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A n ¢1 ( unnamed substance) truc ○ m, chose f ; what's that stuff in the box/on the table? qu'est-ce que c'est que ce truc ○ dans la boîte/sur la table? ; what's that stuff in the bottle? qu'est-ce que c'est dans la bouteille? ; there's some black stuff stuck to my shoe il y a un truc ○ noir collé à ma chaussure ; I don't eat pre-packaged stuff if I can help it j'évite autant que possible de manger des trucs ○ pré-emballés ; this stuff stinks! ça pue ce truc! ○ ; have we got any more of that cement stuff? est-ce qu'on a encore de cette espèce de ciment? ; she loves the stuff elle adore ça ; acid is dangerous stuff l'acide est (un truc ○) dangereux ; gin? never touch the stuff ○ le gin? je n'y touche jamais ; expensive stuff, caviar ça coute cher, le caviar ; we've sold lots of the stuff nous en avons vendu beaucoup ; it's strong stuff (of drink, drug, detergent) c'est costaud ○ ;2 ○ ( unnamed objects) trucs ○ mpl ; ( implying disorder) bazar ○ m ; ( personal belongings) affaires fpl ; what's all this stuff in the hall? qu'est-ce que c'est que ces trucs ○ or ce bazar ○ dans l'entrée? ; she brought down a load of stuff from the attic elle a descendu un tas de trucs ○ du grenier ; don't leave your stuff all over the floor ne laisse pas traîner les affaires or ton bazar ○ par terre ;3 ○ (content of speech, book, film, etc) the sort of stuff you read in the newspapers le genre de chose or de truc ○ qu'on lit dans les journaux ; who wrote this stuff? gen qui a écrit ça? ; pej qui a écrit cette chose? ; there's some good stuff in this article il y a de bonnes choses dans cet article ; this poem is good stuff c'est un bon poème ; have you read much of her stuff? as-tu lu beaucoup de ce qu'elle a écrit? ; this stuff is excellent/absolute rubbish c'est excellent/complètement nul ○ ; it's not my kind of stuff ce n'est pas mon truc ○ ; it's romantic/terrifying stuff c'est romantique/terrifiant ; I sent him a tape of my stuff je lui ai envoyé une cassette de ce que je fais ; do you believe all that stuff about his private life? tu crois à tout ce qu'on dit sur sa vie privée? ; there was a lot of stuff about the new legislation in his speech il a beaucoup parlé de la nouvelle législation dans son discours ; he likes painting and drawing and stuff like that ○ il aime la peinture et le dessin et tout ce genre de trucs ○ ; the book's all about music and stuff le livre parle de la musique et tout ça ;4 ( fabric) lit étoffe f ; fig essence f ; such conflicts are the very stuff of drama de tels conflits sont l'essence même du drame ; this is the stuff that heroes/traitors are made of c'est l'étoffe dont on fait les héros/les traîtres ; the stuff that dreams are made of la substance (même) des rêves ; her husband was made of somewhat coarser/finer stuff son mari était plus grossier/plus raffiné de nature ;6 ○ ( stolen goods) marchandise ○ f.B vtr1 (fill, pack) garnir, rembourrer [cushion, pillow, furniture] (with de) ; (implying haste, carelessness) bourrer [pocket, cupboard, suitcase] (with de) ; ( block up) boucher [hole, crack] (with avec) ; a book stuffed with useful information un livre bourré d'informations utiles ; they stuffed his head with useless information ils lui ont bourré la tête de faits inutiles ; to stuff one's face ○ bâfrer, s'empiffrer ◑ ; get stuffed ◑ ! va te faire voir ◑ ! ; stuff the system ◑ ! au diable ○ le système! ; stuff you ◑ ! va te faire voir ◑ ! ;2 ( pack in) fourrer ○ [objects, clothes, paper] (in, into dans) ; we stuffed paper into the cracks nous avons fourré du papier dans les fissures ; she stuffed the papers/some clothes into a bag elle a fourré les papiers/des vêtements dans un sac ; to stuff one's hands in one's pockets se fourrer les mains dans les poches ; to stuff sth up one's jumper cacher qch sous son pull ; to stuff sth under the bed fourrer qch sous le lit ; to stuff food into one's mouth se bâfrer ○ ; you know where you can stuff it ◑ ! tu sais où tu peux te le mettre ● ; tell him he can take his precious plan and stuff it ◑ ! dis-lui que son projet il peut se le mettre où je pense ● ! ;3 Culin farcir [turkey, tomato, olive] ;4 [taxidermist] empailler [animal, bird].a bit of stuff ○ péj une gonzesse ○ pej, une nana ○ ; to do one's stuff ○ faire ce qu'on a à faire ; go on-do your stuff ○ ! vas-y-fais ce que tu as à faire, vas-y-à toi de jouer ; to know one's stuff ○ connaître son affaire ○ ; that's the stuff ○ ! c'est bon!, c'est ça! ; that's the stuff to give them ou to give the troops ○ ! c'est ce que demande le peuple! ; I don't give a stuff ○ ! je m'en fiche ○ !, je m'en fous ◑ !■ stuff up ;▶ stuff [sth] up, stuff up [sth] boucher [crack, hole] (with avec) ; I'm all stuffed up, my nose is stuffed up j'ai le nez bouché. -
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1. nounbe made of sterner stuff — aus härterem Stoff gemacht sein (fig.)
the stuff that dreams/heroes are made of — der Stoff, aus dem die Träume sind/Helden gemacht sind (fig.)
do painting or drawing, stuff like that — malen oder zeichnen oder so was (ugs.)
do one's stuff — (coll.) seine Sache machen
know one's stuff — (coll.): (be knowledgeable) sich auskennen; (know one's job) seine Sache verstehen
2. transitive verbthat's the stuff! — (coll.) so ist's richtig!
stuff something with or full of something — etwas mit etwas voll stopfen (ugs.)
[go and] get stuffed! — (sl.) hau ab! (ugs.)
stuff oneself — (sl.) sich voll stopfen (ugs.)
stuff one's face — (sl.) sich (Dat.) den Bauch voll stopfen (ugs.)
stuff ballot boxes — (Amer.): (insert bogus votes) Stimmen fälschen
2) (sl.)stuff it! — Scheiß drauf! (derb)
3. intransitive verbhe can stuff it! — er kann mich mal! (derb)
sich voll stopfen (ugs.)* * *I noun1) (material or substance: What is that black oily stuff on the beach?; The doctor gave me some good stuff for removing warts; Show them what stuff you're made of! (= how brave, strong etc you are).) das Zeug2) ((unimportant) matter, things, objects etc: We'll have to get rid of all this stuff when we move house.) das Zeug3) (an old word for cloth.) der Wollstoff•- academic.ru/117093/know_one%27s_stuff">know one's stuff- that's the stuff! II verb1) (to pack or fill tightly, often hurriedly or untidily: His drawer was stuffed with papers; She stuffed the fridge with food; The children have been stuffing themselves with ice-cream.) vollstopfen3) (to fill the skin of (a dead animal or bird) to preserve the appearance it had when alive: They stuffed the golden eagle.) ausstopfen•- stuffing- stuff up* * *[stʌf]we've heard all this \stuff before das haben wir doch alles schon mal gehört!there is a lot of \stuff about it on TV im Fernsehen wird dauernd darüber berichtethis latest book is good \stuff sein neues Buch ist echt gutto know one's \stuff sich akk auskennenhe certainly knows his \stuff er weiß, wovon er sprichtcamping \stuff Campingsachen plsticky \stuff klebriges Zeughe's made of the same \stuff as his father er ist aus demselben Holz geschnitzt wie sein Vaterthe [very] \stuff of sth das Wesentliche [o der Kern] einer S. genthe \stuff of which heroes are made der Stoff, aus dem Helden sind5.II. vt▪ to \stuff sb/oneself jdn/sich vollstopfen▪ to \stuff down ⇆ sth etw in sich akk hineinstopfen pej, etw verschlingen pej [o hum fam verdrücken]4. (push inside)they \stuffed the money into a bag and ran from the bank sie stopften das Geld in eine Tasche und rannten aus der Bank\stuffed chicken gefülltes Hähnchen [o SCHWEIZ Poulet]to \stuff animals Tiere ausstopfen* * *[stʌf]1. n1) Zeug ntblack/sweet etc stuff — schwarzes/süßes etc Zeug
the stuff that dreams are made of — der Stoff, aus dem die Träume sind
show him what kind of stuff you're made of — zeig ihm, aus welchem Holz du geschnitzt bist
there was a lot of rough stuff — es ging ziemlich rau zu
it's poor/good stuff — das ist schlecht/gut
this book is strong stuff —
he brought me some stuff to read/to pass the time — er hat mir etwas zum Lesen/zur Unterhaltung mitgebracht
and stuff like that — und so was (inf)
all that stuff about how he wants to help us — all das Gerede, dass er uns helfen will
stuff and nonsense — Quatsch m (inf), Blödsinn m
2) (inf)that's the stuff! — so ists richtig!, weiter so!
go on, do your stuff! — nun mach mal or doch!
to know one's stuff — wissen, wovon man redet, sich auskennen
See:→ hot stuff3) (= possessions) Zeug nt, Sachen pl4) (inf: drugs) Stoff m (inf)5) (old: cloth) Material nt, Stoff m2. vt1) (= fill) container, room, person vollstopfen; hole zustopfen, verstopfen; contents, object, books (hinein)stopfen (into in +acc); (into envelope) stecken (into in +acc)to stuff sb with food — jdn mit Essen vollstopfen, jdn mästen (inf)
to stuff one's face (inf) — sich vollstopfen (inf)
I'm stuffed ( inf : with food ) — ich bin total voll (inf)
to stuff sth away —
he stuffed some money into my hand —
to stuff one's fingers into one's ears — sich (dat) die Finger in die Ohren stecken
4) (Brit inf)get stuffed! — du kannst mich mal (inf)!
I told him to stuff it or to get stuffed — ich habe ihm gesagt, er kann mich mal (inf)
you can stuff your job etc — du kannst deinen blöden Job etc behalten (inf)
stuff him! — der kann mich mal! (inf)
3. vi(inf: eat) sich vollstopfen (inf)4. vrto stuff oneself (with food/on cakes) — sich (mit Essen/Kuchen) vollstopfen (inf)
* * *stuff [stʌf]A s1. Stoff m, Material n2. (Roh)Stoff m, (-)Material n3. a) (Woll)Stoff m, Zeug n, Gewebe n4. Zeug n, Sachen pl (Gepäck, Ware etc, a Nahrungsmittel etc):this is good stuff umg das ist was Gutes5. fig (fades etc) Zeug:he is (made) of sterner stuff er ist aus härterem Holz geschnitzt;he has good stuff in him in ihm steckt etwas;the stuff that heroes are made of das Zeug, aus dem Helden gemacht sind;that’s the stuff (to give them)! umg so ists richtig!, nur weiter so!;he knows his stuff er kennt sich aus, er versteht sein Fach;do your stuff! umg auf gehts!;6. (wertloses) Zeug, Plunder m, Kram m umg (auch fig):take that stuff away! nimm das Zeug weg!;stuff and nonsense! dummes Zeug!7. a) umg Zeug n, Stoff m (Schnaps etc)b) sl Stoff m (Drogen)8. sl Getue n, Sums m10. Lederschmiere f11. TECH Ganzzeug n, Papiermasse f:stuff engine Holländer m12. TECH Bauholz nB v/tstuff o.s. sich (den Magen) vollstopfen (on, with mit);stuff a pipe eine Pfeife stopfen;my nose is stuffed up meine Nase ist verstopft oder zu3. ein Sofa etc polsternwith mit)5. überfüllen, -laden ( beide:with mit)6. jemanden überfüttern7. Geflügela) stopfenb) GASTR füllen, farcieren8. Tiere ausstopfen9. POL US eine Wahlurne mit gefälschten Stimmzetteln füllen11. (zusammen)pressen, (-)stopfen12. Leder mit Fett imprägnieren13. vulg eine Frau stopfen vulg (schlafen mit):C v/i sich (den Magen) vollstopfen* * *1. nounthe stuff that dreams/heroes are made of — der Stoff, aus dem die Träume sind/Helden gemacht sind (fig.)
2) no pl., no indef. art. (activity, knowledge)do painting or drawing, stuff like that — malen oder zeichnen oder so was (ugs.)
do one's stuff — (coll.) seine Sache machen
know one's stuff — (coll.): (be knowledgeable) sich auskennen; (know one's job) seine Sache verstehen
2. transitive verbthat's the stuff! — (coll.) so ist's richtig!
1) stopfen; zustopfen [Loch, Ohren]; (in taxidermy) ausstopfen; (Cookery) füllenstuff something with or full of something — etwas mit etwas voll stopfen (ugs.)
[go and] get stuffed! — (sl.) hau ab! (ugs.)
stuff oneself — (sl.) sich voll stopfen (ugs.)
stuff one's face — (sl.) sich (Dat.) den Bauch voll stopfen (ugs.)
stuff ballot boxes — (Amer.): (insert bogus votes) Stimmen fälschen
2) (sl.)stuff it! — Scheiß drauf! (derb)
3. intransitive verbhe can stuff it! — er kann mich mal! (derb)
sich voll stopfen (ugs.)* * *n.Stoff -e m.Stopfen - m.Zeug nur sing. n. v.stopfen v.vollstopfen v. -
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I noun1) (material or substance: What is that black oily stuff on the beach?; The doctor gave me some good stuff for removing warts; Show them what stuff you're made of! (= how brave, strong etc you are).) materiale, stoff; medisin, middel2) ((unimportant) matter, things, objects etc: We'll have to get rid of all this stuff when we move house.) ting3) (an old word for cloth.) tøy, stoff•- that's the stuff! II verb1) (to pack or fill tightly, often hurriedly or untidily: His drawer was stuffed with papers; She stuffed the fridge with food; The children have been stuffing themselves with ice-cream.) stoppe, proppe, stappe2) (to fill (eg a turkey, chicken etc) with stuffing before cooking.) farsere, fylle med stuffing3) (to fill the skin of (a dead animal or bird) to preserve the appearance it had when alive: They stuffed the golden eagle.) stoppe ut•- stuffing- stuff upemne--------juks--------materiale--------saker--------stoff--------tøyIsubst. \/stʌf\/1) materiale(r), emne, stoff2) materie3) ( overført) stoff, materiale, ting4) ( overført) innhold, natur, vesen, kjerne5) ( overført) to, virke, stoff6) materiale7) produkt(er), saker, ting8) (britisk, hverdagslig) (ull)stoff9) ( hverdagslig) saker (og ting), eiendeler, ting, greier10) ( hverdagslig) maner, vesen, opptreden11) ( hverdagslig) greie, tingest, dings12) ( hverdagslig) jenteand stuff ( hverdagslig) og sånt, og lignendedo one's stuff vise hva en duger tilget one's stuff together ( hverdagslig) skjerpe segknow one's stuff kunne sine sakerlight stuff lett stoffold stuff gammelt nyttone's stuff sakene sine, sine tinghun kan sakene sine, hun kan sine tingpoor stuff elendige sakerright stuff ekte sakerstuff and nonsense! tullprat!, sludder!, vrøvl!that's the stuff sånn skal det være!, det er fine greier!, sånn ja!the same old stuff det samme gamleIIverb \/stʌf\/1) stoppe, fylle2) ( også overført) proppe, stappe, fylle, fôre3) stappe, pakke, presse ned, dytte, putte4) stoppe ut5) ( matlaging) fylle, farsere, spekke6) proppe i seg mat, forspise seg7) ( vulgært) knulle8) (britisk, hverdagslig) gi blanke i, gi faen i, gi på båten9) (britisk, hverdagslig) slå ned i støvlene, vinne stort overget stuffed! (britisk, hverdagslig) dra til helvete!, kom deg vekk!, ryk og reis!stuff (up) stoppe til, tette igjenstuff away legge unna, legge bortstuff it! la det være!, hold opp med det der!, kutt ut!stuff oneself with something proppe seg med noe, stappe i seg noestuff out fylle utstuff someone with silly ideas sette griller i hodet på noen, proppe noen full med tåpelige ideerstuff with fylle\/proppe medtell someone to (go and) stuff themselves ( slang) be noen dra til helvete, be noen ryke og reise -
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noun1) (material or substance: What is that black oily stuff on the beach?; The doctor gave me some good stuff for removing warts; Show them what stuff you're made of! (= how brave, strong etc you are).) materia; material; sustancia; cosa2) ((unimportant) matter, things, objects etc: We'll have to get rid of all this stuff when we move house.) cosas; chismes, cachivaches, trastos3) (an old word for cloth.) paño, tela; género•- that's the stuff!
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verb1) (to pack or fill tightly, often hurriedly or untidily: His drawer was stuffed with papers; She stuffed the fridge with food; The children have been stuffing themselves with ice-cream.) atiborrar(se); meter algo de cualquier manera; embutir; atestar2) (to fill (eg a turkey, chicken etc) with stuffing before cooking.) rellenar3) (to fill the skin of (a dead animal or bird) to preserve the appearance it had when alive: They stuffed the golden eagle.) disecar•- stuffing- stuff up
stuff1 n1. algowhat's that stuff on your shirt? ¿qué es eso que tienes en la camisa?2. cosashave you got all your stuff? ¿tienes todas tus cosas?stuff2 vb1. rellenar2. metertr[stʌf]■ what's that stuff on your shirt? ¿qué es eso que tienes en la camisa?■ do you like cauliflower? - no, I can't stand the stuff ¿te gusta la coliflor? - no, no la aguanto■ do you call this stuff lasagne? ¿a esto lo llamas lasaña?■ don't give me all that macho stuff! ¡no me vengas con esos cuentos de macho!1 (fill - container, bag, box) llenar ( with, de); (- cushion, toy, food) rellenar ( with, de); (- hole) tapar■ have you stuffed the turkey? ¿has rellenado el pavo?2 (dead animal) disecar3 (push carelessly, shove) meter, poner4 familiar (beat, thrash) dar una paliza a■ you can stuff your job! ¡métete el trabajo donde te quepa!\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLthat's the stuff! ¡así es!, ¡así me gusta!to do one's stuff hacer lo suyoto know one's stuff saber de lo que uno está hablandoto stuff one's face hartarse de comida, atiborrarse, ponerse morado,-astuff and nonsense tonterías nombre femenino pluralstuff ['stʌf] vt: rellenar, llenar, atiborrarstuff n1) possessions: cosas fpl2) essence: esencia f3) substance: cosa f, cosas fplsome sticky stuff: una cosa pegajosashe knows her stuff: es expertan.• chismes s.m.pl.• cosa s.f.• cuerpo s.m.• materia s.f.• material s.m.• mejunje s.m.• tela s.f.v.• ahitar v.• atestar v.• atiborrar v.• emborrar v.• empaquetar v.• hartar v.• hartarse v.• henchir v.• hinchar v.• llenar v.• meter sin orden v.• recalcar v.• rellenar v.
I stʌfmass noun1) (colloq)a) (substance, matter)what's this stuff called? — ¿cómo se llama esto or (fam) esta cosa?
this wine is good stuff — este vino es del bueno or está muy bien
what sort of stuff does he write? — ¿qué tipo de cosa(s) escribe?
that's the stuff! — así se hace!, así me gusta!
to do one's stuff: she went out on stage and did her stuff salió al escenario e hizo lo suyo; to know one's stuff — ser* un experto en la materia
b) ( miscellaneous items) cosas fpland stuff like that — y cosas de ésas, y cosas por el estilo
2) (nonsense, excuse) (colloq)surely you don't believe all that stuff he tells you? — tú no te creerás todo lo que te cuenta ¿no?
stuff and nonsense! — (dated) puro cuento! (fam)
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1)a) ( fill) \<\<quilt/mattress/toy\>\> rellenar; \<\<hole/leak\>\> taparto stuff something WITH something: we stuffed our pockets with apples nos llenamos los bolsillos de manzanas; to stuff oneself/one's face — (colloq) darse* un atracón (fam), ponerse* morado or ciego (Esp fam)
b) ( Culin) rellenarc) ( in taxidermy) disecar*d) (AmE Pol) \<\<ballot box\>\> adulterar2)a) ( thrust)b) ( put) (colloq) poner*c) (esp BrE sl)[stʌf]stuff her! — que se joda! (vulg)
1. N1) * (=substance, material)a) (lit)what's that stuff in the bucket? — ¿qué es eso que hay en el cubo?
"do you want some beetroot?" - "no, I hate the stuff" — -¿quieres remolacha? -no, la detesto
"would you like some wine?" - " no, thanks, I never touch the stuff" — -¿quieres un poco de vino? -no gracias, nunca lo pruebo
have you got any more of that varnish stuff? — ¿tienes más barniz de ese?
do you call this stuff beer? — ¿a esto lo llamas cerveza?
b) (fig)that's the stuff! — ¡muy bien!, ¡así se hace!
where have you put my stuff? — ¿dónde has puesto mis cosas?, ¿dónde has puesto mis bártulos or (Sp) chismes? *
can I put my stuff in your room? — ¿puedo poner mis cosas en tu cuarto?
all that stuff about how he wants to help us — todas esas historias or todo el cuento ese de que quiere ayudarnos
don't give me that stuff! I know what you're been up to! — ¡no me vengas con esas historias or ese cuento! ¡sé lo que pretendes!
stuff and nonsense! — † * ¡tonterías!, ¡puro cuento!
4) *to do one's stuff —
go on, Jim, do your stuff! let's see a goal! — ¡venga Jim! ¡muéstranos lo que vales, mete ese gol!
we'll have to wait for the lawyers to do their stuff — tendremos que esperar a que los abogados hagan su parte
- know one's stuffstrut I, 2.5) *I haven't got time for boyfriends, the cinema and stuff like that or and all that stuff — no tengo tiempo para novios, el cine y rollos por el estilo *
6) (=essence)the (very) stuff of sth: the pleasures and pains that are the stuff of human relationships — las alegrías y las penas que constituyen la esencia de las relaciones humanas
his feats on the tennis court are the stuff of legend — sus proezas en la cancha de tenis son legendarias
7) **8) (Brit)** (=girl, woman) hot 3.9) (Drugs) ** mercancía ** f10) †† (=fabric) género m, tela f2. VT1) (=fill, pack) [+ chicken, peppers, cushion, toy] rellenar ( with con); [+ sack, box, pockets] llenar ( with de); [+ hole, leak] tapar; (in taxidermy) [+ animal] disecar, embalsamarto stuff a ballot box — (US) (Pol) llenar una urna de votos fraudulentos
stuff o.s. (with food) * — atracarse or atiborrarse de comida *, darse un atracón *
2) * (=put)to stuff sth in or into sth — meter algo en algo
can we stuff any more in? — ¿caben más?
- stuff sth down sb's throatI'm sick of having ideology stuffed down my throat — estoy harto de que me metan la ideología a la fuerza *
3) (Brit)** (in exclamations)stuff you! — ¡vete a tomar por culo! (Sp) ***, ¡vete al carajo! (LAm) ***
oh, stuff it! I've had enough for today — ¡a la mierda! ¡por hoy ya vale! **
if you don't like it, you can stuff it — si no te gusta te jodes ***
(you know where) you can stuff that! — ¡ya sabes por dónde te lo puedes meter! **
stuff the government! — ¡que se joda el gobierno! ***
get stuffed! — ¡vete a tomar por culo! (Sp) ***, ¡vete al carajo! (LAm) ***
4) ** (=defeat) dar un palizón a *, machacar *3.VI * (=guzzle) atracarse de comida *, atiborrarse de comida *, darse un atracón *- stuff up* * *
I [stʌf]mass noun1) (colloq)a) (substance, matter)what's this stuff called? — ¿cómo se llama esto or (fam) esta cosa?
this wine is good stuff — este vino es del bueno or está muy bien
what sort of stuff does he write? — ¿qué tipo de cosa(s) escribe?
that's the stuff! — así se hace!, así me gusta!
to do one's stuff: she went out on stage and did her stuff salió al escenario e hizo lo suyo; to know one's stuff — ser* un experto en la materia
b) ( miscellaneous items) cosas fpland stuff like that — y cosas de ésas, y cosas por el estilo
2) (nonsense, excuse) (colloq)surely you don't believe all that stuff he tells you? — tú no te creerás todo lo que te cuenta ¿no?
stuff and nonsense! — (dated) puro cuento! (fam)
3) ( basic element)
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1)a) ( fill) \<\<quilt/mattress/toy\>\> rellenar; \<\<hole/leak\>\> taparto stuff something WITH something: we stuffed our pockets with apples nos llenamos los bolsillos de manzanas; to stuff oneself/one's face — (colloq) darse* un atracón (fam), ponerse* morado or ciego (Esp fam)
b) ( Culin) rellenarc) ( in taxidermy) disecar*d) (AmE Pol) \<\<ballot box\>\> adulterar2)a) ( thrust)b) ( put) (colloq) poner*c) (esp BrE sl)stuff her! — que se joda! (vulg)
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5 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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