Radovan Richta Czech philosopher Radovan Richta (June 6, 1924 – July 21, 1983) was a Czech philosopher who coined the term technological evolution; a theory about how societies diminish physical labour by increasing mental labour.[1] Richta was born in Prague.[1] Richta's first work was Člověk a technika v revoluci našich dnů ("Man and Technology in the Revolution of Our Day"), published in 1963. Richta developed the famous term of "Socialism with a human face" serving as a motto of the Prague Spring period. Life[edit] During World War II, Richta organized a resistance movement against the Nazis, and his organization became part of the communist resistance in the critical moment of the worst persecution (or man-hunting). After the war Richta became quite ill, and beginning in 1958 he periodically spent time in sanatoria.[6] In between bouts of sickness, and in a compromise with his doctors who prescribed complete bed rest, Richta studied and worked very hard. Selected works[edit] Notes[edit] See also[edit]
Second-order cybernetics Second-order cybernetics, also known as the cybernetics of cybernetics, investigates the construction of models of cybernetic systems. It investigates cybernetics with awareness that the investigators are part of the system, and of the importance of self-referentiality, self-organizing, the subject–object problem, etc. Investigators of a system can never see how it works by standing outside it because the investigators are always engaged cybernetically with the system being observed; that is, when investigators observe a system, they affect and are affected by it. Overview[edit] The anthropologists Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead contrasted first and second-order cybernetics with this diagram in an interview in 1973.[1] It emphasizes the requirement for a possibly constructivist participant observer in the second order case: . . . essentially your ecosystem, your organism-plus-environment, is to be considered as a single circuit.[1] See also[edit] Gyroteleostasis References[edit]
Goffman-La presentacion de la persona en la vida cotidiana Goffman – Lapresentación de la persona en la vida cotidiana 1. Actuaciones Confianza en el papel que desempeña el individuo Cuando u individuo desempeña un papel, solicita implícitamente a sus observadores que lo tomen en serio, que crean que el sujeto posee en realidad los atributos que aparenta poseer, que la tarea que realiza tendrá las consecuencias que en forma implícita pretende y que, en general, las cosas son como aparentan ser. El actuante puede creer por completo en sus propios actos. El actuante puede querer guiar la convicción de su público solo como medio para otros fines, sin un interés fundamental en la concepción que de el o de la situación tiene este. No todos los actuantes cínicos que tienen interés por engañar a su auditorio tienen un “interés por si mismo”, puede engañarlo en bien de este (médicos que dan placebos a los pacientes). Hasta aquí 2 extremos: un individuo puede creer en sus propios actos o ser escéptico acerca de ellos. Fachada Realización dramática 1. 2. 3.
Daniel Bell American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor (1919–2011) Daniel Bell (May 10, 1919 – January 25, 2011)[1] was an American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor at Harvard University, best known for his contributions to the study of post-industrialism. He has been described as "one of the leading American intellectuals of the postwar era".[2] His three best known works are The End of Ideology, The Coming of Post-Industrial Society, and The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism.[3] Biography[edit] Early life[edit] Daniel Bell was born in 1919 in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Education[edit] Bell was graduated from Stuyvesant High School. Career[edit] Bell also was the visiting Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions at Cambridge University in 1987. Bell received honorary degrees from Harvard, the University of Chicago, and fourteen other universities in the United States, as well as from Edinburgh Napier University and Keio University in Japan.
Autopoietic.net -- Journal of Autopoietic Theory Hans-Georg Gadamer Hans-Georg Gadamer (Marburgo, 11 de febrero de 1900 – Heidelberg, 13 de marzo de 2002) fue un filósofo alemán especialmente conocido por su obra Verdad y método (Wahrheit und Methode) y por su renovación de la Hermenéutica. El fenómeno del lenguaje es misterioso y atractivo al mismo tiempo, pues no es una cosa aislada, sino que refiere a nuestra condición en el mundo, que es un "vivir en diálogo", "habitamos en la palabra".[1] Biografía[editar] El padre de Gadamer era químico farmacéutico, posteriormente también fue rector de la universidad de Marburgo. Poco después Gadamer visitó Friburgo de Brisgovia y comenzó a estudiar con Martin Heidegger, quien aún no era profesor titular pero sí un brillante profesor asistente. Gadamer hizo su habilitación académica en el año 1929, y comenzó a enseñar en Marburgo durante los primeros años de la década de los 30. Obra[editar] Es el fundador de la Escuela Hermenéutica. Placa conmemorativa a Gadamer en Breslavia La estética gadameriana[editar]
Walter Reuther Labor union leader and progressive activist (1907–1970) A powerful ally of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement,[20] Reuther marched with King in Detroit, Selma,[21] Birmingham,[22] Montgomery,[23] and Jackson.[24][25] When King and others including children were jailed in Birmingham, Alabama, and King authored his famous Letter from Birmingham Jail, Reuther arranged $160,000 for the protestors' release.[26] He also helped organize and finance the March on Washington on August 28, 1963, delivering remarks from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial shortly before King gave his historic "I Have a Dream" speech on the National Mall.[22][27] An early supporter of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers, he asked Robert F. Early life and education[edit] Sign in Reuther's hometown of Wheeling, West Virginia The Reuthers were frugal and learned not to waste. From an early age, the Reuther boys received lessons on racism. Left home for Detroit[edit] World tour[edit] Chrysler[edit]
The Complexity and Artificial Life Research Concept for Self-Organizing Systems Simone Weil Simone Weil, 1921 Formació i primeres activitats polítiques[modifica | modifica el codi] D'origen jueu, el 1917 entra en un lycée per primera vegada, i alterna els estudis amb classes particulars i l'aprenentatge del grec antic. Des de 1927 manifesta posicions pacifistes participant en el grup Volonté de paix, fundat per Madeleine Vernet. La seva tesi de llicenciatura és Science et perception dans Descartes, escrita el 1929-1930. Després de llicenciar-se en filosofia el 1931, treballa com a professora d'aquesta matèria i de grec a l'institut de Le Puy. El 1932 visita Alemanya per conèixer-ne de prop la situació. El 1932 fa classes a l'institud d'Auxerre, on manté l'activitat sindical dins la Fédération Général de l'Enseignement, adscrita a la CGTU, i el 1933 en el de Roanne. Pacifisme i experiència a la Guerra d'Espanya[modifica | modifica el codi] Fa classes en un lycée de Bourges i, davant l'esclat de la guerra a Espanya, decideix travessar la frontera. Visita els Estats Units i Itàlia.
Why the Hacks Hate Michael Hastings One can’t doubt that the American objective in Iraq has failed. Clearly this long-haired Buckley fellow is a defeatist and ought to be ignored. Perhaps he submitted the essay in question to Rolling Stone before running it in his own magazine? Hastings refers to “the doomed offensive in Marja,” which makes it sound as though the Taliban repulsed us, when we took actually took the city (although the Taliban is still carrying out attacks). Hastings may have chosen the term “doomed” because the offensive eventually led to a problematic occupation which McChrystal himself terms an “ulcer,” due to its not having achieved what it was meant to achieve. Boot also notes how the experts quoted by Hastings are all critical of the war. … except, of course, for Gen. All of which underlines the poor judgment in giving this guy such access. Here, finally, Lowry has hit upon a valid point. Seriously, though, look at the ads in National Review some time.
Erik Verlinde - Wikipedia Erik Peter Verlinde (Dutch: [ˈeːrɪk ˈpeːtər vərˈlɪndə]; born 21 January 1962) is a Dutch theoretical physicist and string theorist. He is the identical twin brother of physicist Herman Verlinde. The Verlinde formula, which is important in conformal field theory and topological field theory, is named after him. At a symposium at the Dutch Spinoza-institute on 8 December 2009 he introduced a theory of entropic gravity. Biography[edit] That fall he began his studies in theoretical physics together with his twin brother at Utrecht University. In 1985, Verlinde started work on his PhD at Utrecht University under the formal supervision of Bernard de Wit. After his PhD, Verlinde joined the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton as a postdoctoral fellow. Major contributions[edit] Verlinde's main field of research is string theory. Verlinde formula[edit] Verlinde's PhD thesis was titled “Conformal Field Theory Applied to Strings”. Witten–Dijkgraaf–Verlinde–Verlinde equation[edit]