Class consciousness

In another attempt to question the viewer’s depiction of reality and fantasy, Laurie Simmons created her photographic installation called Two Boys. She took the ideas of the immaterial, specifically focusing on the virtual, and created a version of reality that shows that life only exists inside this digital space, and all that is left of a person outside of the space is a hollow shell. About her piece, William J. Simmons, an art theory PhD candidate states,“ [it] presents not only a vision of…

Fiction allows for people to escape from reality while existing in it at the same time. Rather than entirely disregarding the realities of the world, they can reconfigure their views of reality in whatever way they see fit. In the essay “Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become,” Barbara Fredrickson discusses how people interact with each other, and in doing so, they can share their differing views. Alternatively, the therapist Leslie Bell, in the…

John Searle argues in his article “Minds, Brains, and Computers,” that computationalism is a false logic that fails to explain the mind. In doing so, Searle distinguishes between two modes of artificial intelligence(AI)—the strong and weak AI. Searle acknowledges that the weak AI hypothesis, which claims that digital computers are merely powerful tools, could potentially be correct. However, Searle objects the strong AI hypothesis because it claims that appropriately programmed computer is not…

Reflexes and reactions are two different ways that the human body responds to external or internal stimuli. Reflexes are involuntary and send a message only through the spinal cord to act on a stimuli without any intervention from the brain. For example, sneezing is a reflex as it is an attempt to rid the body of possibly harmful particles (external stimulus) from entering the body. Another example would be immediately pulling the hand away after touching a hot (external stimulus) pot. All of…

Physicalism. Actually, Qualia is the phenomenally consciousness that people feel about their experience. Every person has his/her own way to feel about things. It largely depends on everyone’s life experience, education background, even age, occupation and gender. Moreover, as a phenomenally consciousness, Qualia must contain subjective point of view. By contrast, Physical facts are all objective. As a result, we cannot use physical facts to explain the consciousness. The same for the argument…

1*What is your impression of the denouement of "Desiree's Baby? Do you think that Armand was aware of his ancestry? Why or why not? The dénouement of “Desiree’s Baby” left me with the impression of shocked. My expectations throughout the reading did not lead me to believe a plot twist of such would occur. I also began to wonder what Armand would do with this new information of his ancestry. I do not believe that Armand was aware of his ancestry, because if he did, he would not have allowed…

of great importance to personality development, arguing that in order to develop a one’s fullest potential, there must be a synthesis between the consciousness and unconscious elements. The development of consciousness and inner development are equally important throughout life. However, we often neglect the unconscious, considering our consciousness functions as superior for meeting the demands of society (e.g., in developing a respected and professional identity in one’s line of work or being…

Kim Scott-Dorris Organizational Management Professor Abraham Step 3: Write three pages (double spaced – 12 point font) to include: A) Summarizing Carl Jung’s theory Carl Jung was one of the first people to describe introversion and extraversion in a psychological context. In Jung’s Psychological Types, he theorizes that each disposition falls into one of two categories, the introvert, and the extrovert. The introvert is focused on the internal world of reflection, dreaming, and vision.…

concrete operational stage the stage which I am experiencing in my classroom (primary class). Student at this point of development begin to think more logically, but their thinking can also be very rigid. They tend to struggle with abstract and hypothetical concepts. At this point, children also become less ego centric and begin to think about how other people might think and feel. When I absorb this stage into my class students and my school environment, even though they have good idea and…

In his essay “The Uncanny”, Sigmund Freud attempts to explain the concept of “the uncanny” by using two methods: defining the word through language and analyzing individual experiences. In order to support his claims and illustrate the notion of “the uncanny”, he uses E.T.A. Hoffman’s story “The Sandman”. Despite the fact that this text is intriguing and at first sight appealing, Freud fails to convince his readers that he has discovered the true meaning of “the uncanny” because he struggles…