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To Enact a World Through Ongoing Adaptive Interaction with the Physical Environment
TO ENACT A WORLD THROUGH ONGOING ADAPTIVE INTERACTION WITH THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT …….take notes……. Sentient beings are not understood as heteronomous, mechanical input-output systems, but rather as dynamic, autonomous systems that regulate their ongoing coupling with the environment. Autonomous systems, then, involve emergent processes. As Thompson describes, “An emergent process belongs to an ensemble or […]
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Unification to the General System of Nature (Mutual Guarantee)
“We need to have our own input in our development. We have to strive for the unification of all of the parts of nature and understand that this is the highest degree of our development; this gives us the “human” form. By doing this we acquire the integral force of nature and guide the human […]
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The Egalitarian Dimension of Human Rights – Equality
‘A remarkable feature of the robust and nuanced contemporary philosophical literature on egalitarianism is its lack of engagement with the theory and practice of human rights. This disconnect is puzzling because the modern human rights movement is arguably the most salient and powerful manifestation of a commitment to equality in our time. Perhaps philosophers writing […]