßen lassen;there is no nonsense about him er ist ein ganz kühler oder sachlicher Typ3. Un-, Widersinnigkeit f:a) ad absurdum führen,b) illusorisch machen4. Kleinigkeiten pl, Kinkerlitzchen pl umgnonsense verses Nonsensverse;nonsense word Nonsenswort n* * *1. nounUnsinn, derpiece of nonsense — Firlefanz, der (ugs. abwertend)
make [a] nonsense of something — etwas zur Farce machen
what's all this nonsense about...? — was soll das [dumme] Gerede über (+ Akk.)...?
2. interjectioncome along now, and no nonsense — kommt jetzt, und mach keinen Unsinn
* * *n.Blödsinn m.Quatsch m.Unsinn m. -
4 fundamental
1. adjective(of great importance; essential; basic: Respect for law and order is fundamental to a peaceful society.) fundamental
2. noun(a basic or essential part of any thing: Learning to read is one of the fundamentals of education.) fundamento, piedra angular, aspecto básicofundamental adj fundamental
fundamental adjetivo fundamental
fundamental adjetivo fundamental
la diferencia fundamental, the basic difference ' fundamental' also found in these entries: Spanish: elemental - primordial - principio - sustancial - sustantiva - sustantivo - básico - esencial - primero - sagrado - vital English: basic - cardinal - essential - fundamental - hygiene - main - primal - primary - vital - central - imperative - parttr[fʌndə'mentəl]1 (central, basic) fundamental, básico,-a2 (necessary, essential) esencial (to, para)1 (essential part, basic rule) fundamentos nombre masculino plural, reglas nombre femenino plural básicasfundamental [.fʌndə'mɛntəl] adj1) basic: fundamental, básico2) principal: esencial, principal3) innate: innato, intrínseco: fundamento madj.• fundamental adj.• principio, -a adj.n.• fundamento s.m.'fʌndə'mentḷa) ( basic) <principle/error> fundamental, básicoto be fundamental TO something/-ING — ser* fundamental or básico para algo/+ inf
b) ( essential) <skill/constituent> esencialc) (intrinsic, innate) < absurdityuth> intrínseco; < optimism> innato[ˌfʌndǝ'mentl]1. ADJ1) (=basic) [question, problem, principle] fundamentalthey are being denied their fundamental human rights — se les está privando de los derechos humanos fundamentales
2) (=profound, great) [change, difference] fundamentalit is a fundamental mistake to think that... — es un error fundamental pensar que...
3) (=essential) fundamental, esencialto be fundamental to sth — ser fundamental or esencial para algo
it is fundamental to our understanding of the problem — es fundamental or esencial para que entendamos el problema
4) (=intrinsic) [honesty, good sense] intrínseco2.NPLthe fundamentals — los fundamentos, lo básico
* * *['fʌndə'mentḷ]a) ( basic) <principle/error> fundamental, básicoto be fundamental TO something/-ING — ser* fundamental or básico para algo/+ inf
b) ( essential) <skill/constituent> esencialc) (intrinsic, innate) <absurdity/truth> intrínseco; < optimism> innato -
5 point
A n1 ( tip) (of knife, needle, pencil, tooth) pointe f ; ( of star) branche f ; the knife has a sharp point le couteau a la pointe très acérée ; the pencil has a sharp point le crayon est très bien taillé ; the tree comes to a point at the top l'arbre se termine en pointe ; to threaten sb at knife point menacer qn avec un couteau ;2 ( place) (precise location, position on scale) point m ; ( less specific) endroit m ; boiling point point d'ébullition ; compass point point de la boussole ; assembly point point de rassemblement ; embarkation point lieu m d'embarquement ; the furthest/highest point le point le plus éloigné/le plus élevé ; at the point where the path divides à l'endroit où le chemin bifurque ; the road swings north at this point à cet endroit la route se dirige vers le nord ; point of entry ( into country) point d'arrivée ; ( of bullet into body) point d'impact ; ( into atmosphere) point d'entrée ; point of no return point de non-retour ;3 (extent, degree) point m ; the rope had been strained to breaking point la corde avait été tendue au point qu'elle pouvait se rompre ; his nerves were strained to breaking point il était très tendu ; to be driven to the point of exhaustion être poussé jusqu'à l'épuisement ; I've got to the point where I can't take any more j'en suis arrivé au point où je n'en peux plus ; to push sth to the point of absurdity pousser qch jusqu'à l'absurde ; she was frank to the point of brutality ou of being brutal elle était franche au point d'en être brutale ; to reach a point in sth when… atteindre un stade dans qch où… ; up to a point jusqu'à un certain point ;4 ( moment) ( precise) moment m ; ( stage) stade m ; to be on the point of doing être sur le point de faire ; to be on the point of bankruptcy être au bord de la faillite ; at this point I gave up à ce stade-là j'ai abandonné ; at this point in her career à ce stade-là de sa carrière ; at what point do we cease to feel sorry for him? à quel moment cesse-t-on de le plaindre? ; at some point in the future plus tard ; at one point à un moment donné ; the judge intervened at this point le juge est intervenu à ce moment-là ; it's at this point in the story that c'est à ce stade de l'histoire que ; there comes a point when… il arrive un moment où… ; when it came to the point of deciding quand il a fallu décider ; at this point in time dans l'état actuel des choses ;5 (question, matter, idea) point m ; ( contribution in discussion) remarque f ; to make a point faire une remarque (about sur) ; to make the point that faire remarquer que ; you've made your point, please let me speak vous vous êtes exprimé, laissez-moi parler ; to make a point of doing ( make sure one does) s'efforcer de faire ; (do proudly, insistently) mettre un point d'honneur à faire ; (do obviously, to make a point) faire [qch] de manière visible ; to raise a point about sth soulever la question de qch ; my point was that ce que je voulais dire, c'était que ; to take up ou return to sb's point revenir sur un point soulevé par qn ; this proves my point cela confirme ce que je viens de dire ; are we agreed on this point? sommes-nous d 'accord sur ce point? ; a three/four-point plan un plan en trois/quatre points ; to go through a text point by point examiner un texte point par point ; the point at issue le sujet de la discussion ; that's a good point c'est une remarque judicieuse ; I take your point ( agreeing) je suis d'accord avec vous ; I take your point, but je vois bien où vous voulez en venir, mais ; all right, point taken! très bien, j'en prends note ; good point! très juste! ; you've got a point there vous n'avez pas tort ; in point of fact en fait ; as a point of information pour information ;6 ( central idea) point m essentiel ; the point is that le point essentiel, c'est que ; the point is, another candidate has been selected malheureusement, un autre candidat a été sélectionné ; to come straight to the point aller droit au fait ; he never got to the point il n'est jamais entré dans le vif du sujet ; to keep to ou stick to the point rester dans le sujet ; to miss the point ne pas comprendre ; I missed the point of what she said je n'ai pas compris ce qu'elle a voulu dire ; to the point pertinent ; what she said was short and to the point ce qu'elle a dit était bref et pertinent ; that's beside the point là n'est pas la question ; what you're saying is beside the point ce que vous dites est à côté de la question ; to wander off the point s'écarter du sujet ; to see the point saisir ; to get the point comprendre ; that's not the point il ne s'agit pas de cela ;7 ( purpose) objet m ; what was the point of her visit? quel était l'objet de sa visite? ; the exercise does have a point l'exercice n'est pas gratuit ; what's the point? à quoi bon? ; what's the point of doing…? à quoi bon faire…? ; there's no point in doing ça ne sert à rien de faire ; I see little point in doing, I don't see the point of doing je ne vois pas l'intérêt de faire ;8 (feature, characteristic) point m, côté m ; his good/bad points ses bons/mauvais côtés ; what points do you look for when buying a car? que recherchez-vous lorsque vous achetez une voiture? ; punctuality is not her strong point la ponctualité n'est pas son point fort ; the points of similarity/difference between les points communs/de divergence entre ; it's a point in their favour c'est un point en leur faveur ; it has its points il/elle n'est pas mauvais/-e ;9 Sport, Fin ( in scoring) point m ; to win/to be beaten by 4 points gagner/être battu à 4 points près ; to win on points ( in boxing) remporter une victoire aux points ; the FT 100 was up/down three points Fin l'indice FT 100 a gagné/perdu trois points ; Smurfit gained 4 points Fin les actions Smurfit ont gagné 4 points ; to evaluate sth on a 5-point scale évaluer qch d'après une échelle à 5 degrés ; match/championship point ( in tennis) balle f de match/championnat ;10 ( dot) point m ; ( decimal point) virgule f ; ( diacritic) signe m diacritique ; a point of light un point lumineux ;C vtr1 (aim, direct) to point sth at sb braquer qch sur qn [camera, gun] ; to point one's finger at sb montrer qn du doigt ; to point the finger at sb ( accuser) accuser qn ; just point the camera and press tu n'as qu'à viser avec l'appareil photo et appuyer ; to point sth towards (of car, boat) diriger qch vers ; to point sb in the right direction lit, fig mettre qn dans la bonne direction ;2 ( show) to point the way to lit (person, signpost) indiquer la direction de ; to point sb the way to indiquer à qn la direction de ; the report points the way to a fairer system le rapport ouvre la voie à un syst ème plus équitable ;3 (in ballet, gym) to point one's toes faire des pointes ;4 Constr jointoyer [wall].D vi1 ( indicate) indiquer or montrer (du doigt) ; it's rude to point ce n'est pas poli de montrer du doigt ; she pointed over her shoulder elle a indiqué derrière elle ; she pointed in the direction of elle a indiqué du doigt la direction de ; to point at sb/sth montrer qn/qch du doigt ; he was pointing with his stick at something il indiquait quelque chose de son bâton ; to point to désigner ;2 (be directed, aligned) [signpost, arrow] indiquer ; to point at sb ou in sb's direction [gun, camera] être braqué sur qn ; the needle points north l'aiguille indique le nord ; the gun was pointing straight at me l'arme était braquée sur moi ;3 ( suggest) to point to [evidence, facts] sembler indiquer ; all the evidence points to murder les preuves semblent indiquer qu'il s'agit d'un meurtre ; everything points in that direction tout semble indiquer que c'est ainsi ;4 ( cite) to point to citer ; to point to sth as evidence of success citer qch comme preuve d'une réussite ;5 Comput to point at sth mettre le pointeur sur qch ;6 [dog] se mettre à l'arrêt.■ point out:▶ point out [sth/sb], point [sth/sb] out ( show) montrer (to à) ; can you point him out to me? peux-tu me le montrer? ; to point out where/who montrer l'endroit où/la personne qui ;▶ point out [sth] ( remark on) faire remarquer [fact, discrepancy] ; to point out that faire remarquer que ; as he pointed out comme il l'a fait remarquer.■ point up:▶ point up [sth ] mettre [qch] en avant [contrast, similarity] ; faire ressortir [lack, incompetence]. -
6 Consciousness
Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable.... Without consciousness the mind-body problem would be much less interesting. With consciousness it seems hopeless. (T. Nagel, 1979, pp. 165-166)This approach to understanding sensory qualia is both theoretically and empirically motivated... [;] it suggests an effective means of expressing the allegedly inexpressible. The "ineffable" pink of one's current visual sensation may be richly and precisely expressed as a 95Hz/80Hz/80Hz "chord" in the relevant triune cortical system. The "unconveyable" taste sensation produced by the fabled Australian health tonic Vegamite might be poignantly conveyed as a 85/80/90/15 "chord" in one's four channeled gustatory system.... And the "indescribably" olfactory sensation produced by a newly opened rose might be quite accurately described as a 95/35/10/80/60/55 "chord" in some six-dimensional space within one's olfactory bulb. (P. M. Churchland, 1989, p. 106)One of philosophy's favorite facets of mentality has received scant attention from cognitive psychologists, and that is consciousness itself: fullblown, introspective, inner-world phenomenological consciousness. In fact if one looks in the obvious places... one finds not so much a lack of interest as a deliberate and adroit avoidance of the issue. I think I know why. Consciousness appears to be the last bastion of occult properties, epiphenomena, and immeasurable subjective states-in short, the one area of mind best left to the philosophers, who are welcome to it. Let them make fools of themselves trying to corral the quicksilver of "phenomenology" into a respectable theory. (Dennett, 1978b, p. 149)When I am thinking about anything, my consciousness consists of a number of ideas.... But every idea can be resolved into elements... and these elements are sensations. (Titchener, 1910, p. 33)A Darwin machine now provides a framework for thinking about thought, indeed one that may be a reasonable first approximation to the actual brain machinery underlying thought. An intracerebral Darwin Machine need not try out one sequence at a time against memory; it may be able to try out dozens, if not hundreds, simultaneously, shape up new generations in milliseconds, and thus initiate insightful actions without overt trial and error. This massively parallel selection among stochastic sequences is more analogous to the ways of darwinian biology than to the "von Neumann" serial computer. Which is why I call it a Darwin Machine instead; it shapes up thoughts in milliseconds rather than millennia, and uses innocuous remembered environments rather than noxious real-life ones. It may well create the uniquely human aspect of our consciousness. (Calvin, 1990, pp. 261-262)To suppose the mind to exist in two different states, in the same moment, is a manifest absurdity. To the whole series of states of the mind, then, whatever the individual, momentary successive states may be, I give the name of our consciousness.... There are not sensations, thoughts, passions, and also consciousness, any more than there is quadruped or animal, as a separate being to be added to the wolves, tygers, elephants, and other living creatures.... The fallacy of conceiving consciousness to be something different from the feeling, which is said to be its object, has arisen, in a great measure, from the use of the personal pronoun I. (T. Brown, 1970, p. 336)The human capacity for speech is certainly unique. But the gulf between it and the behavior of animals no longer seems unbridgeable.... What does this leave us with, then, which is characteristically human?.... t resides in the human capacity for consciousness and self-consciousness. (Rose, 1976, p. 177)[Human consciousness] depends wholly on our seeing the outside world in such categories. And the problems of consciousness arise from putting reconstitution beside internalization, from our also being able to see ourselves as if we were objects in the outside world. That is in the very nature of language; it is impossible to have a symbolic system without it.... The Cartesian dualism between mind and body arises directly from this, and so do all the famous paradoxes, both in mathematics and in linguistics.... (Bronowski, 1978, pp. 38-39)It seems to me that there are at least four different viewpoints-or extremes of viewpoint-that one may reasonably hold on the matter [of computation and conscious thinking]:A. All thinking is computation; in particular, feelings of conscious awareness are evoked merely by the carrying out of appropriate computations.B. Awareness is a feature of the brain's physical action; and whereas any physical action can be simulated computationally, computational simulation cannot by itself evoke awareness.C. Appropriate physical action of the brain evokes awareness, but this physical action cannot even be properly simulated computationally.D. Awareness cannot be explained by physical, computational, or any other scientific terms. (Penrose, 1994, p. 12)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Consciousness
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absurdity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Quality of being absurd Nouns 1. (nonsensical quality) absurdity, absurdness, nonsense; paradox, inconsistency; inanity (See folly); ludicrousness, ridiculousness, comicality; koan, oxymoron, doublethink … English dictionary for students
absurdity — noun (plural ties) Date: 1528 1. the quality or state of being absurd ; absurdness 2. something that is absurd … New Collegiate Dictionary
absurdity — /ab serr di tee, zerr /, n., pl. absurdities. 1. the state or quality of being absurd. 2. something absurd. [1425 75; late ME absurdite ( < MF) < LL absurditas. See ABSURD, ITY] * * * … Universalium
absurdity — ab surd·i·ty || dÉ™tɪ n. something ridiculous; nonsense; illogic … English contemporary dictionary
absurdity — ab•surd•i•ty [[t]æbˈsɜr dɪ ti, ˈzɜr [/t]] n. pl. ties 1) the state or quality of being absurd 2) something absurd • Etymology: 1425–75; (< MF) < LL … From formal English to slang
absurdity — /əbˈsɜdəti/ (say uhb serduhtee), / ˈzɜd / (say zerd ) noun (plural absurdities) 1. the state or quality of being absurd. 2. something absurd …
impertinence — /ɪmˈpɜtənəns/ (say im pertuhnuhns) noun 1. unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence. 2. impertinent quality or action; irrelevance. 3. inappropriateness or incongruity. 4. triviality or absurdity. 5. something impertinent …
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literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
Kierkegaard’s speculative despair — Judith Butler Every movement of infinity is carried out through passion, and no reflection can produce a movement. This is the continual leap in existence that explains the movement, whereas mediation is a chimera, which in Hegel is supposed to… … History of philosophy