Full-text resources of CEJSH and other databases are now available in the new Library of Science.
Visit https://bibliotekanauki.pl

Results found: 3

first rewind previous Page / 1 next fast forward last

Search results

Search:
in the keywords:  HUMAN MIND
help Sort By:

help Limit search:
first rewind previous Page / 1 next fast forward last
1

Philosophical Premises of Malebranche's Conception of Human Knowledge

100%
Szalek P.
Przegląd Filozoficzny. Nowa Seria
|
2005
|
vol. 14
|
issue 1(53)
135-152
EN
Nicolas Malebranche developed the idea that human mind can see things in God. This epistemology had been influenced by Augustine and Descartes. The author examines these influences concentrating primarily on the anti-mentalistic conception of ideas which are endowed with an independent ontological status by Malebranche. Then he shows how Malebranche proceeded to develop the concept of 'seeing in God' in the 'Recherche de la verite and the Eclaircissement'. Malebranche uses a negative and a positive argument. The negative argument consists in rejecting competing theories of the origin of human knowledge. The positive argument claims that knowledge is based on perception of perennial archetypes of the material world by reference to their intelligible extension, and on discovery of theoretical and moral truths in the infinite mind of God.
2

JOSEPH PRIESTLEY A JEHO VYSVĚTLENÍ LIDSKÉ MYSLI A JEJÍCH PROCESŮ NA ZÁKLADĚ TEORIE VIBRACÍ

100%
Peterková Eva (0000-0003-2497-9551) E.
Filozofia (Philosophy)
|
2023
|
vol. 78
|
issue 10
879 – 891
EN
The presented article describes the theory of vibrations as we can find it in the work of Joseph Priestley. Priestley was an English polymath of the 18th century, who became known primarily for his controversial political and theological opinions, but also for his proclamation of materialism and determinism. In this article, we will focus on individual areas of his theory of perception and knowledge. It will be described how impressions, sensations and ideas arise and how even more complex operations of the mind can be explained based on this theory – the emergence of abstract ideas, thinking, memory and other mental faculties. We will also focus on the question of how it is possible to connect ideas with body movements and human will.
3

Meaning in communication and in human mind

88%
Janousek J.
Československá psychologie (Czechoslovak Psychology)
|
2004
|
vol. 48
|
issue 1
1-16
EN
An analysis is given of the interrelationship of human mind and communication on the basis of the meaning as an psychological concept. Meaning in the mind expresses the context under which the mental life goes on. Cognitive processes include meanings as interpretations of mental representations. Emotions include meanings as appraisals of situations from the point of view of benefit or menace. Regulations of behaviour and activity include meanings within purposefulness of volitional processes. The significant nature of the mind as a whole was characterized by L. S. Vygotsky and later on by A. N. Leontiev as the interrelation of meaning and sense, by C. Osgood as connotative meanings, i.e. correlations between organismic states and signs, and by J. Bruner as the intentional states realized through participation in the systems of culture. Communication, especially the verbal one, contains generalized meanings. When analyzing the emergency of speech acts different authors show that the formulation of communicative message is preceded by intention, basic scheme of utterance, inner sense, deep layer, conceptual structure, or mental model. The common denominator of these different concepts is the generality of intended message before its formulation, i.e. the generality of relevant meanings. Already the triadic theory of sign by C. S. Peirce contributed to the clarification of the general nature of schemes or meanings. According to him every genuine triad involves the idea of 'every possible something', and therefore of generality. The general nature of the meaning is given by the generalized social experience contained in it. This experience is the part of the culture as the complex of learned and shared systems of meanings. The role of the group in the arising, functioning, and development of meanings was showed already by F. Bartlett. The meaning becomes according to him real when it becomes the convention of the group. The process of conventionalisation is connected with the taking over of the cultural element by one group from the other. The nature of the meaning as the generalized social experience is connected with at least the triadic (and multiple) communication. The group character of triadic (and multiple) communication enables the alternation of immediate participation in communicative process and of the side view, from the observer‘s standpoint. The communication interconnects thus through generalized meanings the significant nature of the mind with group and sociocultural processes.
first rewind previous Page / 1 next fast forward last
JavaScript is turned off in your web browser. Turn it on to take full advantage of this site, then refresh the page.