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1 error
m.1 mistake, error.cometer un error to make a mistakeestar en un error to be mistakenpor error by mistakesalvo error u omisión errors and omissions exceptederror de bulto huge o big mistakeerror de cálculo miscalculationerror humano human errorerror de imprenta misprinterror judicial miscarriage of justice2 delusion, false impression.3 lapsus.* * *1 error, mistake\caer en un error to make a mistakeestar en un error to be mistakenpor error by mistake, in errorerror de imprenta misprinterror judicial miscarriage of justice* * *noun m.error, mistake* * *SM mistake, error más frm•
caer en un error — to make a mistakesi piensas que lo hizo por tu bien, estás cayendo en un error — if you think that he did it for your good you're making a mistake
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cometer un error — to make a mistake•
estar en un error — to be mistaken, be wrongestás en un error si piensas que voy a transigir — you're mistaken o wrong if you think that I'll give in
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inducir a error — to be misleading•
por error — by mistakeerror de hecho — factual error, error of fact
* * *masculino mistakecometer un error — to make a mistake o an error
craso error! — (that was a) big o bad mistake!
estás en un error — you're wrong o mistaken
¿quién lo va a sacar de su error? — who's going to put him right?
salvo error u omisión — (fr hecha) errors and omissions excepted
por error — by mistake, in error (frml)
* * *= error, failure, fault, mistake, pitfall, bug, stumble, delusion, goof, blooper, bobble.Ex. Computers are reliable, and less prone to error provided they are instructed or programmed appropriately and correctly.Ex. DBMS systems aim to cope with system failure and generate restart procedures.Ex. Documents and information can be lost forever by faults in inputting.Ex. A mistake, say, in trasncribing Fergusson as Ferguson may cause some problems, copying Davinson as Davison will cause even more!.Ex. Nevertheless, it is worth drawing a comparison between them so that menu-based information retrieval systems might avoid some of the pitfalls of traditional classification.Ex. A bug is an error in a program or an equipment malfunction.Ex. His stumbles and missed opportunities were made up for by his signing of the agreement in 1990.Ex. The article 'Illusions, delusions, conclusions' reminds searchers that the most important issue when looking at search results is to make sure that all information is reliable and true.Ex. The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.Ex. Throughout the year we collect bloopers, funny things that happen while we are producing the program.Ex. Gary's back pass took a bobble from a divot and in that moment Robinson suddenly found himself the subject of ridicule.----* a base de cometer errores = the hard way.* a base de errores = the hard way.* a fuerza de cometer errores = the hard way.* a fuerza de errores = the hard way.* análisis de errores = error analysis.* aprender a fuerza de errores = learn by + trial and error.* aprender Algo a base de cometer errores = learn + Nombre + the hard way.* aprender Algo a fuerza de errores = learn + Nombre + the hard way.* aprender de errores = learn from + errors.* aprender por el método de ensayo y error = learn by + trial and error.* caer en el error de = fall into + the error of, blunder into.* cometer el error de = fall into + the error of, blunder into.* cometer errores por despiste = bump into + lampposts.* cometer un error = commit + error, make + mistake, make + error, be caught out, slip up.* cometer un error garrafal = commit + blunder, make + a bloomer, make + a blunder, drop + a clanger, drop + a bollock, blunder.* con errores = flawed.* con errores gramaticales = grammatically challenged, grammatically incorrect.* corregir errores = debug.* corregir un error = correct + error, amend + mistake, correct + a wrong, correct + Posesivo + mistake.* deshacer los errores cometidos = turn + the clock back.* detección de errores = error identification.* detectar un error = detect + error, spot + mistake, spot + error.* eliminar un error = remove + error.* error administrativo = clerical mistake, clerical error.* error craso = gross mistake, crass mistake, crass error, blunder, monumental mistake, monumental error.* error de cálculo = miscalculation, mathematical mistake, mathematical error, calculation error, calculation mistake.* error de communicación = miscommunication.* error de contenido = factual error.* error de copia = clerical error, clerical mistake.* error de diagnóstico = misdiagnosis [misdiagnoses, -pl.].* error de entendimiento = misunderstanding.* error de escritura = mistyping.* error de estilo = stylistic error.* error de juicio = misunderstanding, error of judgement.* error de la muestra = sampling error.* error de la naturaleza = freak of nature.* error de lectura = misreading.* error del original = sic, sic.* error de medición = error of measurement.* error de muestreo = sampling error.* error de percepción = misperception.* error de probabilidad = probability of error.* error de pronunciación = mispronunciation.* error de transposición = transposition error.* errores = floundering.* error estilístico = stylistic error.* error fatal = fatal mistake.* error garrafal = blunder, cock-up, crass mistake, crass error, gross mistake, monumental mistake, monumental error, clanger.* error gramatical = grammatical error.* error humano = human error.* error matemático = mathematical mistake, mathematical error.* error mecánico = machine error.* error mecanográfico = keying error.* error óptico = optical error.* error ortográfico = misspelling [mis-spelling], orthographic error, spelling mistake, spelling error.* error por omisión = omission failure.* error tipográfico = typing error, typing mistake, typographical error, typographical mistake, typo.* evitar un error = avoid + error.* gramática con errores = poor grammar.* identificación de errores = error identification.* lista de errores = error report.* lleno de errores = buggy [buggier -comp., buggiest -sup.].* margen de error = margin of error.* mensaje de error = error message.* no tener errores = be error-free.* nótese el error = sic.* patrón de errores = error pattern.* plagado de errores = buggy [buggier -comp., buggiest -sup.].* plagar de errores = litter with + failure.* por el método de ensayo y error = by trial and error, trial and error.* por error = by mistake.* propenso a errores = error prone, prone to error.* rectificar un error = rectify + failure.* sin errores = error-free.* subsanar un error = extirpate + error.* sujeto a errores = prone to error.* susceptible de error = susceptible to error, susceptible to mistake.* tasa de error = error rate.* tener errores = be flawed.* tolerancia al error = error tolerance, fault tolerance.* tolerante al error = fault tolerant, error tolerant.* * *masculino mistakecometer un error — to make a mistake o an error
craso error! — (that was a) big o bad mistake!
estás en un error — you're wrong o mistaken
¿quién lo va a sacar de su error? — who's going to put him right?
salvo error u omisión — (fr hecha) errors and omissions excepted
por error — by mistake, in error (frml)
* * *= error, failure, fault, mistake, pitfall, bug, stumble, delusion, goof, blooper, bobble.Ex: Computers are reliable, and less prone to error provided they are instructed or programmed appropriately and correctly.
Ex: DBMS systems aim to cope with system failure and generate restart procedures.Ex: Documents and information can be lost forever by faults in inputting.Ex: A mistake, say, in trasncribing Fergusson as Ferguson may cause some problems, copying Davinson as Davison will cause even more!.Ex: Nevertheless, it is worth drawing a comparison between them so that menu-based information retrieval systems might avoid some of the pitfalls of traditional classification.Ex: A bug is an error in a program or an equipment malfunction.Ex: His stumbles and missed opportunities were made up for by his signing of the agreement in 1990.Ex: The article 'Illusions, delusions, conclusions' reminds searchers that the most important issue when looking at search results is to make sure that all information is reliable and true.Ex: The film's supple structure, surprisingly light touch, and bravura performances make it perhaps the most fully formed, half-hearted goof ever.Ex: Throughout the year we collect bloopers, funny things that happen while we are producing the program.Ex: Gary's back pass took a bobble from a divot and in that moment Robinson suddenly found himself the subject of ridicule.* a base de cometer errores = the hard way.* a base de errores = the hard way.* a fuerza de cometer errores = the hard way.* a fuerza de errores = the hard way.* análisis de errores = error analysis.* aprender a fuerza de errores = learn by + trial and error.* aprender Algo a base de cometer errores = learn + Nombre + the hard way.* aprender Algo a fuerza de errores = learn + Nombre + the hard way.* aprender de errores = learn from + errors.* aprender por el método de ensayo y error = learn by + trial and error.* caer en el error de = fall into + the error of, blunder into.* cometer el error de = fall into + the error of, blunder into.* cometer errores por despiste = bump into + lampposts.* cometer un error = commit + error, make + mistake, make + error, be caught out, slip up.* cometer un error garrafal = commit + blunder, make + a bloomer, make + a blunder, drop + a clanger, drop + a bollock, blunder.* con errores = flawed.* con errores gramaticales = grammatically challenged, grammatically incorrect.* corregir errores = debug.* corregir un error = correct + error, amend + mistake, correct + a wrong, correct + Posesivo + mistake.* deshacer los errores cometidos = turn + the clock back.* detección de errores = error identification.* detectar un error = detect + error, spot + mistake, spot + error.* eliminar un error = remove + error.* error administrativo = clerical mistake, clerical error.* error craso = gross mistake, crass mistake, crass error, blunder, monumental mistake, monumental error.* error de cálculo = miscalculation, mathematical mistake, mathematical error, calculation error, calculation mistake.* error de communicación = miscommunication.* error de contenido = factual error.* error de copia = clerical error, clerical mistake.* error de diagnóstico = misdiagnosis [misdiagnoses, -pl.].* error de entendimiento = misunderstanding.* error de escritura = mistyping.* error de estilo = stylistic error.* error de juicio = misunderstanding, error of judgement.* error de la muestra = sampling error.* error de la naturaleza = freak of nature.* error de lectura = misreading.* error del original = sic, sic.* error de medición = error of measurement.* error de muestreo = sampling error.* error de percepción = misperception.* error de probabilidad = probability of error.* error de pronunciación = mispronunciation.* error de transposición = transposition error.* errores = floundering.* error estilístico = stylistic error.* error fatal = fatal mistake.* error garrafal = blunder, cock-up, crass mistake, crass error, gross mistake, monumental mistake, monumental error, clanger.* error gramatical = grammatical error.* error humano = human error.* error matemático = mathematical mistake, mathematical error.* error mecánico = machine error.* error mecanográfico = keying error.* error óptico = optical error.* error ortográfico = misspelling [mis-spelling], orthographic error, spelling mistake, spelling error.* error por omisión = omission failure.* error tipográfico = typing error, typing mistake, typographical error, typographical mistake, typo.* evitar un error = avoid + error.* gramática con errores = poor grammar.* identificación de errores = error identification.* lista de errores = error report.* lleno de errores = buggy [buggier -comp., buggiest -sup.].* margen de error = margin of error.* mensaje de error = error message.* no tener errores = be error-free.* nótese el error = sic.* patrón de errores = error pattern.* plagado de errores = buggy [buggier -comp., buggiest -sup.].* plagar de errores = litter with + failure.* por el método de ensayo y error = by trial and error, trial and error.* por error = by mistake.* propenso a errores = error prone, prone to error.* rectificar un error = rectify + failure.* sin errores = error-free.* subsanar un error = extirpate + error.* sujeto a errores = prone to error.* susceptible de error = susceptible to error, susceptible to mistake.* tasa de error = error rate.* tener errores = be flawed.* tolerancia al error = error tolerance, fault tolerance.* tolerante al error = fault tolerant, error tolerant.* * *mistakefue un error decírselo it was a mistake to tell himcometió varios errores importantes she made several serious mistakes o errorsfirmé el documento — ¡craso error! I signed the document — (that was a) big o bad mistake!estás en un error you're wrong o mistaken¿quién lo va a sacar de su error? who's going to put him right? o ( BrE) set him straight?un grave error de cálculo a serious miscalculationun error de ortografía a spelling mistakesalvo error u omisión ( fr hecha); errors and omissions exceptedCompuestos:absolute errorrandom errorlegal errorfactual errormisprint, printer's errorsystem errorrelative errorsyntax error* * *
error sustantivo masculino
mistake;◊ cometer un error to make a mistake o an error;
error de ortografía spelling mistake;
error de cálculo miscalculation;
error de imprenta misprint, printer's error;
por error by mistake, in error (frml)
error sustantivo masculino
1 error, mistake
cometimos el error de escucharle, we made the mistake of listening to him
inducir a error, to lead into error
2 (de un cálculo) error
3 (fallo técnico) error: se lo enviamos por error, we sent it to him by mistake
Impr error de imprenta/ tipográfico, misprint
En general, mistake se refiere a errores causados por falta de conocimiento, capacidad o comprensión, mientras que error describe más bien errores causados por fallos en la producción o mal comportamiento. A menudo, la diferencia es mínima y se puede usar cualquiera de los dos términos: Cometió un error y fue a la cárcel. He made a mistake and went to prison. El accidente se debió a un error humano. The accident was due to human error.
' error' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aberración
- bestial
- bestialidad
- bulto
- columpiarse
- cometer
- confusión
- desacierto
- desatino
- desliz
- despiste
- enmendar
- enorme
- equivocación
- equivocarse
- falla
- fallo
- fatal
- garrafal
- gazapo
- guardagujas
- incidir
- incorrección
- incurrir
- lectura
- novatada
- originar
- patinazo
- reconocer
- rectificar
- reparar
- responder
- subsanar
- tipográfica
- tipográfico
- traspié
- vista
- yerro
- caer
- cálculo
- calibre
- caro
- clásico
- confesar
- confundir
- corriente
- costoso
- creces
- descuido
- desengañar
English:
allow for
- amend
- blunder
- bug
- commission
- commit
- crass
- deny
- error
- expensive
- fault
- faux pas
- goof
- grievous
- judgement
- judgment
- justice
- lapse
- make
- margin
- message
- miscalculation
- miscarriage
- misprint
- mistake
- prove
- retrieval
- right
- slip
- spelling error
- trial
- wrong
- admit
- cost
- cover
- delusion
- detection
- disabuse
- flaw
- fundamental
- genuine
- glaring
- grave
- misconception
- mislead
- pay
- same
- spelling
- spot
- typing
* * *error nm1. [falta, equivocación] mistake, error;fue un error invitarla a la fiesta it was a mistake to invite her to the party;debe de haber un error there must be a mistake;cometer un error to make a mistake;estar en un error to be mistaken;por error by mistake;me enviaron la carta por error they sent me the letter by mistake;salvo error u omisión errors and omissions exceptederror absoluto absolute error;error de bulto huge o big mistake;error de cálculo miscalculation;error de copia clerical error;error no forzado [en tenis] unforced error;error humano human error;error de imprenta misprint;error judicial miscarriage of justice;error mecanográfico typing error;error de muestreo sampling error;error relativo relative error;Informát error de sintaxis syntax error; Informát error del sistema system error;error típico standard error;error tipográfico typo, typographical error;error de traducción translation error* * *m mistake, error;por error by mistake;caer en un error make a mistake;estar en un error be wrong o mistaken* * *error nmequivocación: error, mistake* * *error n mistake / error -
2 причина ошибки человека
Russian-english psychology dictionary > причина ошибки человека
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3 причина ошибки человека
Aviation medicine: cause of human errorУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > причина ошибки человека
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4 errore
"error, mistake, failure;Fehler;erro"* * *m mistake, errorerrore di battitura typographical error, typo colloq errore di calcolo mistake in the additionerrore di ortografia spelling mistakeerrore di stampa misprinterrore giudiziario miscarriage of justiceper errore by mistake* * *errore s.m.1 ( morale) error, fault; ( peccato) sin: un errore di giudizio, di valutazione, an error of judgement; errori giovanili, errors of youth; pentirsi dei propri errori, to repent (o to regret) one's errors2 ( sbaglio) mistake; error ( anche inform.); ( svista) slip; ( errore grossolano) blunder: errore di ortografia, spelling mistake; errore di stampa, misprint (o printer's error); errore di trascrizione, clerical error (o slip of the pen); errore di calcolo, miscalculation; errore accidentale, casuale, accidental error; per errore, by mistake; essere in errore, to be in error (o mistaken); fare un errore, to make a mistake; è stato un errore dirglielo, it was a mistake to tell her; non sono sempre gli errori umani che causano gli incidenti, human error is not always the cause of accidents // (stat.): errore di campionamento, error of sampling; errore di specificazione, specification error; errore residuo, residual error; errore sistematico, systematic error (o bias); errore standard, standard error // (dir.): errore giudiziario, miscarriage of justice; errore di diritto, di fatto, mistake of law, of fact // salvo errore, error excepted: salvo errori ed omissioni, errors and omissions excepted* * *[er'rore]sostantivo maschile mistake, errorfare o commettere un errore to make a mistake o an error; errore di calcolo calculation error, miscalculation; errore di ortografia spelling error, misspelling; salvo -i o omissioni errors and omissions excepted; riconoscere i propri -i to admit one's mistakes; per errore by mistake; essere in errore to be mistaken; indurre qcn. in errore — to mislead sb
errore giudiziario — judicial error, miscarriage of justice
errore di stampa — misprint, erratum
* * *errore/er'rore/sostantivo m.mistake, error; fare o commettere un errore to make a mistake o an error; errore di calcolo calculation error, miscalculation; errore di ortografia spelling error, misspelling; salvo -i o omissioni errors and omissions excepted; riconoscere i propri -i to admit one's mistakes; per errore by mistake; essere in errore to be mistaken; indurre qcn. in errore to mislead sb.\errore di gioventù juvenile error; errore giudiziario judicial error, miscarriage of justice; errore di stampa misprint, erratum. -
5 determinar
v.1 to settle, to fix (fijar) (fecha, precio).2 to establish, to determine.determinar las causas de la muerte to establish o determine the cause of deathElla determinó el método She determined the method.Ella determina los límites She determines=demarcates the limits.El cajero determinó su crédito The cashier ascertained his credit.3 to cause, to bring about.aquello determinó su dimisión that caused him to resign4 to decide.determinar hacer algo to decide to do something5 to distinguish, to discern.no pude determinar quién era I couldn't make out who he was6 to determine to, to decide to.Ella determinó casarse She determined to get married.* * *1 (decidir) to resolve, decide, determine2 (señalar) to determine3 (fijar) to fix, set, appoint4 (estipular) to stipulate, specify5 (causar) to bring about, cause■ tales circunstancias determinaron la caída del Imperio such circumstances brought about the fall of the Empire6 (hacer decidir) to make decide, decide1 (decidirse) to make up one's mind, decide* * *verb1) to determine2) bring out•* * *1. VT1) (=establecer) to determinedeterminaron un precio tras largas negociaciones — after lengthy negotiations they determined o fixed a price
"precio por determinar" — "price to be agreed"
determinar el rumbo — (Aer, Náut) to set a course
el reglamento determina que... — the rule lays down o states that...
2) (=averiguar) [+ peso, volumen, causa] to determine; [+ daños] to assessla policía logró determinar la verdad del asunto — the police succeeded in determining the truth of the matter
3) (=motivar) to bring about, causeaquello determinó la caída del gobierno — that brought about o caused the fall of the government
4) (=decidir) to decide5) (Ling) to determine2.See:* * *verbo transitivo1) (establecer, precisar)a) ley/contrato to state; persona to determineb) ( por deducción) to establish, determinedeterminar las causas del accidente — to determine o establish what caused the accident
se ha determinado que... — it has been established that...
2) ( motivar) to cause, bring about3)determinar + inf — to decide o (frml) determine to + inf
b) ( hacer decidir)determinar a alguien a + inf — to make somebody decide to + inf, to decide o determine somebody to + inf (frml)
* * *= determine, establish, fix, work out, have + a say in.Ex. This assignment of intellectual responsibility is important, as we have seen earlier, since it determines the heading for the main entry.Ex. The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.Ex. One of the functions which I have not specified is that the underlying ideology represented by the AACR aims first at fixing a location for an author and then for a work.Ex. The details of how the assignment of numbers by authorized agencies would be controlled have yet to be worked out.Ex. Native Americans are determined not only to remain in control of their art but also to have a say in how it is interpreted.----* determinar el futuro = shape + the future.* sin determinar = undefined.* volver a determinar = respecify.* * *verbo transitivo1) (establecer, precisar)a) ley/contrato to state; persona to determineb) ( por deducción) to establish, determinedeterminar las causas del accidente — to determine o establish what caused the accident
se ha determinado que... — it has been established that...
2) ( motivar) to cause, bring about3)determinar + inf — to decide o (frml) determine to + inf
b) ( hacer decidir)determinar a alguien a + inf — to make somebody decide to + inf, to decide o determine somebody to + inf (frml)
* * *= determine, establish, fix, work out, have + a say in.Ex: This assignment of intellectual responsibility is important, as we have seen earlier, since it determines the heading for the main entry.
Ex: The intention is to establish a general framework, and then to give exceptions or further explanation and examples for each area in turn.Ex: One of the functions which I have not specified is that the underlying ideology represented by the AACR aims first at fixing a location for an author and then for a work.Ex: The details of how the assignment of numbers by authorized agencies would be controlled have yet to be worked out.Ex: Native Americans are determined not only to remain in control of their art but also to have a say in how it is interpreted.* determinar el futuro = shape + the future.* sin determinar = undefined.* volver a determinar = respecify.* * *determinar [A1 ]vtA (establecer, precisar)1 «ley/contrato» to state; «persona» to determineaún no han determinado las pautas a seguir the guidelines still haven't been determined o laid down2 (por deducción) to establish, determinedeterminar las causas del accidente to determine o establish what caused the accidentde estos datos se puede determinar el costo the cost can be worked out o determined from this informationse ha determinado que … it has been established that …B (motivar) to cause, bring aboutlas circunstancias que determinaron la caída del imperio the circumstances which brought about o caused the fall of the empireha determinado un desplazamiento hacia las afueras it has led many people to move o has led to many people moving to the outskirtsCdeterminaron tomar medidas al respecto they decided o determined to take measures to deal with it2 (hacer decidir) determinar a algn A + INF to make sb decide to + INF, to decide o determine sb to + INF ( frml)la oposición de sus padres lo determinó a hacerlo his parents' opposition made him decide to do it, his parents' opposition decided o determined him to do itto decidedebes determinarte por una u otra opción you must decide o make up your mind one way or the other* * *
determinar ( conjugate determinar) verbo transitivo
1 (establecer, precisar)
[ persona] to determine
2 ( motivar) to cause, bring about
determinar verbo transitivo
1 (concretar, especificar) to fix, set
2 (tomar una decisión) to decide on
3 (averigurar, aclarar) las causas del secuestro están por determinar, the motives for the kidnapping are still unknown
4 (condicionar) to determine
5 (causar) to bring about
' determinar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
condicionar
- pesar
- precisar
- repetida
- repetido
- establecer
- navegar
English:
determine
- pin down
- shape
- test case
- trace back
- date
- decide
- diagnose
- govern
- means
- plot
* * *♦ vt1. [fijar] [fecha, precio] to settle on, to fix;[lugar] to decide;se casarán en fecha aún sin o [m5] por determinar they will marry on a date that has yet to be decided o fixed;reuniones para determinar los términos del acuerdo meetings to settle the terms of the agreement;según determina la ley,… as stipulated by law,…;la normativa de tráfico determina que… traffic regulations state that…2. [averiguar] to establish, to determine;determinar las causas de la muerte to determine o establish the cause of death;el lugar exacto del accidente es difícil de determinar it is difficult to determine o establish the exact spot where the accident occurred;determinaron que el accidente se debió a un error humano they established that the accident was the result of human error3. [motivar] to cause, to bring about;protestas generalizadas determinaron su dimisión widespread protests caused him to resign;aquello determinó su decisión that led to his decision4. [decidir] to decide;determinar hacer algo to decide to do sth;la tormenta lo determinó a salir antes the storm made him decide to leave early5. [distinguir] to distinguish, to discern;no pude determinar quién era I couldn't make out who he was6. Der to settle, to decide;el juez determinó su ingreso en prisión the judge ordered that he be sent to prison* * *v/t1 ( establecer) determine2:eso me determinó a llamarlo that made me decide to call him* * *determinar vt1) : to determine2) : to cause, to bring about* * *determinar vb2. (decidir) to decide3. (averiguar) to determine -
6 degradar
v.1 to degrade, to debase (moralmente).Sus amigos degradaron a Ricardo His friends degraded Richard.Ricardo degradó la leche por dinero Richard downgraded the milk for money.El general degradó al soldado vago The general degraded the lazy soldier.2 to demote.* * *1 to degrade, debase2 MILITAR to demote1 to demean oneself, degrade oneself* * *1. VT1) (=deteriorar) [+ salud] to cause to deteriorate; [+ litoral] to spoil; [+ calidad] to lower, make worse2) (Mil) to demote, downgrade3) (Inform) [+ datos] to corrupt4) (Geol) [+ suelo] to impoverish2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) (Mil) to demoteb) ( envilecer) to degradec) ( empeorar) <calidad/valor> to diminish2) (Art) to gradate2.degradarse v prona) persona ( humillarse) to demean oneself, degrade oneselfb) (Quím) compuesto to decompose, degrade* * *= cheapen, debase, downgrade [down-grade], degrade, demean, demote, abase.Ex. Simplification is cheapening the process.Ex. As American industry has conclusively proven, the most direct way to cut costs is to debase the quality of the product.Ex. The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.Ex. In point of fact, I am well aware that catalogers, as a group, resist with every cell in their bodies any attempt to erode or degrade or compromise the catalog.Ex. While there have been some praiseworthy improvements over the past few years, many biased headings persist which demean the very people who use the catalog.Ex. Supervisors may have to take such action as demoting or terminating an employee.Ex. Fairy tales not abased by the 'culture industry' might save us from our present state of barbarism resulting from a capitalism run wild.----* degradarse = degrade.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) (Mil) to demoteb) ( envilecer) to degradec) ( empeorar) <calidad/valor> to diminish2) (Art) to gradate2.degradarse v prona) persona ( humillarse) to demean oneself, degrade oneselfb) (Quím) compuesto to decompose, degrade* * *= cheapen, debase, downgrade [down-grade], degrade, demean, demote, abase.Ex: Simplification is cheapening the process.
Ex: As American industry has conclusively proven, the most direct way to cut costs is to debase the quality of the product.Ex: The opposite of the 'halo effect' -- downgrading someone you dislike but whose work is good -- is also an error.Ex: In point of fact, I am well aware that catalogers, as a group, resist with every cell in their bodies any attempt to erode or degrade or compromise the catalog.Ex: While there have been some praiseworthy improvements over the past few years, many biased headings persist which demean the very people who use the catalog.Ex: Supervisors may have to take such action as demoting or terminating an employee.Ex: Fairy tales not abased by the 'culture industry' might save us from our present state of barbarism resulting from a capitalism run wild.* degradarse = degrade.* * *degradar [A1 ]vtA1 ( Mil) to demote2 (envilecer) to degradeestas prácticas degradan al ser humano these practices are degrading to human beings3 (empeorar) ‹calidad/valor› to diminishel suelo está excesivamente degradado the soil is too impoverished4 ( Quím) ‹compuesto› to degradeB ( Art) to gradate1 «persona» (humillarse) to demean oneself, degrade oneself, humiliate oneself2 ( Quím) «compuesto» to decompose, degrade* * *
degradar ( conjugate degradar) verbo transitivoa) (Mil) to demote
degradarse verbo pronominal [ persona] to demean oneself, degrade oneself
degradar verbo transitivo
1 to degrade: esos actos de barbarie le degradan, he had degraded himself by committing such barbaric acts
2 (en una jerarquía) to demote
' degradar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
denigrar
English:
debase
- degrade
- rank
- cheapen
- demean
- demote
* * *♦ vt1. [moralmente] to degrade, to debase;el alcohol la ha degradado she's been ruined by drink2. [físicamente] [medio ambiente, naturaleza] to degrade;[calidad, servicio, producto] to cause to deteriorate;la contaminación degrada el medio ambiente pollution degrades the environment3. [de mando militar, cargo] to demote, to downgrade* * *v/t1 degrade2 MIL demote3 PINT gradate* * *degradar vt1) : to degrade, to debase2) : to demote -
7 confundir
v.1 to confuse.me confundes con tanta información you're confusing me with all that informationMaría los confundió sonriendo Mary confused them by smiling.Ella confundió las razones She confused the reasons.María confundió la razón real Mary confused=muddled the real reason.2 to mix up.3 to confound.4 to scramble, to put in disorder, to confuse, to mess up.María confundió los papeles Mary scrambled the papers.* * *1 (mezclar) to mix up3 (no reconocer) to mistake ( con, for)4 (turbar) to confound, embarrass1 (mezclarse) to mingle; (colores, formas) to blend2 (equivocarse) to get mixed up, make a mistake3 (turbarse) to be confused, be embarrassed* * *verb* * *1. VT1) (=equivocar) to confuseen este planteamiento se están confundiendo causa y efecto — this approach confuses cause and effect
no confundamos las cosas, por favor — let's not confuse things, please
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confundir algo/a algn con algo/algn — to get sth/sb mixed up with sth/sb, mistake sth/sb for sth/sbla confundí con su hermana gemela — I got her mixed up with her twin sister, I mistook her for her twin sister
culo 1), velocidad 1)no se debe confundir a Richard Strauss con Johann Strauss — Richard Strauss should not be confused with Johann Strauss
2) (=mezclar) [+ papeles] to mix up3) (=desconcertar) to confuseme confunde con tanta palabrería — he confuses me o gets me confused with all that talk of his, I find all that talk of his confusing
4) (=turbar) to overwhelmme confundía con tantas atenciones — her kindness was overwhelming, I was overwhelmed by all her kindness
2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( por error) <fechas/datos> to confuse, get... mixed o muddled up; < personas> to confuse, mix upconfundir algo/alguien con algo/a alguien — to mistake something/somebody for something/somebody
b) ( desconcertar) to confusec) ( turbar) to embarrass2.confundirse v prona) ( equivocarse)confundirse de algo: me confundí de calle/casa — I got the wrong street/house
b) (mezclarse, fundirse)* * *= confound, puzzle, baffle, perplex, cloud, muddle, obfuscate, snarl up, nonplus, obnubilate.Ex. To treat these reports differently only because some are serial and the others are monographic in form is to play havoc with the integrity of the catalog and to confound its users.Ex. The repetition of the author's name introduces new esoteric punctuation which is bound to puzzle the catalog user.Ex. As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.Ex. If when you are working you come across a problem which perplexes you, you should write to someone in the field who may be able to help you.Ex. Whilst library schools should continue to concentrate upon traditional priorities and the obsession with machines and techniques should not cloud those priorities.Ex. But even when valid averages and unit costs are examined, Simpson's Paradox can arise to muddle expectations.Ex. Just because the facts don't support his views, he threatens, slanders, lies, obfuscates and charges 'lies, hypocrisy and cruelty'.Ex. If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.Ex. The spectacle in front of Bertie was enough to nonplus anyone -- Gussie in scarlet tights and a pretty frightful false beard.Ex. Fourniret is a dangerous man obnubilated by the phantasm of virginity.----* confundir (con) = confuse (with).* confundir las diferencias entre = blur + the boundaries between.* confundir la situación = cloud + the view, cloud + the picture.* confundir la velocidad con el tocino = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.* confundir los límites entre = blur + the boundaries between.* confundir los medios con el fin = confuse + the means with the ends.* confundir los papeles = blur + roles.* confundir + Nombre + por + Nombre = mistake + Nombre + for + Nombre.* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* que confunde = confounding.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) ( por error) <fechas/datos> to confuse, get... mixed o muddled up; < personas> to confuse, mix upconfundir algo/alguien con algo/a alguien — to mistake something/somebody for something/somebody
b) ( desconcertar) to confusec) ( turbar) to embarrass2.confundirse v prona) ( equivocarse)confundirse de algo: me confundí de calle/casa — I got the wrong street/house
b) (mezclarse, fundirse)* * *confundir (con)(v.) = confuse (with)Ex: The genus/species relationship must not be confused with other types of relationship such as those between a thing and its properties or between a thing and an operation.
= confound, puzzle, baffle, perplex, cloud, muddle, obfuscate, snarl up, nonplus, obnubilate.Ex: To treat these reports differently only because some are serial and the others are monographic in form is to play havoc with the integrity of the catalog and to confound its users.
Ex: The repetition of the author's name introduces new esoteric punctuation which is bound to puzzle the catalog user.Ex: As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.Ex: If when you are working you come across a problem which perplexes you, you should write to someone in the field who may be able to help you.Ex: Whilst library schools should continue to concentrate upon traditional priorities and the obsession with machines and techniques should not cloud those priorities.Ex: But even when valid averages and unit costs are examined, Simpson's Paradox can arise to muddle expectations.Ex: Just because the facts don't support his views, he threatens, slanders, lies, obfuscates and charges 'lies, hypocrisy and cruelty'.Ex: If all goes as usual, it will snow approximately one inch and completely snarl up traffic until melted.Ex: The spectacle in front of Bertie was enough to nonplus anyone -- Gussie in scarlet tights and a pretty frightful false beard.Ex: Fourniret is a dangerous man obnubilated by the phantasm of virginity.* confundir (con) = confuse (with).* confundir las diferencias entre = blur + the boundaries between.* confundir la situación = cloud + the view, cloud + the picture.* confundir la velocidad con el tocino = one thing + have + nothing to do with the other.* confundir los límites entre = blur + the boundaries between.* confundir los medios con el fin = confuse + the means with the ends.* confundir los papeles = blur + roles.* confundir + Nombre + por + Nombre = mistake + Nombre + for + Nombre.* para confundir aun más las cosas = to add to the confusion.* que confunde = confounding.* * *confundir [I1 ]vt1 (por error) ‹fechas/datos› to confuse, get … mixed o muddled up; ‹personas› to confuse, mix upnos confunden la voz por teléfono people get our voices mixed up o confused on the phoneno confundas los dos términos don't confuse the two termsconfundir algo CON algo to mistake sth FOR sthconfundió el pimentón dulce con el picante she mistook the sweet paprika for the hotconfundir a algn CON algn to mistake sb FOR sbla gente siempre me confunde con mi hermano gemelo people always take o mistake me for my twin brothercreo que me confunde con otra persona I think you are getting me mixed up o confused with somebody else2 (desconcertar) to confuseno confundas al pobre chico con tantos detalles don't confuse the poor boy with so many detailstantas cifras confunden a cualquiera all these numbers are enough to confuse anyoneel interés que demuestra por ella me confunde I'm baffled by his interest in her3 (turbar) to embarrassse sintió confundida por tanta amabilidad she was embarrassed o overwhelmed by so much kindness1(equivocarse): siempre se confunde en las cuentas he always makes mistakes in the accounts o gets the accounts wrongconfundirse DE algo:me confundí de calle/casa I got the wrong street/housese ha confundido de número you have o you've got the wrong number2(mezclarse, fundirse): se confundió entre la multitud he melted into o disappeared into the crowduna gran variedad de colores se confunden en el cuadro the painting is a fusion of many different colors, many different colors are blended together in the paintingunos policías de civil se confundían con la multitud plainclothes police mingled with the crowd* * *
confundir ( conjugate confundir) verbo transitivo
‹ personas› to confuse, mix up;
confundir algo/a algn con algo/algn to mistake sth/sb for sth/sb;
confundirse verbo pronominal
confundir verbo transitivo
1 to confuse [con, with]: lo confundo con tu hermano, I am confusing him with your brother
2 (embarullar a alguien) to mislead
3 (turbar) to confound
' confundir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
equivocar
- trastocar
- turbar
- atolondrar
- despistar
- embrollar
- enrollar
- liar
- marear
English:
advise
- alone
- confound
- confuse
- everyday
- let
- mistake
- mix up
- practice
- practise
- stump
- fox
- mix
- muddle
* * *♦ vtconfundir dos cosas to get two things mixed up;siempre lo confundo con su hermano gemelo I always mistake him for his twin brother;creo que me está confundiendo con otro I think you're confusing me with someone else;Fam Humconfundir la velocidad con el tocino to mix up two completely different things2. [desconcertar] to confuse;me confundes con tanta información you're confusing me with all that information3. [mezclar] to mix up4. [abrumar] to overwhelm;tanta simpatía me confunde I'm overwhelmed by all this friendliness, all this friendliness is overwhelming* * *v/t1 confuse* * *confundir vt: to confuse, to mix up* * *confundir vb1. (mezclar) to get mixed up2. (equivocar) to mix up / to mistakesiempre me confunden con mi hermano people are always mixing me up with my brother / people always mistake me for my brother3. (dejar perplejo) to confuse -
8 confusión
f.1 confusion, mix-up, disorder, confusedness.2 perplexity, bafflement, confusion, confusedness.3 commotion, riot, clutter, hassle.4 scene of confusion, shambles.* * *1 (desorden) confusion, chaos2 (equivocación) mistake, confusion3 (turbación) confusion, embarrassment* * *noun f.* * *SF1) (=equivocación) confusionha habido una confusión en los nombres — there was a mix-up with the names, there was some confusion with the names
esta carta no es para mí, debe de tratarse de una confusión — this letter is not for me, there must be some mistake
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por confusión — by mistake2) (=desconcierto) confusionel terremoto produjo una gran confusión en las calles — the earthquake caused great confusion in the streets
la recuerdo con bastante confusión — I have a hazy o vague memory of her
3) (=turbación)sentí tal confusión que no pude ni dar las gracias — I was so overwhelmed that I couldn't even say thank you
* * *a) (desorden, caos) confusionb) ( perplejidad) confusionc) ( turbación) embarrassmentd) ( equivocación) confusion* * *= confounding, confusion, mix-up [mixup], dislocation, welter, muddle, perplex, turbulence, turmoil, jumble, blurring, clouding, daze, messiness, obfuscation, turbulent waters, puzzle, miasma, snarl, snarl-up, brouhaha, perplexity.Ex. Experience of IT in USA is associated not infrequently with the confounding of confident expectations.Ex. In particular, when one command means one thing in one system and something else in another system this is likely to lead to confusion.Ex. You'll have to call him and tell him there's been a mix-up and that he'll be called as soon as there's another opening.Ex. SDC's ORBIT software is a variation on the ELHILL software used with MEDLINE, so users of that data base can move across to SDC with a minimum of dislocation.Ex. Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.Ex. The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.Ex. The article 'The print perplex' asserts that librarians must deal with a future of mixed print and digital material, since most books will never be in digital form.Ex. The title of the article is 'Survival skills for information professionals in the decade of turbulence'.Ex. China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.Ex. Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.Ex. A major problem for the technician is one of recognition in situations where there is a clouding of identification with clerical staff.Ex. The article 'The daze of future business research' examines changing trends in online business information searching with the rush to the Internet.Ex. Management theorists seem unable to cope with the unpredictability, the multivariate nature and the ' messiness' of human organizations in cultural contexts.Ex. The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.Ex. His experience and expertise has guided IFLA members smoothly across what could easily have been turbulent waters = Sus conocimientos y experiencia en la formulación de los Estatutos ha guiado a los miembros de la IFLA sin problemas a través de lo que podrían haber sido fácilmente aguas turbulentas.Ex. We talk heatedly about books that lie beyond our present concerns because these allow us to speculate and often present us with puzzles we want to explore.Ex. The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.Ex. His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.Ex. However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.Ex. He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.Ex. The combination of perplexity over what is the right mix and apparent inability to represent information activity dynamically is very strong.----* aclarar una confusión = unravel + snarl.* aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.* causar confusión = wreak + confusion, cause + confusion.* confusión económica = economic turmoil.* confusión histórica = historical confusion.* de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.* estado de confusión = state of confusion.* llevar a confusión = lead to + confusion.* que induce a confusión = confounding.* * *a) (desorden, caos) confusionb) ( perplejidad) confusionc) ( turbación) embarrassmentd) ( equivocación) confusion* * *= confounding, confusion, mix-up [mixup], dislocation, welter, muddle, perplex, turbulence, turmoil, jumble, blurring, clouding, daze, messiness, obfuscation, turbulent waters, puzzle, miasma, snarl, snarl-up, brouhaha, perplexity.Ex: Experience of IT in USA is associated not infrequently with the confounding of confident expectations.
Ex: In particular, when one command means one thing in one system and something else in another system this is likely to lead to confusion.Ex: You'll have to call him and tell him there's been a mix-up and that he'll be called as soon as there's another opening.Ex: SDC's ORBIT software is a variation on the ELHILL software used with MEDLINE, so users of that data base can move across to SDC with a minimum of dislocation.Ex: Without language we would go bumping around in the dark and eventually take leave of our senses under the welter of the incomprehensible, withdrawing, as some people do, into a closed world in order to protect ourselves against the unbearable onslaught.Ex: The author attempts to sort out the muddle in which librarians have found themselves = El autor intenta aclarar la confusión en la que se encuentran los bibliotecarios.Ex: The article 'The print perplex' asserts that librarians must deal with a future of mixed print and digital material, since most books will never be in digital form.Ex: The title of the article is 'Survival skills for information professionals in the decade of turbulence'.Ex: China has suffered from over a decade of turmoil which has prevented the development of modern information services.Ex: Compared to this fairly ordered monographic literature, the multiple contents of a collection of periodicals seemed like a terrible jumble.Ex: A major problem for the technician is one of recognition in situations where there is a clouding of identification with clerical staff.Ex: The article 'The daze of future business research' examines changing trends in online business information searching with the rush to the Internet.Ex: Management theorists seem unable to cope with the unpredictability, the multivariate nature and the ' messiness' of human organizations in cultural contexts.Ex: The results has been an ever greater obfuscation of what constitutes the profession of librarianship.Ex: His experience and expertise has guided IFLA members smoothly across what could easily have been turbulent waters = Sus conocimientos y experiencia en la formulación de los Estatutos ha guiado a los miembros de la IFLA sin problemas a través de lo que podrían haber sido fácilmente aguas turbulentas.Ex: We talk heatedly about books that lie beyond our present concerns because these allow us to speculate and often present us with puzzles we want to explore.Ex: The past is often shrouded in a miasma of uncertain memories confounded by missing or incomplete records.Ex: His work is such a snarl of so many different things that it is as endlessly demanding as it is rewarding.Ex: However, taxi is a more advisable option considering the never-ending Bangkok traffic snarl-up, especially during the rush hour.Ex: He believes that most political brouhahas are cooked up to divert the public's attention from the real terrorism.Ex: The combination of perplexity over what is the right mix and apparent inability to represent information activity dynamically is very strong.* aclarar una confusión = unravel + snarl.* aumentar la confusión = add to + the confusion.* causar confusión = wreak + confusion, cause + confusion.* confusión económica = economic turmoil.* confusión histórica = historical confusion.* de un modo que causa confusión = confusingly.* estado de confusión = state of confusion.* llevar a confusión = lead to + confusion.* que induce a confusión = confounding.* * *1 (perplejidad) confusionpara mayor confusión se llaman igual to add to the confusion o to confuse things even more o to make things even more confusing, they have the same name2 (desorden, caos) confusion3 (turbación) embarrassmentsu inesperada declaración de amor la llenó de confusión his unexpected declaration of love filled her with embarrassment o confusion o threw her into confusiontanta amabilidad me produjo una gran confusión I was embarrassed o overwhelmed by so much kindness4 (equivocación) confusionlamentamos la confusión que hubo con la factura we regret the confusion over the invoicesus comentarios se prestan a confusión his comments are open to misinterpretationpara que no haya más confusiones to avoid any further confusion o any more mix-ups* * *
confusión sustantivo femenino
confusión sustantivo femenino
1 (desorden) confusion
2 (error) mistake
' confusión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aturdimiento
- barullo
- belén
- desbarajuste
- desconcierto
- desorientación
- embrollo
- folclore
- follón
- obnubilar
- ofuscación
- para
- prestarse
- torre
- turbación
- aquél
- armar
- bochinche
- convulsionar
- desorden
- ése
- éste
- grado
- jaleo
- lío
- mareo
- medio
- sólo
- turbar
English:
brainstorm
- confusion
- disarray
- foul up
- haziness
- mess
- misunderstanding
- mix-up
- quagmire
- rush
- scramble
- shambles
- start
- turmoil
- welter
- add
- disorder
- havoc
- mix
- straighten
* * *confusión nf1. [desorden, lío] confusion;la confusión aumentó con la llegada del cantante the singer's arrival added to the confusion;los ladrones actuaron aprovechando la confusión the thieves took advantage of the confusion;hubo una gran confusión there was great confusion;en su habitación reina la confusión her room is in chaos;existe cierta confusión acerca de lo que realmente quiso decir there is some confusion as to what he really meant3. [error] mix-up;ha habido una confusión there has been a bit of a mix-up;esa frase puede llevar a confusión that phrase could lead to confusion o be misinterpreted* * *f confusion* * ** * *1. (falta de claridad) confusion2. (equivocación) mistake -
9 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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ЛИТЬ ВОДУ НА МЕЛЬНИЦУ чью, кого lit, often media VP subj: human or abstrto further s.o. 's cause (often that of one's opponent, the opposite party, or s.o. undeserving) indirectly or unintentionally by one's actions or behaviorX льёт воду на мельницу Y-a - thing X is grist to (for) Y's millX brings (adds) grist to Yb mill X provides grist for Yb mill person X is playing into Yb hands.На очередном заседании политбюро (тогда - «президиума») стал Никита (Хрущёв) требовать от членов согласия на опубликование («Ивана Денисовича»)... Многие отмалчивались («Чего молчите?» - требовал Никита), ктото осмелился спросить: «А на чью мельницу это будет воду лить?» (Солженицын 2). At a regular meeting of the Politburo (or Presidium, as it then was) Nikita (Khrushchev) sought agreement to the publication of the story (Ivan Denisovich)....Several made no comment ("Why don't you say something?" Nikita demanded), and someone ventured to ask "whose mill would it be grist to?" (2a)....Коллеги на очередном партийном собрании... просили Шевчука осознать свою ошибку и признать, что, хотя его высказывание, может быть, и не носило намеренно провокационного характера, объективно оно льёт воду на мельницу наших врагов (Войнович 4)....His (Shevchuk's) colleagues, at the next Party meeting, asked Shevchuk to realize his error and to acknowledge that, although his statement was perhaps not of a deliberately provocative nature, it did, objectively, provide grist for the mills of our enemies (4a). -
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• ЛИТЬ ВОДУ НА МЕЛЬНИЦУ чью, кого lit, often media[VP; subj: human or abstr]=====⇒ to further s.o.'s cause (often that of one's opponent, the opposite party, or s.o. undeserving) indirectly or unintentionally by one's actions or behavior:- X льёт воду на мельницу Y-a - thing X is grist to < for> Y's mill;- X brings < adds> grist to Y's null;- person X is playing into Y's hands.♦ На очередном заседании политбюро (тогда - "президиума") стал Никита [Хрущёв] требовать от членов согласия на опубликование ["Ивана Денисовича"]... Многие отмалчивались ("Чего молчите?" - требовал Никита), кто-то осмелился спросить: "А на чью мельницу это будет воду лить?" (Солженицын 2). At a regular meeting of the Politburo (or Presidium, as it then was) Nikita [Khrushchev] sought agreement to the publication of the story [Ivan Denisovich].... Several made no comment ("Why don't you say something?" Nikita demanded), and someone ventured to ask "whose mill would it be grist to?" (2a).♦...Коллеги на очередном партийном собрании... просили Шевчука осознать свою ошибку и признать, что, хотя его высказывание, может быть, и не носило намеренно провокационного характера, объективно оно льёт воду на мельницу наших врагов (Войнович 4)....His [Shevchuk's] colleagues, at the next Party meeting, asked Shevchuk to realize his error and to acknowledge that, although his statement was perhaps not of a deliberately provocative nature, it did, objectively, provide grist for the mills of our enemies (4a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лить воду на мельницу
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