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1 difficult
adjective1) schwer; schwierigmake things difficult for somebody — es jemandem nicht leicht machen
2) (unaccommodating) schwierighe is being difficult — er macht Schwierigkeiten
he is difficult to get on with — es ist schwer, mit ihm auszukommen
* * *['difikəlt]1) (hard to do or understand; not easy: difficult sums; a difficult task; It is difficult to know what to do for the best.) schwierig2) (hard to deal with or needing to be treated etc in a special way: a difficult child.) schwierig•- academic.ru/20391/difficulty">difficulty* * *dif·fi·cult[ˈdɪfɪkəlt]1. (not easy) examination, language, task schwierig, schwer; case, problem, situation schwierig; choice, decision schwerthis problem is \difficult to deal with dieses Problem ist schwer in den Griff zu bekommenit was \difficult for her to say goodbye es fiel ihr schwer, sich zu verabschieden\difficult climb schwieriger Aufstieg\difficult labour schwere Geburtto find it \difficult to do sth es schwer finden, etw zu tun3. (not easy to please) schwierigthe manager is \difficult to deal with mit dem Manager ist nicht gut Kirschen essen fam* * *['dIfIkəlt]adjthere's nothing difficult about it — das ist doch gar nicht schwer
the difficult thing is that... — die Schwierigkeit liegt darin, dass...
it was a difficult decision to make —
it is not difficult to imagine — es ist nicht schwer, sich (dat) das vorzustellen
it was difficult for him to leave her — es fiel ihm schwer, sie zu verlassen
it's difficult for youngsters or youngsters find it difficult to get a job — junge Leute haben Schwierigkeiten, eine Stelle zu finden
it's difficult to see what they could have done — es lässt sich schwer vorstellen, was sie hätten tun können
he's difficult to get on with —
it's difficult being a man today — es ist schwer, heute ein Mann zu sein
to make it difficult for sb (to do sth) — es jdm nicht leicht machen(, etw zu tun)
to have a difficult time ( doing sth) — Schwierigkeiten haben(, etw zu tun)
she's having a difficult time now she's on her own — jetzt, wo sie allein ist, hat sie es schwer
to put sb in a difficult position — jdn in eine schwierige Lage bringen
2) (= awkward) person, child schwierigto be difficult (about sth) —
he's just trying to be difficult — er will nur Schwierigkeiten machen
* * *1. schwierig, schwer ( beide:for für):it was quite difficult for me to ignore his rudeness es fiel mir schwer, seine Unverschämtheit zu ignorieren2. schwierig (Person)* * *adjective1) schwer; schwierighe finds it difficult to do something — ihm fällt es schwer, etwas zu tun
2) (unaccommodating) schwierighe is difficult to get on with — es ist schwer, mit ihm auszukommen
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2 hard
A adj1 [consistency, object, surface, skin, muscle, snow, butter, bread, ground, bed, pencil lead] dur ; [paint, wax, mud, glue] dur, durci ; to go ou grow ou become hard durcir ; to set hard [concrete, plaster etc] durcir complètement ; a hard frost une forte gelée ; frozen hard complètement gelé ; ⇒ hard lens ;2 (difficult, complex) [problem, question, puzzle] dur, difficile ; [choice] difficile, dur à faire ; [decision] difficile, dur à prendre ; (arduous, demanding) [task, study, training, climb] dur, difficile ; [bargaining, negotiations, fight] dur, serré ; I've had a hard day j'ai eu une dure journée ; a hard day's work/filming une dure journée de travail/de tournage ; to be hard to open/cut/find/read être dur or difficile à ouvrir/couper/trouver/lire ; it's a hard poem to translate c'est un poème difficile à traduire ; to be hard to please être exigeant ; it's hard to do c'est dur or difficile à faire ; it was hard not to laugh il était dur or difficile de ne pas rire ; his decision was hard for us to understand il était dur or difficile de comprendre sa décision, nous avions du mal à comprendre sa décision ; it is hard for sb to do sth il est difficile à or pour qn de faire qch ; it was hard for us to understand his decision il nous était difficile de comprendre sa décision, nous avions du mal à comprendre sa décision ; it's hard for old people to change their ways il est difficile pour les personnes âgées de changer leurs habitudes ; to find it hard to do sth avoir du mal à faire qch, trouver dur or difficile de faire qch ; to find sth hard to do trouver qch dur or difficile à faire ; it's hard to accept/believe on a du mal à accepter/croire (that que) ; I'm not afraid of hard work le travail ne me fait pas peur ; it was hard work ou going ça a été dur or difficile ; it's hard work doing sth c'est difficile or dur de faire qch ; it was hard work persuading her to sell c'était difficile or dur de la persuader de vendre ; I found the article rather hard going j'ai trouvé l'article plutôt ardu or difficile ; he made hard work of moving the table il a fait tout un plat ○ pour déplacer la table ; hard work never hurt ou killed anybody! le travail n'a jamais fait de mal à personne! ; it's too much like hard work c'est trop fatigant ; to be a hard worker [student, pupil, employee] être travailleur/-euse ; [manual worker] être dur à la tâche ; to do things the hard way se compliquer la tâche ; he got the job the hard way il a beaucoup travaillé pour en arriver là ; to find sth out ou learn sth the hard way apprendre qch à ses dépens ;3 (harsh, unpleasant) [life, childhood, year] difficile ; [blow, knock] fig dur, terrible ; [climate, winter] rude ; he has to learn to take the hard knocks il faut qu'il apprenne à encaisser ○ ; this is a hard world nous vivons dans un monde cruel or sans pitié ; to be hard on sb [person, court] être dur envers qn ; don't be so hard on yourself! ne sois pas si dur avec toi-même! ; this tax is very hard on the unemployed cet impôt frappe durement les chômeurs ; this print is hard on the eyes ces caractères ne ménagent pas la vue ; hard luck ou lines ○ GB! ( sympathetic) pas de chance! ; hard luck ou lines ○ GB ou cheese ○ GB! ( unsympathetic) tant pis pour toi!, manque de pot ○ ! ; to take a hard line adopter une attitude ferme (on sth à propos de qch ; with sb envers qn) ; it's a hard life gen, hum, iron la vie est dure ; it's a hard life being a millionaire iron c'est dur d'être (un) millionnaire ; no hard feelings! sans rancune! ; I bear her no hard feelings je ne lui en veux pas, je ne lui en tiens pas rancune ; these are hard times les temps sont durs ; to fall on hard times connaître des revers de fortune ; he's having a hard time (of it) il traverse une période difficile ; to have a hard time (of it) doing sth avoir du mal à faire qch ; to give sb a hard time ○ ( make things difficult) rendre la vie impossible à qn ; ( tell off) passer un savon ○ à qn ;4 (stern, cold) [person, voice, look, words] dur, sévère ; their hearts are hard ils ont le cœur dur ;5 ( forceful) [shove, push, knock] bon/bonne (before n) ; I gave the door a hard push j'ai poussé fortement la porte ;6 ( concrete) [evidence, proof] solide ; [facts] concret/-ète, solide ; [news] sérieux/-ieuse ; the paper that brings you the hard news le journal qui vous donne des nouvelles sérieuses ; the hard facts about sth la vérité sur qch ;8 ( strong) [drink, liquor] fort ; [drug] dur ; [pornography] hard ; to be a hard drinker boire des alcools forts ; a drop of the hard stuff ○ une goutte d'alcool (fort) ;9 Pol the hard left/right la gauche/droite (pure et) dure ;10 Chem [water] dur, calcaire ;11 Ling [consonant] dur ;B adv1 (strongly, energetically) [push, pull, punch, laugh, cry] fort ; [work] dur ; [study, think] sérieusement ; [rain] fort, à verse ; [snow] abondamment ; [look, listen] attentivement ; to hit sb/sth hard lit frapper qn/qch fort ; fig frapper qn/qch durement ; to be hard hit fig être durement frappé (by par) ; think hard! réfléchissez bien or sérieusement! ; to try hard ( intellectually) faire beaucoup d'efforts ; ( physically) essayer de toutes ses forces ; as hard as one can [run, try, push, pull, work] de toutes ses forces ; no matter how hard I try/work, I… j'ai beau essayer/travailler, je… ; to be hard at it ○ ou at work être en plein boulot ○ or travail ; she works ou drives her students very hard elle fait travailler très dur ses étudiants ; to take sth (very) hard prendre (très) mal qch ;2 ( with directions) turn hard left at the traffic lights aux feux tournez tout de suite à gauche ; go hard astern Naut machine arrière toute ; hard a-port/a-starboard Naut à babord/à tribord toute ;3 ( indicating proximity) hard behind juste derrière ; hard by† sth tout près de qch ; hard (up)on sth juste sur qch ; ⇒ heel.to play hard to get se faire désirer ; to be hard put to do avoir du mal à faire ; to be/feel hard done by être/se sentir brimé. -
3 MAC
1) Общая лексика: hum. сокр. Mammalian Artificial Chromosome, hum. сокр. Marker And Cell, (Media Access Control) управление доступом к среде (1. Подуровень канального уровня ( семиуровневой модели OSI). Определяет методы доступа к среде передачи данных, формат кадров и адресацию. 2. Часть протокола канального ур), move, add and change, moves, adds and changes, Midlands Arts Centre2) Компьютерная техника: Motorola Advanced Computer, Multiple Architecture Computer3) Авиация: САХ (Средняя Аэродинамическая Хорда)4) Медицина: синдром Морганьи-Адамса-Стокса5) Американизм: Market Access and Compliance, Men Against Communism, Multi Agency Complex6) Спорт: Mid America Conference7) Военный термин: Maintenance Advisory Committee, Make A Change, Marine amphibious corps, Maritime Air Command, Medical Administration Corps, Military Affairs Committee, Military Areas of Coordination, Military Armistice Commission, Military Assistance Command, Military Aviation College, Missile Advisory Committee, Missile Analysis Center, Mission Assurance Category, Mixed Armistice Commission, Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Attack Craft, Multi-Array Correlator, main allocation chart, maintenance allocation chart, major air command, maneuver area command, manpower authorization change, maximum admissible concentration, maximum air concentration, medium armoured car, military aid to the community, missile activation circuit, mission assignment code, mobilization availability category, mock air combat, motor ambulance convoy, смешанная комиссия по перемирию, Military Airlift Command (Now Air Mobility Command), Military Airlift Command (сейчас AMC)8) Техника: Macintosh computer, maintenance action card, maintenance analysis center, management advisory committee, material accounting, memory access controller, minimal alveolar concentration, multiple-access computer9) Шутливое выражение: Machine Always Crashes10) Юридический термин: Middle Aged Cops, (Material Adverse Change) существенное неблагоприятное изменение обстоятельств11) Страхование: Maritime Arbitration Commission12) Грубое выражение: Must Act Crappy13) Горное дело: предельно допустимая концентрация14) Металлургия: metal-arc cutting15) Телекоммуникации: Media Access Control (IEEE 802)16) Сокращение: Macedonian, Mainland China Affairs Council (Taiwan), Mean Aerodynamic Chord, Medium Armored Car (USA), Military Airlift Command (Now defunct (USAF)), Modular Artillery Charge system (US Army), Multiply ACcumulate (computer operation), machine-aided cognition, military aircraft command, monitor and control, multi-application computer, multiple access computer, an MIT interdepartmental lab (renamed to LCS; stands for many things), Maintenance Analysis Centre, Military Air Command, Multiple Access Channel, Multiplier-Accumulator, Multiply and Accumulate17) Университет: Man And Computer, Mathematics Access Centre, Mathematics And Computation18) Физиология: Macerated, Monitored Anesthesia Care, Mycobacterium Avium Complex19) Электроника: Multiplexed Analogue Components20) Вычислительная техника: media access control, memory address controller, microprocessor-array computer, multiplexed analog component, расширение файлов растровых изображений MacPaint, Membership Advisory Committee (ICANN), Media Access Control (ISO, OSI, LAN, WLAN), Mandatory Access Control (MLS), Message Authentication Code (SSL, SRT, Verschluesselung), an MIT interdepartmental lab (stands for many things, renamed to LCS)21) Нефть: MPC, maximum acceptable concentration, maximum permissible concentration, карта распределения работ по техническому обслуживанию (maintenance allocation chart), консультативный комитет по техническому обслуживанию (maintenance advisory committee), максимальная допустимая концентрация (minimal allowable concentration), пункт анализа работ по техническому обслуживанию (maintenance analysis center), maximal allowable concentration22) Анестезиология: monitored anesthesia care (анестезиологическое сопровождение), Минимальная альвеолярная концентрация23) Иммунология: membrane attack complex24) Космонавтика: Middle Atmosphere Co-operation programme25) Транспорт: Manifest Analysis And Certification, Midair Attitude Correction, Military Airlift Command26) Воздухоплавание: Multi Access Computer28) Деловая лексика: Marketing Advertising And Communication, Middle Area Conference, Multi Actors Cooperation29) Бытовая техника: управление доступом к среде передачи30) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: mechanical acceptance certificate, (P) manual alarm call (point), генподряд по системам автоматизации, major automatization contractor главный подрядчик по автоматизации31) Образование: Minority Achievement Committee32) Сетевые технологии: Media Access Controller, mandatory access control, medium access control, message authentification code, код аутентификации сообщений, полномочное управление доступом, управление доступом к линии связи, управление доступом к среде34) Полимеры: maximum allowable concentration35) Программирование: Measured Attenuation Correction36) Автоматика: manual adaptive control37) Сахалин Р: Main Automation Contractor, Manual Alarm Call (P)38) Химическое оружие: MAC daily average39) Безопасность: message authentication check40) Криптография: (Message Authentication Code) имитозащита (по крайней мере, в частных случаях программисты имеют в виду это)41) Расширение файла: Media/Medium Access Control, Message Authentication Code, Multiple Access Computers, Macintosh (Apple Macintosh Computer), Graphic format (MAC Paint)42) Нефть и газ: Main Automations Contract, контракт на основные средства автоматизации, основной контракт по автоматике, основной контракт по автоматике трубопровода, main automation contract43) Нефтеперерабатывающие заводы: Кнопки аварийной пожарной сигнализации44) Майкрософт: код проверки подлинности сообщения45) Общественная организация: Missions Across Canada46) Должность: MAKEUP ART and COSMETICS, Management And Administrative Computing47) Международная торговля: Market Access & Compliance -
4 MAc
1) Общая лексика: hum. сокр. Mammalian Artificial Chromosome, hum. сокр. Marker And Cell, (Media Access Control) управление доступом к среде (1. Подуровень канального уровня ( семиуровневой модели OSI). Определяет методы доступа к среде передачи данных, формат кадров и адресацию. 2. Часть протокола канального ур), move, add and change, moves, adds and changes, Midlands Arts Centre2) Компьютерная техника: Motorola Advanced Computer, Multiple Architecture Computer3) Авиация: САХ (Средняя Аэродинамическая Хорда)4) Медицина: синдром Морганьи-Адамса-Стокса5) Американизм: Market Access and Compliance, Men Against Communism, Multi Agency Complex6) Спорт: Mid America Conference7) Военный термин: Maintenance Advisory Committee, Make A Change, Marine amphibious corps, Maritime Air Command, Medical Administration Corps, Military Affairs Committee, Military Areas of Coordination, Military Armistice Commission, Military Assistance Command, Military Aviation College, Missile Advisory Committee, Missile Analysis Center, Mission Assurance Category, Mixed Armistice Commission, Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Attack Craft, Multi-Array Correlator, main allocation chart, maintenance allocation chart, major air command, maneuver area command, manpower authorization change, maximum admissible concentration, maximum air concentration, medium armoured car, military aid to the community, missile activation circuit, mission assignment code, mobilization availability category, mock air combat, motor ambulance convoy, смешанная комиссия по перемирию, Military Airlift Command (Now Air Mobility Command), Military Airlift Command (сейчас AMC)8) Техника: Macintosh computer, maintenance action card, maintenance analysis center, management advisory committee, material accounting, memory access controller, minimal alveolar concentration, multiple-access computer9) Шутливое выражение: Machine Always Crashes10) Юридический термин: Middle Aged Cops, (Material Adverse Change) существенное неблагоприятное изменение обстоятельств11) Страхование: Maritime Arbitration Commission12) Грубое выражение: Must Act Crappy13) Горное дело: предельно допустимая концентрация14) Металлургия: metal-arc cutting15) Телекоммуникации: Media Access Control (IEEE 802)16) Сокращение: Macedonian, Mainland China Affairs Council (Taiwan), Mean Aerodynamic Chord, Medium Armored Car (USA), Military Airlift Command (Now defunct (USAF)), Modular Artillery Charge system (US Army), Multiply ACcumulate (computer operation), machine-aided cognition, military aircraft command, monitor and control, multi-application computer, multiple access computer, an MIT interdepartmental lab (renamed to LCS; stands for many things), Maintenance Analysis Centre, Military Air Command, Multiple Access Channel, Multiplier-Accumulator, Multiply and Accumulate17) Университет: Man And Computer, Mathematics Access Centre, Mathematics And Computation18) Физиология: Macerated, Monitored Anesthesia Care, Mycobacterium Avium Complex19) Электроника: Multiplexed Analogue Components20) Вычислительная техника: media access control, memory address controller, microprocessor-array computer, multiplexed analog component, расширение файлов растровых изображений MacPaint, Membership Advisory Committee (ICANN), Media Access Control (ISO, OSI, LAN, WLAN), Mandatory Access Control (MLS), Message Authentication Code (SSL, SRT, Verschluesselung), an MIT interdepartmental lab (stands for many things, renamed to LCS)21) Нефть: MPC, maximum acceptable concentration, maximum permissible concentration, карта распределения работ по техническому обслуживанию (maintenance allocation chart), консультативный комитет по техническому обслуживанию (maintenance advisory committee), максимальная допустимая концентрация (minimal allowable concentration), пункт анализа работ по техническому обслуживанию (maintenance analysis center), maximal allowable concentration22) Анестезиология: monitored anesthesia care (анестезиологическое сопровождение), Минимальная альвеолярная концентрация23) Иммунология: membrane attack complex24) Космонавтика: Middle Atmosphere Co-operation programme25) Транспорт: Manifest Analysis And Certification, Midair Attitude Correction, Military Airlift Command26) Воздухоплавание: Multi Access Computer28) Деловая лексика: Marketing Advertising And Communication, Middle Area Conference, Multi Actors Cooperation29) Бытовая техника: управление доступом к среде передачи30) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: mechanical acceptance certificate, (P) manual alarm call (point), генподряд по системам автоматизации, major automatization contractor главный подрядчик по автоматизации31) Образование: Minority Achievement Committee32) Сетевые технологии: Media Access Controller, mandatory access control, medium access control, message authentification code, код аутентификации сообщений, полномочное управление доступом, управление доступом к линии связи, управление доступом к среде34) Полимеры: maximum allowable concentration35) Программирование: Measured Attenuation Correction36) Автоматика: manual adaptive control37) Сахалин Р: Main Automation Contractor, Manual Alarm Call (P)38) Химическое оружие: MAC daily average39) Безопасность: message authentication check40) Криптография: (Message Authentication Code) имитозащита (по крайней мере, в частных случаях программисты имеют в виду это)41) Расширение файла: Media/Medium Access Control, Message Authentication Code, Multiple Access Computers, Macintosh (Apple Macintosh Computer), Graphic format (MAC Paint)42) Нефть и газ: Main Automations Contract, контракт на основные средства автоматизации, основной контракт по автоматике, основной контракт по автоматике трубопровода, main automation contract43) Нефтеперерабатывающие заводы: Кнопки аварийной пожарной сигнализации44) Майкрософт: код проверки подлинности сообщения45) Общественная организация: Missions Across Canada46) Должность: MAKEUP ART and COSMETICS, Management And Administrative Computing47) Международная торговля: Market Access & Compliance -
5 Mac
1) Общая лексика: hum. сокр. Mammalian Artificial Chromosome, hum. сокр. Marker And Cell, (Media Access Control) управление доступом к среде (1. Подуровень канального уровня ( семиуровневой модели OSI). Определяет методы доступа к среде передачи данных, формат кадров и адресацию. 2. Часть протокола канального ур), move, add and change, moves, adds and changes, Midlands Arts Centre2) Компьютерная техника: Motorola Advanced Computer, Multiple Architecture Computer3) Авиация: САХ (Средняя Аэродинамическая Хорда)4) Медицина: синдром Морганьи-Адамса-Стокса5) Американизм: Market Access and Compliance, Men Against Communism, Multi Agency Complex6) Спорт: Mid America Conference7) Военный термин: Maintenance Advisory Committee, Make A Change, Marine amphibious corps, Maritime Air Command, Medical Administration Corps, Military Affairs Committee, Military Areas of Coordination, Military Armistice Commission, Military Assistance Command, Military Aviation College, Missile Advisory Committee, Missile Analysis Center, Mission Assurance Category, Mixed Armistice Commission, Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Attack Craft, Multi-Array Correlator, main allocation chart, maintenance allocation chart, major air command, maneuver area command, manpower authorization change, maximum admissible concentration, maximum air concentration, medium armoured car, military aid to the community, missile activation circuit, mission assignment code, mobilization availability category, mock air combat, motor ambulance convoy, смешанная комиссия по перемирию, Military Airlift Command (Now Air Mobility Command), Military Airlift Command (сейчас AMC)8) Техника: Macintosh computer, maintenance action card, maintenance analysis center, management advisory committee, material accounting, memory access controller, minimal alveolar concentration, multiple-access computer9) Шутливое выражение: Machine Always Crashes10) Юридический термин: Middle Aged Cops, (Material Adverse Change) существенное неблагоприятное изменение обстоятельств11) Страхование: Maritime Arbitration Commission12) Грубое выражение: Must Act Crappy13) Горное дело: предельно допустимая концентрация14) Металлургия: metal-arc cutting15) Телекоммуникации: Media Access Control (IEEE 802)16) Сокращение: Macedonian, Mainland China Affairs Council (Taiwan), Mean Aerodynamic Chord, Medium Armored Car (USA), Military Airlift Command (Now defunct (USAF)), Modular Artillery Charge system (US Army), Multiply ACcumulate (computer operation), machine-aided cognition, military aircraft command, monitor and control, multi-application computer, multiple access computer, an MIT interdepartmental lab (renamed to LCS; stands for many things), Maintenance Analysis Centre, Military Air Command, Multiple Access Channel, Multiplier-Accumulator, Multiply and Accumulate17) Университет: Man And Computer, Mathematics Access Centre, Mathematics And Computation18) Физиология: Macerated, Monitored Anesthesia Care, Mycobacterium Avium Complex19) Электроника: Multiplexed Analogue Components20) Вычислительная техника: media access control, memory address controller, microprocessor-array computer, multiplexed analog component, расширение файлов растровых изображений MacPaint, Membership Advisory Committee (ICANN), Media Access Control (ISO, OSI, LAN, WLAN), Mandatory Access Control (MLS), Message Authentication Code (SSL, SRT, Verschluesselung), an MIT interdepartmental lab (stands for many things, renamed to LCS)21) Нефть: MPC, maximum acceptable concentration, maximum permissible concentration, карта распределения работ по техническому обслуживанию (maintenance allocation chart), консультативный комитет по техническому обслуживанию (maintenance advisory committee), максимальная допустимая концентрация (minimal allowable concentration), пункт анализа работ по техническому обслуживанию (maintenance analysis center), maximal allowable concentration22) Анестезиология: monitored anesthesia care (анестезиологическое сопровождение), Минимальная альвеолярная концентрация23) Иммунология: membrane attack complex24) Космонавтика: Middle Atmosphere Co-operation programme25) Транспорт: Manifest Analysis And Certification, Midair Attitude Correction, Military Airlift Command26) Воздухоплавание: Multi Access Computer28) Деловая лексика: Marketing Advertising And Communication, Middle Area Conference, Multi Actors Cooperation29) Бытовая техника: управление доступом к среде передачи30) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: mechanical acceptance certificate, (P) manual alarm call (point), генподряд по системам автоматизации, major automatization contractor главный подрядчик по автоматизации31) Образование: Minority Achievement Committee32) Сетевые технологии: Media Access Controller, mandatory access control, medium access control, message authentification code, код аутентификации сообщений, полномочное управление доступом, управление доступом к линии связи, управление доступом к среде34) Полимеры: maximum allowable concentration35) Программирование: Measured Attenuation Correction36) Автоматика: manual adaptive control37) Сахалин Р: Main Automation Contractor, Manual Alarm Call (P)38) Химическое оружие: MAC daily average39) Безопасность: message authentication check40) Криптография: (Message Authentication Code) имитозащита (по крайней мере, в частных случаях программисты имеют в виду это)41) Расширение файла: Media/Medium Access Control, Message Authentication Code, Multiple Access Computers, Macintosh (Apple Macintosh Computer), Graphic format (MAC Paint)42) Нефть и газ: Main Automations Contract, контракт на основные средства автоматизации, основной контракт по автоматике, основной контракт по автоматике трубопровода, main automation contract43) Нефтеперерабатывающие заводы: Кнопки аварийной пожарной сигнализации44) Майкрософт: код проверки подлинности сообщения45) Общественная организация: Missions Across Canada46) Должность: MAKEUP ART and COSMETICS, Management And Administrative Computing47) Международная торговля: Market Access & Compliance -
6 mac
1) Общая лексика: hum. сокр. Mammalian Artificial Chromosome, hum. сокр. Marker And Cell, (Media Access Control) управление доступом к среде (1. Подуровень канального уровня ( семиуровневой модели OSI). Определяет методы доступа к среде передачи данных, формат кадров и адресацию. 2. Часть протокола канального ур), move, add and change, moves, adds and changes, Midlands Arts Centre2) Компьютерная техника: Motorola Advanced Computer, Multiple Architecture Computer3) Авиация: САХ (Средняя Аэродинамическая Хорда)4) Медицина: синдром Морганьи-Адамса-Стокса5) Американизм: Market Access and Compliance, Men Against Communism, Multi Agency Complex6) Спорт: Mid America Conference7) Военный термин: Maintenance Advisory Committee, Make A Change, Marine amphibious corps, Maritime Air Command, Medical Administration Corps, Military Affairs Committee, Military Areas of Coordination, Military Armistice Commission, Military Assistance Command, Military Aviation College, Missile Advisory Committee, Missile Analysis Center, Mission Assurance Category, Mixed Armistice Commission, Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Attack Craft, Multi-Array Correlator, main allocation chart, maintenance allocation chart, major air command, maneuver area command, manpower authorization change, maximum admissible concentration, maximum air concentration, medium armoured car, military aid to the community, missile activation circuit, mission assignment code, mobilization availability category, mock air combat, motor ambulance convoy, смешанная комиссия по перемирию, Military Airlift Command (Now Air Mobility Command), Military Airlift Command (сейчас AMC)8) Техника: Macintosh computer, maintenance action card, maintenance analysis center, management advisory committee, material accounting, memory access controller, minimal alveolar concentration, multiple-access computer9) Шутливое выражение: Machine Always Crashes10) Юридический термин: Middle Aged Cops, (Material Adverse Change) существенное неблагоприятное изменение обстоятельств11) Страхование: Maritime Arbitration Commission12) Грубое выражение: Must Act Crappy13) Горное дело: предельно допустимая концентрация14) Металлургия: metal-arc cutting15) Телекоммуникации: Media Access Control (IEEE 802)16) Сокращение: Macedonian, Mainland China Affairs Council (Taiwan), Mean Aerodynamic Chord, Medium Armored Car (USA), Military Airlift Command (Now defunct (USAF)), Modular Artillery Charge system (US Army), Multiply ACcumulate (computer operation), machine-aided cognition, military aircraft command, monitor and control, multi-application computer, multiple access computer, an MIT interdepartmental lab (renamed to LCS; stands for many things), Maintenance Analysis Centre, Military Air Command, Multiple Access Channel, Multiplier-Accumulator, Multiply and Accumulate17) Университет: Man And Computer, Mathematics Access Centre, Mathematics And Computation18) Физиология: Macerated, Monitored Anesthesia Care, Mycobacterium Avium Complex19) Электроника: Multiplexed Analogue Components20) Вычислительная техника: media access control, memory address controller, microprocessor-array computer, multiplexed analog component, расширение файлов растровых изображений MacPaint, Membership Advisory Committee (ICANN), Media Access Control (ISO, OSI, LAN, WLAN), Mandatory Access Control (MLS), Message Authentication Code (SSL, SRT, Verschluesselung), an MIT interdepartmental lab (stands for many things, renamed to LCS)21) Нефть: MPC, maximum acceptable concentration, maximum permissible concentration, карта распределения работ по техническому обслуживанию (maintenance allocation chart), консультативный комитет по техническому обслуживанию (maintenance advisory committee), максимальная допустимая концентрация (minimal allowable concentration), пункт анализа работ по техническому обслуживанию (maintenance analysis center), maximal allowable concentration22) Анестезиология: monitored anesthesia care (анестезиологическое сопровождение), Минимальная альвеолярная концентрация23) Иммунология: membrane attack complex24) Космонавтика: Middle Atmosphere Co-operation programme25) Транспорт: Manifest Analysis And Certification, Midair Attitude Correction, Military Airlift Command26) Воздухоплавание: Multi Access Computer28) Деловая лексика: Marketing Advertising And Communication, Middle Area Conference, Multi Actors Cooperation29) Бытовая техника: управление доступом к среде передачи30) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: mechanical acceptance certificate, (P) manual alarm call (point), генподряд по системам автоматизации, major automatization contractor главный подрядчик по автоматизации31) Образование: Minority Achievement Committee32) Сетевые технологии: Media Access Controller, mandatory access control, medium access control, message authentification code, код аутентификации сообщений, полномочное управление доступом, управление доступом к линии связи, управление доступом к среде34) Полимеры: maximum allowable concentration35) Программирование: Measured Attenuation Correction36) Автоматика: manual adaptive control37) Сахалин Р: Main Automation Contractor, Manual Alarm Call (P)38) Химическое оружие: MAC daily average39) Безопасность: message authentication check40) Криптография: (Message Authentication Code) имитозащита (по крайней мере, в частных случаях программисты имеют в виду это)41) Расширение файла: Media/Medium Access Control, Message Authentication Code, Multiple Access Computers, Macintosh (Apple Macintosh Computer), Graphic format (MAC Paint)42) Нефть и газ: Main Automations Contract, контракт на основные средства автоматизации, основной контракт по автоматике, основной контракт по автоматике трубопровода, main automation contract43) Нефтеперерабатывающие заводы: Кнопки аварийной пожарной сигнализации44) Майкрософт: код проверки подлинности сообщения45) Общественная организация: Missions Across Canada46) Должность: MAKEUP ART and COSMETICS, Management And Administrative Computing47) Международная торговля: Market Access & Compliance -
7 Thinking
But what then am I? A thing which thinks. What is a thing which thinks? It is a thing which doubts, understands, [conceives], affirms, denies, wills, refuses, which also imagines and feels. (Descartes, 1951, p. 153)I have been trying in all this to remove the temptation to think that there "must be" a mental process of thinking, hoping, wishing, believing, etc., independent of the process of expressing a thought, a hope, a wish, etc.... If we scrutinize the usages which we make of "thinking," "meaning," "wishing," etc., going through this process rids us of the temptation to look for a peculiar act of thinking, independent of the act of expressing our thoughts, and stowed away in some particular medium. (Wittgenstein, 1958, pp. 41-43)Analyse the proofs employed by the subject. If they do not go beyond observation of empirical correspondences, they can be fully explained in terms of concrete operations, and nothing would warrant our assuming that more complex thought mechanisms are operating. If, on the other hand, the subject interprets a given correspondence as the result of any one of several possible combinations, and this leads him to verify his hypotheses by observing their consequences, we know that propositional operations are involved. (Inhelder & Piaget, 1958, p. 279)In every age, philosophical thinking exploits some dominant concepts and makes its greatest headway in solving problems conceived in terms of them. The seventeenth- and eighteenth-century philosophers construed knowledge, knower, and known in terms of sense data and their association. Descartes' self-examination gave classical psychology the mind and its contents as a starting point. Locke set up sensory immediacy as the new criterion of the real... Hobbes provided the genetic method of building up complex ideas from simple ones... and, in another quarter, still true to the Hobbesian method, Pavlov built intellect out of conditioned reflexes and Loeb built life out of tropisms. (S. Langer, 1962, p. 54)Experiments on deductive reasoning show that subjects are influenced sufficiently by their experience for their reasoning to differ from that described by a purely deductive system, whilst experiments on inductive reasoning lead to the view that an understanding of the strategies used by adult subjects in attaining concepts involves reference to higher-order concepts of a logical and deductive nature. (Bolton, 1972, p. 154)There are now machines in the world that think, that learn and create. Moreover, their ability to do these things is going to increase rapidly until-in the visible future-the range of problems they can handle will be coextensive with the range to which the human mind has been applied. (Newell & Simon, quoted in Weizenbaum, 1976, p. 138)But how does it happen that thinking is sometimes accompanied by action and sometimes not, sometimes by motion, and sometimes not? It looks as if almost the same thing happens as in the case of reasoning and making inferences about unchanging objects. But in that case the end is a speculative proposition... whereas here the conclusion which results from the two premises is an action.... I need covering; a cloak is a covering. I need a cloak. What I need, I have to make; I need a cloak. I have to make a cloak. And the conclusion, the "I have to make a cloak," is an action. (Nussbaum, 1978, p. 40)It is well to remember that when philosophy emerged in Greece in the sixth century, B.C., it did not burst suddenly out of the Mediterranean blue. The development of societies of reasoning creatures-what we call civilization-had been a process to be measured not in thousands but in millions of years. Human beings became civilized as they became reasonable, and for an animal to begin to reason and to learn how to improve its reasoning is a long, slow process. So thinking had been going on for ages before Greece-slowly improving itself, uncovering the pitfalls to be avoided by forethought, endeavoring to weigh alternative sets of consequences intellectually. What happened in the sixth century, B.C., is that thinking turned round on itself; people began to think about thinking, and the momentous event, the culmination of the long process to that point, was in fact the birth of philosophy. (Lipman, Sharp & Oscanyan, 1980, p. xi)The way to look at thought is not to assume that there is a parallel thread of correlated affects or internal experiences that go with it in some regular way. It's not of course that people don't have internal experiences, of course they do; but that when you ask what is the state of mind of someone, say while he or she is performing a ritual, it's hard to believe that such experiences are the same for all people involved.... The thinking, and indeed the feeling in an odd sort of way, is really going on in public. They are really saying what they're saying, doing what they're doing, meaning what they're meaning. Thought is, in great part anyway, a public activity. (Geertz, quoted in J. Miller, 1983, pp. 202-203)Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. (Einstein, quoted in Minsky, 1986, p. 17)What, in effect, are the conditions for the construction of formal thought? The child must not only apply operations to objects-in other words, mentally execute possible actions on them-he must also "reflect" those operations in the absence of the objects which are replaced by pure propositions. Thus, "reflection" is thought raised to the second power. Concrete thinking is the representation of a possible action, and formal thinking is the representation of a representation of possible action.... It is not surprising, therefore, that the system of concrete operations must be completed during the last years of childhood before it can be "reflected" by formal operations. In terms of their function, formal operations do not differ from concrete operations except that they are applied to hypotheses or propositions [whose logic is] an abstract translation of the system of "inference" that governs concrete operations. (Piaget, quoted in Minsky, 1986, p. 237)[E]ven a human being today (hence, a fortiori, a remote ancestor of contemporary human beings) cannot easily or ordinarily maintain uninterrupted attention on a single problem for more than a few tens of seconds. Yet we work on problems that require vastly more time. The way we do that (as we can observe by watching ourselves) requires periods of mulling to be followed by periods of recapitulation, describing to ourselves what seems to have gone on during the mulling, leading to whatever intermediate results we have reached. This has an obvious function: namely, by rehearsing these interim results... we commit them to memory, for the immediate contents of the stream of consciousness are very quickly lost unless rehearsed.... Given language, we can describe to ourselves what seemed to occur during the mulling that led to a judgment, produce a rehearsable version of the reaching-a-judgment process, and commit that to long-term memory by in fact rehearsing it. (Margolis, 1987, p. 60)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Thinking
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8 hard
1. n твёрдая мощёная или бетонированная дорожкаhard page break — «твёрдая» граница страницы
hard copy — удобочитаемый, печатный или машинописный текст
2. n твёрдый грунт, по которому можно пройти через топкое болотоhard court — твёрдое поле, корт с твёрдым покрытием
3. n звонкая монета4. n сл. каторгаimprisonment at hard labour — лишение свободы с каторжными работами; каторжные работы, каторга
5. n разг. прессованный табак6. a жёсткий, неприятный на ощупьa hard unwilling man — жёсткий, упрямый человек
7. a трудный, тяжёлый; требующий напряженияhard cases make bad law — трудные дела — плохая основа для законодательства, запутанные дела не могут служить прецедентом
8. a такой, с которым трудно; с трудом поддающийсяthings hard to imagine — вещи, которые трудно себе представить
9. a крепкий, закалённый, сильный10. a строгий, суровый; безжалостный, жестокий11. a тяжёлый, трудныйis hard — трудный; твердый
are hard — трудный; твердый
12. a тяжёлый, суровый, полный трудностей и лишений13. a суровый, холодный14. a резкий; грубый; неприятный15. a усердный, упорный; прилежный16. a не знающий удержу, усиленно предающийся17. a стойкий, устойчивыйhard fault — устойчивая неисправность; отказ
18. a спец. стойкий, не поддающийся биологическому распаду19. a звонкий20. a реальный; практичный, лишённый романтики; приземлённыйhard common sense — грубый практицизм; жёсткий рационализм
21. a жёсткий, частыйshe abbreviated so much that it was hard to understand her letters — она так часто сокращала слова, что её письма было трудно понимать
22. a крепко завязанный23. a амер. крепкий; алкогольный24. a разг. кислый, терпкий25. a спец. контрастныйhard light — фото, кино «жёсткий» свет
26. a густой, тягучий27. a физ. проникающий, жёсткий28. a фон. твёрдый29. a создающий привыканиеno hard feelings? — вы не обиделись?; вы не будете на меня обижаться?
hard knocks — удары судьбы; напасти, несчастья
he took some hard knocks — ему не везло; несчастья сваливались на него одно за другим
hard lines — незадача, невезение; полоса неудач
hard and fast — непоколебимый; твёрдый; жёсткий ; строго определённый; незыблемый, раз навсегда установленный
hard of hearing — тугоухий; тугой на ухо, глуховатый
30. adv сильно, интенсивно; энергичноextremely hard — настойчиво; энергичный
31. adv настойчиво, упорно; усердноhard sell — навязывание товара; настойчивое рекламирование; броская реклама
32. adv твёрдо, крепко; накрепкоto hold hard — крепко держать или держаться, не отпускать
33. adv вкрутую34. adv тяжело, с трудомto take hard — принимать близко к сердцу; тяжело переживать
35. adv неумеренно, чрезмерноto drink hard — крепко выпивать; пить запоем
36. adv близко, на небольшом расстоянии; околоhard at hand — близко, рядом
hard by — близко; рядом
37. adv мор. круто, до отказаСинонимический ряд:1. actual (adj.) absolute; actual; factual; genuine; positive; sure-enough2. alcoholic (adj.) alcoholic; ardent; inebriating; intoxicating; spirituous; stimulating; strong3. arduous (adj.) arduous; difficile; exhausting; fatiguing; labored; operose; serious; slavish; sticky; strenuous; terrible; toilful; toilsome; uphill; wearisome4. complicated (adj.) complex; complicated; effortful; enigmatic; formidable; intricate; perplexing; puzzling5. cruel (adj.) cruel; grinding; oppressive; rough; stony; unmerciful; unrelenting; unsparing6. grim (adj.) austere; bitter; bleak; brutal; dour; grim; stringent7. hardy (adj.) casehardened; hardened; hardy; rugged; tough8. heavy (adj.) heavy; hefty9. insensible (adj.) anesthetic; bloodless; dull; impassible; insensate; insensible; insensitive; rocky10. intense (adj.) intense; powerful; violent11. intensive (adj.) blood-and-guts; deep; intensive; profound12. irrefutable (adj.) incontrovertible; irrefutable; undeniable13. realistic (adj.) down-to-earth; earthy; hard-boiled; hardheaded; hard-headed; matter-of-fact; objective; practic; practical; pragmatic; pragmatical; realistic; sober; tough-minded; unfantastic; unidealistic; unromantic; utilitarian14. severe (adj.) adamant; exacting; hard hearted; indifferent; intemperate; relentless; rigorous; severe15. shrewd (adj.) callous; shrewd; unsentimental; unsympathetic16. solid (adj.) adamantine; compact; firm; flinty; impenetrable; inflexible; resistant; resisting; rigid; solid17. stormy (adj.) inclement; stormy; tempestuous; vigorous; vigourous18. taxing (adj.) backbreaking; burdensome; demanding; difficult; knotty; laborious; onerous; taxing; trying; weighty19. unfriendly (adj.) harsh; unfriendly; unkind; unpleasant20. arduously (other) arduously; burdensomely; difficultly; laboriously; onerously; toilsomely21. assiduously (other) assiduously; dingdong; exhaustively; intensely; intensively; painstakingly; thoroughly; unremittingly22. badly (other) badly; gallingly; harshly; painfully; rigorously; roughly; severely; with difficulty23. bitterly (other) bitterly; keenly; rancorously; resentfully; sorely24. close (other) at close hand; close; near; nearby; nigh25. closely (other) closely; searchingly; sharply26. earnestly (other) earnestly; incessantly; intently27. energetically (other) energetically; forcefully; forcibly; hammer and tongs; might and main; mightily; powerfully; strongly; vigorously; with might and main28. fast (other) fast; firm; firmly; fixedly; hardly; solid; solidly; steadfastly; tight; tightly29. fiercely (other) fiercely; frantically; frenziedly; furiously; madly; stormily; tumultuously; turbulently; vigourously; violently; wildlyАнтонимический ряд:brittle; compassionate; delicate; ductile; easy; effeminate; elastic; fair; feeble; fluid; frail; gentle; impressible; intelligible; lenient; mild; simple; soft -
9 launch
̈ɪlɔ:ntʃ I
1. гл.
1) а) бросать с силой, швырять, метать Syn: hurl
2. б) запускать (спутник, ракету и т. п.) ;
выпускать (снаряд) ;
катапультировать (against, at) The missiles were launched against enemy targets. ≈ Орудия били по врагу. The first artificial earth satellite was launched from a site in the U.S.S.R. on Oct. 4,
1957. ≈ Первый искусственный спутник Земли был запущен с территории СССР 4 октября 1957 года. ∙ a threat launched at smb. ≈ угроза, брошенная в адрес кого-л. to launch a guess ≈ выдвинуть догадку Syn: shoot
2. в) бросать, разразиться( об угрозе, обвинении и т. п.)
2) энергично браться( за что-л.), бросаться The small man is slow to launch out into expense when things are going well. (Jessopp) ≈ Маленький человек не спешит бросаться тратить деньги, когда дела идут хорошо. Syn: plunge
2.
3) а) спускать судно на воду б) запускать (воздушный шар, воздушный змей и т. п.) It was soon found, that a balloon, launched into the atmosphere, is abandoned to the mercy of the winds. ≈ Вскоре стало ясно, что воздушный шар, запущенный в воздух, оказался во власти ветров. в) начинать( что-л., какие-л. действия) The police have launched an investigation into the incident. ≈ Полиция начала расследование дела. to launch an offensive ≈ предпринять, начать наступление to launch a campaign ≈ развернуть кампанию to launch a program ≈ разработать программу to launch into eternity ≈ отправить(ся) на тот свет Syn: begin, initiate
3. г) издавать( книгу и т. п.), выпускать (товар) на рынок Crabtree&Evelyn has just launched a new jam. ≈ Кребтри&Эвелин только что выпустили на рынок новый джем. ∙ launch into launch on launch out
2. сущ.
1) спуск судна на воду The launch of a ship was a big occasion. ≈ Спуск корабля на воду был большим событием.
2) запуск (ракеты и т. п.) This morning's launch of the space shuttle has been delayed. ≈ Запуск Шатла, намеченный на утро, был отложен.
3) начало( каких-л. действий) the launch of a campaign to restore law and order ≈ запуск кампании по восстановлению законности и порядка
4) выпуск новых товаров на рынок II сущ. баркас, катер, моторная лодка We'll make a trip by launch to White Island. ≈ Мы собираемся предпринять поездку на катере на остров "Белый". pleasure launch ≈ прогулочная лодка Syn: long boat спуск (судна) на воду - the * of new liner спуск на воду нового пассажирского парохода стапель( реактивно-техническое) (космонавтика) пуск, запуск (ракеты, спутника) - * pad, * platform см. launching pad - * abort аварийное прекращение полета( на стартовом участке) - * complex стартовый комплекс - unauthorized * несанкционированый пуск - underwater * пуск из подводного положения катапультирование( самолета) спускать( судно) на воду начинать, пускать в ход - to * a new enterprise открывать новое предприятие - to * a young man into buisness помочь молодому юноше начать деловую карьеру начинать, действовать - to * an attack начинать атаку, предпринимать атаку - to * a campaign of abuse начать /открыть/ клеветническую кампанию - to * a scheme ввести в действие план( военное) (реактивно-техническое) (космонавтика) выпускать (снаряд) - to * a torpedo выпустить торпеду запускать (ракету, спутник и т. п.) катапультировать - to * a plane from a carrier катапультировать самолет с авианосца бросать (с силой), метать - to * a spear at smb. метнуть копье в кого-л. - to * a blow нанести удар (тж. в боксе) разразиться (чем-л.) - to * threats against smb. бросать угрозы кому-л. - to * an invective произнести обличительную речь( into) с жаром пускаться во что-л., бросаться - to * into an argument пуститься в рассуждения /в спор/ - to * into dissipation предаться развлечениям, удариться в загул > to * into eternity отправлять на тот свет;
отправиться на тот свет баркас, катер моторная лодка - pleasure * лодка для прогулок /увеселительных поездок/ launch баркас ~ бросать, метать ~ бросать, метать;
to launch a blow нанести удар ~ бросать ~ введение ~ выбрасывать новые товары на рынок ~ выпускать ~ выпускать новый заем ~ горячо высказать, разразиться ~ горячо высказать, разразиться;
launch into с жаром, энтузиазмом пуститься (во что-л.) ~ запуск изделия в производство ~ запускать (ракету) ~ запускать ~ запускать (ракету и т. п.) ;
выпускать (снаряд) ;
катапультировать ~ импульс ~ моторная лодка, катер ~ моторная лодка, катер;
pleasure launch прогулочная лодка ~ моторная лодка ~ начинать, пускать в ход, предпринимать ~ начинать, пускать в ход, предпринимать;
to launch an offensive предпринять, начать наступление ~ начинать действовать ~ предпринимать действия ~ приступать к выполнению ~ пускать в ход ~ спуск судна на воду ~ спускать судно на воду ~ старт ~ бросать, метать;
to launch a blow нанести удар to ~ a program разработать программу ~ начинать, пускать в ход, предпринимать;
to launch an offensive предпринять, начать наступление offensive: launch an ~ наносить оскорбление ~ горячо высказать, разразиться;
launch into с жаром, энтузиазмом пуститься (во что-л.) to ~ into an argument пуститься в спор to ~ (smb.) into business помочь (кому-л.) сделать деловую карьеру to ~ into eternity поэт. отправить(ся) на тот свет ~ out пускаться (в путь, в предприятие) ;
to launch out (on smth.) начать (что-л. делать) ~ out пускаться (в путь, в предприятие) ;
to launch out (on smth.) начать (что-л. делать) ~ out разразиться (словами, упреками) ~ out сорить деньгами ~ моторная лодка, катер;
pleasure launch прогулочная лодка product ~ выпуск новой продукции на рынок -
10 Automata
Nature (the Art whereby God hath made and governes the World) is by the Art of man, as in many other things, so in this also imitated, that it can make an Artificial Animal. For seeing life is but a motion of Limbs, the begining whereof is in some principall part within; why may we not say, that all Automata (Engines that move themselves by springs and wheeles as doth a watch) have an artificial life? For what is the Heart, but a Spring; and the Nerves, but so many Strings; and the Joynts, but so many Wheeles giving motion to the whole Body, such as was intended by the Artificer? Art goes yet further, imitating that Rationall and most excellent worke of Nature, Man. For by Art is created that great LEVIATHAN called a COMMON-WEALTH or STATE (in Latine CIVITAS) which is but an Artificiall Man; though of greater stature and strength than the Naturall, for whose protection and defence it was intended; and in which, the Soveraignty is an Artificiall Soul, as giving life and motion to the whole body. (Hobbes, 1651, p. 1)It is a basic premise of automata that every procedure, no matter how complex, can be decomposed into a series of these elementary operations [that the automaton can perform]. (Wall, 1972, p. 254)The theory of automata and the theory of formal grammars are isomorphic in most important respects. (Wall, 1972, p. 254)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Automata
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11 Mind
It becomes, therefore, no inconsiderable part of science... to know the different operations of the mind, to separate them from each other, to class them under their proper heads, and to correct all that seeming disorder in which they lie involved when made the object of reflection and inquiry.... It cannot be doubted that the mind is endowed with several powers and faculties, that these powers are distinct from one another, and that what is really distinct to the immediate perception may be distinguished by reflection and, consequently, that there is a truth and falsehood which lie not beyond the compass of human understanding. (Hume, 1955, p. 22)Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white Paper, void of all Characters, without any Ideas: How comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless Fancy of Man has painted on it, with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of Reason and Knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from Experience. (Locke, quoted in Herrnstein & Boring, 1965, p. 584)The kind of logic in mythical thought is as rigorous as that of modern science, and... the difference lies, not in the quality of the intellectual process, but in the nature of things to which it is applied.... Man has always been thinking equally well; the improvement lies, not in an alleged progress of man's mind, but in the discovery of new areas to which it may apply its unchanged and unchanging powers. (Leґvi-Strauss, 1963, p. 230)MIND. A mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain. Its chief activity consists in the endeavor to ascertain its own nature, the futility of the attempt being due to the fact that it has nothing but itself to know itself with. (Bierce, quoted in Minsky, 1986, p. 55)[Philosophy] understands the foundations of knowledge and it finds these foundations in a study of man-as-knower, of the "mental processes" or the "activity of representation" which make knowledge possible. To know is to represent accurately what is outside the mind, so to understand the possibility and nature of knowledge is to understand the way in which the mind is able to construct such representation.... We owe the notion of a "theory of knowledge" based on an understanding of "mental processes" to the seventeenth century, and especially to Locke. We owe the notion of "the mind" as a separate entity in which "processes" occur to the same period, and especially to Descartes. We owe the notion of philosophy as a tribunal of pure reason, upholding or denying the claims of the rest of culture, to the eighteenth century and especially to Kant, but this Kantian notion presupposed general assent to Lockean notions of mental processes and Cartesian notions of mental substance. (Rorty, 1979, pp. 3-4)Under pressure from the computer, the question of mind in relation to machine is becoming a central cultural preoccupation. It is becoming for us what sex was to Victorians-threat, obsession, taboo, and fascination. (Turkle, 1984, p. 313)7) Understanding the Mind Remains as Resistant to Neurological as to Cognitive AnalysesRecent years have been exciting for researchers in the brain and cognitive sciences. Both fields have flourished, each spurred on by methodological and conceptual developments, and although understanding the mechanisms of mind is an objective shared by many workers in these areas, their theories and approaches to the problem are vastly different....Early experimental psychologists, such as Wundt and James, were as interested in and knowledgeable about the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system as about the young science of the mind. However, the experimental study of mental processes was short-lived, being eclipsed by the rise of behaviorism early in this century. It was not until the late 1950s that the signs of a new mentalism first appeared in scattered writings of linguists, philosophers, computer enthusiasts, and psychologists.In this new incarnation, the science of mind had a specific mission: to challenge and replace behaviorism. In the meantime, brain science had in many ways become allied with a behaviorist approach.... While behaviorism sought to reduce the mind to statements about bodily action, brain science seeks to explain the mind in terms of physiochemical events occurring in the nervous system. These approaches contrast with contemporary cognitive science, which tries to understand the mind as it is, without any reduction, a view sometimes described as functionalism.The cognitive revolution is now in place. Cognition is the subject of contemporary psychology. This was achieved with little or no talk of neurons, action potentials, and neurotransmitters. Similarly, neuroscience has risen to an esteemed position among the biological sciences without much talk of cognitive processes. Do the fields need each other?... [Y]es because the problem of understanding the mind, unlike the wouldbe problem solvers, respects no disciplinary boundaries. It remains as resistant to neurological as to cognitive analyses. (LeDoux & Hirst, 1986, pp. 1-2)Since the Second World War scientists from different disciplines have turned to the study of the human mind. Computer scientists have tried to emulate its capacity for visual perception. Linguists have struggled with the puzzle of how children acquire language. Ethologists have sought the innate roots of social behaviour. Neurophysiologists have begun to relate the function of nerve cells to complex perceptual and motor processes. Neurologists and neuropsychologists have used the pattern of competence and incompetence of their brain-damaged patients to elucidate the normal workings of the brain. Anthropologists have examined the conceptual structure of cultural practices to advance hypotheses about the basic principles of the mind. These days one meets engineers who work on speech perception, biologists who investigate the mental representation of spatial relations, and physicists who want to understand consciousness. And, of course, psychologists continue to study perception, memory, thought and action.... [W]orkers in many disciplines have converged on a number of central problems and explanatory ideas. They have realized that no single approach is likely to unravel the workings of the mind: it will not give up its secrets to psychology alone; nor is any other isolated discipline-artificial intelligence, linguistics, anthropology, neurophysiology, philosophy-going to have any greater success. (Johnson-Laird, 1988, p. 7)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Mind
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