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1 go on
1) (to continue: Go on reading - I won't disturb you.) continuar, seguir2) (to talk a great deal, usually too much: She goes on and on about her health.) hablar sin parar3) (to happen: What is going on here?) pasar, suceder, ocurrir4) (to base one's investigations etc on: The police had very few clues to go on in their search for the murderer.) basar(se) en, apoyarse en, fundarse engo on vb1. seguir2. pasar / sucederwhat's going on? ¿qué pasa?3. encendersev.• seguir v.1) v + adva) ( go further - without stopping) seguir*; (- after stopping) seguir*, proseguir* (frml)I can't go on, I'm too tired — no puedo más, estoy muy cansado
b) ( go ahead)you go on, we'll follow — tú vete que nosotros ya iremos
he went on ahead to look for a hotel — él fue antes or delante para buscar hotel
2) (last, continue)to go on -ing — seguir* + ger
to go on to + inf: he went on to become President llegó a ser presidente; to go on to something: let us go on to victory sigamos hasta triunfar; to go on with something seguir* con algo; that's enough to be going on with (BrE) eso alcanza por el momento; go on! — (encouraging, urging) dale!, vamos!, ándale! (Méx), ándele! (Col), venga! (Esp)
3)a) ( continue speaking) seguir*, continuar*, proseguir* (frml)b) ( talk irritatingly) (pej)he went on and on — siguió dale que dale or (Esp tb) dale que te pego (fam)
4) ( happen)what's going on? — ¿qué pasa?
is there anything going on between you two? — ¿hay algo entre ustedes or (Esp) vosotros dos?
how long has this been going on? — ¿desde cuándo viene sucediendo esto?
5)a) (pass, elapse)b) ( progress) marchar6)a) ( onto stage) salir* a escena; ( onto field of play) salir* al campob) (fit, be placed)the lid won't go on — no le puedo (or podemos etc) poner or colocar la tapa
c) ( be switched on) encenderse*, prenderse (AmL)7) v + prep + o( approach) ir*she's 16 going on 17 — tiene 16 para 17, está por cumplir 17
it's going on 11 o'clock — van a ser las 11, son casi las 11
8) ( base inquiries on)we don't have much to go on — no tenemos muchos datos (or muchas pistas etc) en que basarnos
1. VI + PREP1) (=be guided by) [+ evidence] basarse enthere isn't much evidence to go on — no hay muchos indicios en los que basarse, no hay muchas pruebas en las que basarse
what are you going on? — ¿en qué te basas?
2) (=like)3) (=continue)to go on doing sth — seguir haciendo algo, continuar haciendo algo
4) * (=approach)she's going on 50 — anda cerca de la cincuentena, va para los cincuenta
5) (=be spent on)6) (=start taking) [+ drug] empezar a tomar2. VI + ADV1) (=fit)"so," he went on... — -así es que -continuó
go on! — (=continue) sigue, continúa; (giving encouragement) ¡venga!; (showing incredulity) ¡no digas bobadas! *, ¡anda ya! *, ¡venga ya! *
to go on doing sth — seguir or continuar haciendo algo
go on, tell me what the problem is! — ¡venga, dime cuál es el problema!
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go on with your work — sigue con tu trabajo3) (=last) durarhow long will this go on for? — ¿cuánto tiempo durará esto?
4) (=proceed)•
to go on to do sth — pasar a hacer algoafter having taught herself Italian, she went on to learn Arabic — después de haber aprendido italiano por su cuenta, empezó a estudiar árabe
he went on to say that... — añadió que...
5) * (=talk)he does go on so — habla más que siete *, no para de hablar
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to go on about sth — no parar de hablar de algo, dar la tabarra or la matraca con algo *she's always going on about it — nunca para de hablar de eso, siempre está con la misma cantinela *
he's always going on about the government — (=criticize) siempre está echando pestes contra el gobierno *
don't go on about it! — ¡déjalo ya!, ¡deja ya de dar la tabarra or la matraca con el tema! *
6) * (=nag)•
to go on at sb — dar la lata a algn * ( about con)7) (=happen) pasar, ocurrir•
there's something odd going on — aquí hay gato encerrado•
what's going on here? — ¿qué pasa or ocurre aquí?8) (=pass, go by) [time, years] pasar, transcurrir9) (=come on) [lights, machine] encenderse, prenderse (LAm)10) (Theat) salir (a escena)11) (Sport)12) * (=behave)what a way to go on! pej — ¡qué manera de comportarse!
* * *1) v + adva) ( go further - without stopping) seguir*; (- after stopping) seguir*, proseguir* (frml)I can't go on, I'm too tired — no puedo más, estoy muy cansado
b) ( go ahead)you go on, we'll follow — tú vete que nosotros ya iremos
he went on ahead to look for a hotel — él fue antes or delante para buscar hotel
2) (last, continue)to go on -ing — seguir* + ger
to go on to + inf: he went on to become President llegó a ser presidente; to go on to something: let us go on to victory sigamos hasta triunfar; to go on with something seguir* con algo; that's enough to be going on with (BrE) eso alcanza por el momento; go on! — (encouraging, urging) dale!, vamos!, ándale! (Méx), ándele! (Col), venga! (Esp)
3)a) ( continue speaking) seguir*, continuar*, proseguir* (frml)b) ( talk irritatingly) (pej)he went on and on — siguió dale que dale or (Esp tb) dale que te pego (fam)
4) ( happen)what's going on? — ¿qué pasa?
is there anything going on between you two? — ¿hay algo entre ustedes or (Esp) vosotros dos?
how long has this been going on? — ¿desde cuándo viene sucediendo esto?
5)a) (pass, elapse)b) ( progress) marchar6)a) ( onto stage) salir* a escena; ( onto field of play) salir* al campob) (fit, be placed)the lid won't go on — no le puedo (or podemos etc) poner or colocar la tapa
c) ( be switched on) encenderse*, prenderse (AmL)7) v + prep + o( approach) ir*she's 16 going on 17 — tiene 16 para 17, está por cumplir 17
it's going on 11 o'clock — van a ser las 11, son casi las 11
8) ( base inquiries on)we don't have much to go on — no tenemos muchos datos (or muchas pistas etc) en que basarnos
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2 investigación
f.1 investigation, research.2 investigation, search, inquiry, probe.* * *1 (indagación) investigation, enquiry2 (estudio) research* * *noun f.1) investigation, inquiry2) research* * *SF1) [de accidente, delito] [por la policía] investigation; [por un comité] inquiryha ordenado la investigación de las cuentas bancarias — he has ordered their bank accounts to be investigated
2) [científica, académica] researchun trabajo de investigación sobre el barroco — a research project on the baroque, a piece of research on the baroque
investigación operativa — operational research, operations research
* * *1)a) (de caso, delito) investigation; ( por comisión especial) inquiryllevar a cabo una investigación — to carry out an investigation, to hold an inquiry
b) (Educ, Med, Tec) research2) Investigaciones femenino plural ( en Chi) criminal investigation department* * *= enquiry [inquiry, -USA], exploration, inquiry [enquiry, -UK], investigation, probe, research, scholarship, line of enquiry, a piece of + research, research activity, research effort, academic study.Ex. A threshold weight appropriate to the specificity of the searcher's enquiry must be established.Ex. This section goes no further than the exploration of ideas which are important for the appropriate support of software packages.Ex. Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.Ex. An improved awareness of existing work should strengthen the foundations of new investigations, and reduce the degree of duplication.Ex. From 1985-89, a probe into library services took place into about 7,300 public and school libraries with some 53 million items in stock.Ex. Abstracts may be submitted for editing and inclusion in bibliographies and bulletins by staff engaged in research.Ex. The most important of the functions of librarians is the collection, preservation and affording access to the materials of scholarship.Ex. The reviewer's place in citation chains is an important one because conceivably a carefully done critical review could make or break a line of enquiry or alter the direction of a chain of citations.Ex. Part of library legend is now a steel manufacturer's after-dinner statement that if a piece of research cost less than $100,000, it was cheaper to repeat it than to try to find out if it had already been done.Ex. Bibliometric analyses confirmed that review articles on topics that are generating high levels of research activity tend to have relatively voluminous bibliographies made up of a disproportionate number of citations to source materials of very recent vintage.Ex. With renewed geologic interest in the Arctic and Antarctic, polar libraries are becoming increasingly important to support the research efforts in these areas.Ex. Cyberculture is emerging as an interdisciplinary subject of academic study.----* ARL (Asociación de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = ARL (Association of Research Libraries).* artículo de investigación = research paper, research article, research contribution.* ayudante de investigación = research assistant.* base de datos de investigación = research database.* beca de investigación = research grant.* becario de investigación = research grantee, research student.* biblioteca de investigación = research library.* biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas de investigación = research librianship.* centro de investigación = research centre, research unit.* colaboración en la investigación = cooperative research.* colaborador de investigación = research fellow.* colección de investigación = research collection.* comisión de investigación = commission of enquiry, investigating committee, investigation committee.* contribución a la investigación = research contribution.* dedicado a la investigación = research-oriented.* de investigación = exploratory.* departamento de investigación = research unit.* documentos producto de investigación = research materials.* empresa de investigación = research firm.* equipo de investigación = research team.* estrategia de investigación = research strategy.* frente de investigación = research front.* grupo de investigación = research group.* Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).* herramienta de investigación = research tool.* informe del resultado de una investigación = research report.* iniciar una investigación = launch + investigation.* institución de investigación = research institution.* instituto de investigación = research institute.* instituto para la investigación y el desarrollo = research and development institute.* investigación-acción = action research.* investigación aplicada = action research.* investigación biomédica = biomedical research.* investigación científica = academic research, scientific research, scientific enquiry, scholarly research.* investigación clínica = clinical research.* investigación cooperativa = cooperative research.* investigación criminal = criminal investigation.* investigación cualitativa = qualitative research.* investigación cuantitativa = quantitative research.* investigación de campo = intervention research, field research.* investigación de despacho = desk research.* investigación de mercado = market research, consumer research.* investigación educativa = educational research.* investigación empírica = empirical research.* investigación en biblioteconomía y documentación = library and information science research.* investigación en biblioteconomía = library research.* investigación en biomedicina = biomedical research.* investigación en ciencias de la documentación = information science research.* investigación en colaboración = collaborative research.* investigación en documentación = information science research.* investigación en educación = educational research.* investigación en equipo = team research.* investigación en medicina = medical research.* investigaciones = research evidence.* investigaciones, las = research literature, literature of research.* investigaciones operativas = operations research.* investigación genética = genetic research.* investigación histórica = historical research.* investigación industrial = industrial research.* investigación mediante sondeos = survey research.* investigación médica = medical research.* investigación operativa = operational research.* investigación para la creación de innovaciones = innovation research.* investigación pedagógica = educational research.* investigación y desarrollo (I+D) = research and development (R&D).* línea de investigación = line of enquiry, line of research, line of enquiry, research front, avenue (for/of) research, research avenue, avenue of investigation, research line.* línea de investigación futura = avenue (for/of) future research.* línea de investigación posible = avenue for further research.* metodología de investigación = research methodology.* no dedicado a la investigación = non-research.* periodismo de investigación = investigative reporting, investigative journalism.* permiso sabático para dedicarse a la investigación = research leave.* producción científica de investigación = research literature.* programa de investigación = research agenda.* propuesta de proyecto de investigación = research proposal.* protocolo de investigación = research protocol.* proyecto de investigación = research project, research initiative.* realizar una investigación = carry out + research, conduct + investigation, conduct + research, do + research, undertake + investigation, undertake + research.* Red Informativa de las Bibliotecas de Investigación en USA = RLIN.* rendimiento en la investigación = research performance.* revista de investigación = research periodical.* RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).* técnica de investigación = research technique.* tema de investigación = area of enquiry [area of inquiry], research question, research topic.* trabajo de investigación = investigative work, research paper, research work.* visita por motivos de investigación = research trip, research visit.* visita por razones de investigación = research trip, research visit.* * *1)a) (de caso, delito) investigation; ( por comisión especial) inquiryllevar a cabo una investigación — to carry out an investigation, to hold an inquiry
b) (Educ, Med, Tec) research2) Investigaciones femenino plural ( en Chi) criminal investigation department* * *= enquiry [inquiry, -USA], exploration, inquiry [enquiry, -UK], investigation, probe, research, scholarship, line of enquiry, a piece of + research, research activity, research effort, academic study.Ex: A threshold weight appropriate to the specificity of the searcher's enquiry must be established.
Ex: This section goes no further than the exploration of ideas which are important for the appropriate support of software packages.Ex: Several possible rules governing the reference interview are examined; one calls for inquiry into client's underlying wants, 'the face value rule', another for inquiry into underlying needs, 'the purpose rule'.Ex: An improved awareness of existing work should strengthen the foundations of new investigations, and reduce the degree of duplication.Ex: From 1985-89, a probe into library services took place into about 7,300 public and school libraries with some 53 million items in stock.Ex: Abstracts may be submitted for editing and inclusion in bibliographies and bulletins by staff engaged in research.Ex: The most important of the functions of librarians is the collection, preservation and affording access to the materials of scholarship.Ex: The reviewer's place in citation chains is an important one because conceivably a carefully done critical review could make or break a line of enquiry or alter the direction of a chain of citations.Ex: Part of library legend is now a steel manufacturer's after-dinner statement that if a piece of research cost less than $100,000, it was cheaper to repeat it than to try to find out if it had already been done.Ex: Bibliometric analyses confirmed that review articles on topics that are generating high levels of research activity tend to have relatively voluminous bibliographies made up of a disproportionate number of citations to source materials of very recent vintage.Ex: With renewed geologic interest in the Arctic and Antarctic, polar libraries are becoming increasingly important to support the research efforts in these areas.Ex: Cyberculture is emerging as an interdisciplinary subject of academic study.* ARL (Asociación de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = ARL (Association of Research Libraries).* artículo de investigación = research paper, research article, research contribution.* ayudante de investigación = research assistant.* base de datos de investigación = research database.* beca de investigación = research grant.* becario de investigación = research grantee, research student.* biblioteca de investigación = research library.* biblioteconomía especializada en las bibliotecas de investigación = research librianship.* centro de investigación = research centre, research unit.* colaboración en la investigación = cooperative research.* colaborador de investigación = research fellow.* colección de investigación = research collection.* comisión de investigación = commission of enquiry, investigating committee, investigation committee.* contribución a la investigación = research contribution.* dedicado a la investigación = research-oriented.* de investigación = exploratory.* departamento de investigación = research unit.* documentos producto de investigación = research materials.* empresa de investigación = research firm.* equipo de investigación = research team.* estrategia de investigación = research strategy.* frente de investigación = research front.* grupo de investigación = research group.* Grupo de Investigación sobre la Clasificación (CRG) = Classification Research Group (CRG).* herramienta de investigación = research tool.* informe del resultado de una investigación = research report.* iniciar una investigación = launch + investigation.* institución de investigación = research institution.* instituto de investigación = research institute.* instituto para la investigación y el desarrollo = research and development institute.* investigación-acción = action research.* investigación aplicada = action research.* investigación biomédica = biomedical research.* investigación científica = academic research, scientific research, scientific enquiry, scholarly research.* investigación clínica = clinical research.* investigación cooperativa = cooperative research.* investigación criminal = criminal investigation.* investigación cualitativa = qualitative research.* investigación cuantitativa = quantitative research.* investigación de campo = intervention research, field research.* investigación de despacho = desk research.* investigación de mercado = market research, consumer research.* investigación educativa = educational research.* investigación empírica = empirical research.* investigación en biblioteconomía y documentación = library and information science research.* investigación en biblioteconomía = library research.* investigación en biomedicina = biomedical research.* investigación en ciencias de la documentación = information science research.* investigación en colaboración = collaborative research.* investigación en documentación = information science research.* investigación en educación = educational research.* investigación en equipo = team research.* investigación en medicina = medical research.* investigaciones = research evidence.* investigaciones, las = research literature, literature of research.* investigaciones operativas = operations research.* investigación genética = genetic research.* investigación histórica = historical research.* investigación industrial = industrial research.* investigación mediante sondeos = survey research.* investigación médica = medical research.* investigación operativa = operational research.* investigación para la creación de innovaciones = innovation research.* investigación pedagógica = educational research.* investigación y desarrollo (I+D) = research and development (R&D).* línea de investigación = line of enquiry, line of research, line of enquiry, research front, avenue (for/of) research, research avenue, avenue of investigation, research line.* línea de investigación futura = avenue (for/of) future research.* línea de investigación posible = avenue for further research.* metodología de investigación = research methodology.* no dedicado a la investigación = non-research.* periodismo de investigación = investigative reporting, investigative journalism.* permiso sabático para dedicarse a la investigación = research leave.* producción científica de investigación = research literature.* programa de investigación = research agenda.* propuesta de proyecto de investigación = research proposal.* protocolo de investigación = research protocol.* proyecto de investigación = research project, research initiative.* realizar una investigación = carry out + research, conduct + investigation, conduct + research, do + research, undertake + investigation, undertake + research.* Red Informativa de las Bibliotecas de Investigación en USA = RLIN.* rendimiento en la investigación = research performance.* revista de investigación = research periodical.* RLG (Grupo de Bibliotecas de Investigación) = RLG (Research Libraries Group).* técnica de investigación = research technique.* tema de investigación = area of enquiry [area of inquiry], research question, research topic.* trabajo de investigación = investigative work, research paper, research work.* visita por motivos de investigación = research trip, research visit.* visita por razones de investigación = research trip, research visit.* * *A1 (de un caso, un delito) investigation30 agentes trabajan en la investigación del caso Torosa 30 officers are investigating the Torosa casela policía ha abierto una investigación sobre el caso the police have started o opened o launched an investigation into the caseel senador exige que se lleve a cabo una investigación the senator is demanding an inquiry o an investigationinvestigación científica scientific researchrealizó una investigación sobre esta terapia he carried out research into o a study of this therapyCompuestos:tests to establish paternity (pl)market researchoperations researchresearch and development* * *
investigación sustantivo femenino
( por comisión especial) inquiryb) (Educ, Med, Tec) research;
investigación de mercados market research
investigación sustantivo femenino
1 (pesquisa, indagación) investigation
2 (estudio riguroso) research
' investigación' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adelante
- beca
- Cesid
- consejo
- escrupulosa
- escrupuloso
- estancar
- estancada
- estancado
- estudio
- exhaustiva
- exhaustivo
- F.B.I
- puntera
- puntero
- relevante
- rigurosa
- riguroso
- someterse
- terrena
- terreno
- abrir
- archivar
- centrar
- cuidadoso
- dedicar
- destinar
- detenido
- dirigir
- encuesta
- examen
- expediente
- fondo
- fruto
- hacer
- meticuloso
- minucioso
- objeto
- potenciar
- realizar
English:
aid
- appropriate
- behind
- bureau
- CID
- compass
- consumer research
- diligent
- enquiry
- fellowship
- full-scale
- grant
- hush-hush
- in-house
- inquest
- inquiry
- institute
- investigation
- province
- research
- scope
- screening
- survey
- thorough
- vet
- allocate
- fact
- investigate
- line
- market
- means
- narrow
- probe
- screen
- station
- way
* * *1. [estudio] research;estoy haciendo una investigación sobre los incas I'm doing a research project o I'm doing some research on the Incasinvestigación científica scientific research;investigación y desarrollo research and development;investigación de mercado market research2. [indagación] investigation, inquiry;la investigación de un atentado the investigation into an attack;se ha abierto una investigación sobre el incidente an inquiry o an investigation into the incident has been opened;comisión de investigación committee of inquiryinvestigación judicial judicial inquiry* * *f1 policial investigation2 EDU, TÉC research;investigación genética genetic research* * *investigación nf, pl - ciones1) encuesta, indagación: investigation, inquiry2) : research* * *1. (policial) investigation3. (científica, académica) research -
3 ricerca
f (pl -che) researchdi persona scomparsa, informazione et cetera search (di for)education projectalla ricerca di in search of* * *ricerca s.f.1 search; quest: la ricerca della merce rubata fu inutile, the search for the stolen goods was fruitless // alla ricerca di, in search of: corsi alla ricerca di un dottore, I ran to find a doctor; è sempre alla ricerca dell'interesse personale, he always has an eye to his own interest; siamo alla ricerca di qlco., we are in search of sthg. (o fam. we are on the lookout for sthg.); sono alla ricerca di un libro che gli possa interessare, I'm on the lookout for a book that might interest him; partire alla ricerca di un tesoro, to set off in quest (o in search) of treasure; andare alla ricerca di un impiego, to seek employment2 ( il perseguire) pursuit: la ricerca della felicità, the pursuit of happiness; la ricerca del sapere, the pursuit of knowledge; la ricerca della verità, the search after truth // alla ricerca di, in pursuit of: è venuto in Italia alla ricerca delle sue origini, he came to Italy in pursuit of his origins3 ( a carattere scientifico) research: ricerche nucleari, nuclear research (es); ricerche scientifiche, storiche, scientific, historical research (es); laboratorio di ricerche, research laboratory; lavoro di ricerca, research work; dedicò tutta la sua vita alla ricerca scientifica, he devoted all his life to scientific research; fece lunghe ricerche sulle cause di questo male, he carried out lengthy research into the causes of this disease; le sue ricerche non sono state fruttuose, his researches have not been successful; proseguire le ricerche sul cancro, to continue research on cancer; ( a scuola) la classe sta facendo una ricerca sul razzismo, the class are doing a project on racism // (econ.): ricerca e sviluppo, research and development; ricerca di mercato, market research; ricerca di base, basic research; ricerca pubblicitaria, promozionale, advertising, promotional research; ricerca a tavolino, desk research; ricerca di marketing, marketing research; ricerca motivazionale, motivational research4 ( indagine) investigation, inquiry: con ulteriori ricerche scoprì che..., on further investigation he discovered that...; fare delle ricerche su qlco., to make inquiries about sthg.; interrompere le ricerche sul caso di omicidio, to interrupt the investigations into the murder case6 (inform.) research; retrieval: ricerca operativa, operating logic; ricerca di guasto, trouble hunting; ricerca e correzione del guasto, trouble shooting; ricerca e correzione degli errori, (IBM) debugging; ricerca di informazioni, computer-assisted retrieval (abbr. CAR).* * *1) (studio) research (su into, on); (risultato dello studio) study, survey, piece of researchricerca sul campo — field study, fieldwork
fare una ricerca su qcs. — to make a study on sth.
centro, laboratorio, gruppo di ricerca — research centre, laboratory, unit
2) (perlustrazione) search, researches pl.3) (il cercare) research, quest, pursuitla ricerca della felicità, della verità — the pursuit of happiness, the quest for truth
essere alla ricerca di — to be looking for [casa, lavoro]
4) (indagine) investigation, inquiry5) scol. (research) project, topic6) inform. search, look-up•* * *ricercapl. - che /ri't∫erka, ke/sostantivo f.1 (studio) research (su into, on); (risultato dello studio) study, survey, piece of research; ricerca sul campo field study, fieldwork; fare una ricerca su qcs. to make a study on sth.; sta facendo (delle) -che sul cancro she's doing some research on cancer; centro, laboratorio, gruppo di ricerca research centre, laboratory, unit2 (perlustrazione) search, researches pl.; dopo due ore di ricerca after a two-hour search; partecipare alle -che to take part in the search3 (il cercare) research, quest, pursuit; la ricerca della felicità, della verità the pursuit of happiness, the quest for truth; essere alla ricerca di to be looking for [casa, lavoro]; alla ricerca di una soluzione in (the) search of a solution4 (indagine) investigation, inquiry; faremo -che più approfondite we will inquire further into the matter5 scol. (research) project, topic6 inform. search, look-up; motore di ricerca search enginericerca di mercato market research; ricerca scientifica scientific research; ricerca spaziale space research. -
4 Philosophy
And what I believe to be more important here is that I find in myself an infinity of ideas of certain things which cannot be assumed to be pure nothingness, even though they may have perhaps no existence outside of my thought. These things are not figments of my imagination, even though it is within my power to think of them or not to think of them; on the contrary, they have their own true and immutable natures. Thus, for example, when I imagine a triangle, even though there may perhaps be no such figure anywhere in the world outside of my thought, nor ever have been, nevertheless the figure cannot help having a certain determinate nature... or essence, which is immutable and eternal, which I have not invented and which does not in any way depend upon my mind. (Descartes, 1951, p. 61)Let us console ourselves for not knowing the possible connections between a spider and the rings of Saturn, and continue to examine what is within our reach. (Voltaire, 1961, p. 144)As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe consisted in the splitting up of the world into the realms of matter and mind, and the identification of "mind" with conscious thinking. The result of this identification was the shallow rationalism of l'esprit Cartesien, and an impoverishment of psychology which it took three centuries to remedy even in part. (Koestler, 1964, p. 148)It has been made of late a reproach against natural philosophy that it has struck out on a path of its own, and has separated itself more and more widely from the other sciences which are united by common philological and historical studies. The opposition has, in fact, been long apparent, and seems to me to have grown up mainly under the influence of the Hegelian philosophy, or, at any rate, to have been brought out into more distinct relief by that philosophy.... The sole object of Kant's "Critical Philosophy" was to test the sources and the authority of our knowledge, and to fix a definite scope and standard for the researches of philosophy, as compared with other sciences.... [But Hegel's] "Philosophy of Identity" was bolder. It started with the hypothesis that not only spiritual phenomena, but even the actual world-nature, that is, and man-were the result of an act of thought on the part of a creative mind, similar, it was supposed, in kind to the human mind.... The philosophers accused the scientific men of narrowness; the scientific men retorted that the philosophers were crazy. And so it came about that men of science began to lay some stress on the banishment of all philosophic influences from their work; while some of them, including men of the greatest acuteness, went so far as to condemn philosophy altogether, not merely as useless, but as mischievous dreaming. Thus, it must be confessed, not only were the illegitimate pretensions of the Hegelian system to subordinate to itself all other studies rejected, but no regard was paid to the rightful claims of philosophy, that is, the criticism of the sources of cognition, and the definition of the functions of the intellect. (Helmholz, quoted in Dampier, 1966, pp. 291-292)Philosophy remains true to its classical tradition by renouncing it. (Habermas, 1972, p. 317)I have not attempted... to put forward any grand view of the nature of philosophy; nor do I have any such grand view to put forth if I would. It will be obvious that I do not agree with those who see philosophy as the history of "howlers" and progress in philosophy as the debunking of howlers. It will also be obvious that I do not agree with those who see philosophy as the enterprise of putting forward a priori truths about the world.... I see philosophy as a field which has certain central questions, for example, the relation between thought and reality.... It seems obvious that in dealing with these questions philosophers have formulated rival research programs, that they have put forward general hypotheses, and that philosophers within each major research program have modified their hypotheses by trial and error, even if they sometimes refuse to admit that that is what they are doing. To that extent philosophy is a "science." To argue about whether philosophy is a science in any more serious sense seems to me to be hardly a useful occupation.... It does not seem to me important to decide whether science is philosophy or philosophy is science as long as one has a conception of both that makes both essential to a responsible view of the world and of man's place in it. (Putnam, 1975, p. xvii)What can philosophy contribute to solving the problem of the relation [of] mind to body? Twenty years ago, many English-speaking philosophers would have answered: "Nothing beyond an analysis of the various mental concepts." If we seek knowledge of things, they thought, it is to science that we must turn. Philosophy can only cast light upon our concepts of those things.This retreat from things to concepts was not undertaken lightly. Ever since the seventeenth century, the great intellectual fact of our culture has been the incredible expansion of knowledge both in the natural and in the rational sciences (mathematics, logic).The success of science created a crisis in philosophy. What was there for philosophy to do? Hume had already perceived the problem in some degree, and so surely did Kant, but it was not until the twentieth century, with the Vienna Circle and with Wittgenstein, that the difficulty began to weigh heavily. Wittgenstein took the view that philosophy could do no more than strive to undo the intellectual knots it itself had tied, so achieving intellectual release, and even a certain illumination, but no knowledge. A little later, and more optimistically, Ryle saw a positive, if reduced role, for philosophy in mapping the "logical geography" of our concepts: how they stood to each other and how they were to be analyzed....Since that time, however, philosophers in the "analytic" tradition have swung back from Wittgensteinian and even Rylean pessimism to a more traditional conception of the proper role and tasks of philosophy. Many analytic philosophers now would accept the view that the central task of philosophy is to give an account, or at least play a part in giving an account, of the most general nature of things and of man. (Armstrong, 1990, pp. 37-38)8) Philosophy's Evolving Engagement with Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive ScienceIn the beginning, the nature of philosophy's engagement with artificial intelligence and cognitive science was clear enough. The new sciences of the mind were to provide the long-awaited vindication of the most potent dreams of naturalism and materialism. Mind would at last be located firmly within the natural order. We would see in detail how the most perplexing features of the mental realm could be supported by the operations of solely physical laws upon solely physical stuff. Mental causation (the power of, e.g., a belief to cause an action) would emerge as just another species of physical causation. Reasoning would be understood as a kind of automated theorem proving. And the key to both was to be the depiction of the brain as the implementation of multiple higher level programs whose task was to manipulate and transform symbols or representations: inner items with one foot in the physical (they were realized as brain states) and one in the mental (they were bearers of contents, and their physical gymnastics were cleverly designed to respect semantic relationships such as truth preservation). (A. Clark, 1996, p. 1)Socrates of Athens famously declared that "the unexamined life is not worth living," and his motto aptly explains the impulse to philosophize. Taking nothing for granted, philosophy probes and questions the fundamental presuppositions of every area of human inquiry.... [P]art of the job of the philosopher is to keep at a certain critical distance from current doctrines, whether in the sciences or the arts, and to examine instead how the various elements in our world-view clash, or fit together. Some philosophers have tried to incorporate the results of these inquiries into a grand synoptic view of the nature of reality and our human relationship to it. Others have mistrusted system-building, and seen their primary role as one of clarifications, or the removal of obstacles along the road to truth. But all have shared the Socratic vision of using the human intellect to challenge comfortable preconceptions, insisting that every aspect of human theory and practice be subjected to continuing critical scrutiny....Philosophy is, of course, part of a continuing tradition, and there is much to be gained from seeing how that tradition originated and developed. But the principal object of studying the materials in this book is not to pay homage to past genius, but to enrich one's understanding of central problems that are as pressing today as they have always been-problems about knowledge, truth and reality, the nature of the mind, the basis of right action, and the best way to live. These questions help to mark out the territory of philosophy as an academic discipline, but in a wider sense they define the human predicament itself; they will surely continue to be with us for as long as humanity endures. (Cottingham, 1996, pp. xxi-xxii)10) The Distinction between Dionysian Man and Apollonian Man, between Art and Creativity and Reason and Self- ControlIn his study of ancient Greek culture, The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche drew what would become a famous distinction, between the Dionysian spirit, the untamed spirit of art and creativity, and the Apollonian, that of reason and self-control. The story of Greek civilization, and all civilizations, Nietzsche implied, was the gradual victory of Apollonian man, with his desire for control over nature and himself, over Dionysian man, who survives only in myth, poetry, music, and drama. Socrates and Plato had attacked the illusions of art as unreal, and had overturned the delicate cultural balance by valuing only man's critical, rational, and controlling consciousness while denigrating his vital life instincts as irrational and base. The result of this division is "Alexandrian man," the civilized and accomplished Greek citizen of the later ancient world, who is "equipped with the greatest forces of knowledge" but in whom the wellsprings of creativity have dried up. (Herman, 1997, pp. 95-96)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Philosophy
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