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Charles Peck Jr deposited Medkänsla vs extrem individualism av Dawkins själviska genfel-falsk premiss “gen själviskhet kommer vanligtvis att ge upphov till själviskhet i individuellt beteende = “begränsad form av altruism” vs 7 argument som backas upp av studier:- Sprecher-Fehr sp in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoDawkins felslutning – vederläggning av att “egoism” är den vanliga normen och att det bara finns “begränsade former av altruism” Till att börja med vill jag betona att “även bakterier är mer reproduktivt framgångsrika i närvaro av andra av sin egen art.” Jag menar att bakterier har anslutningsmöjligheter för guds skull!
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Cultural and Sociological Factors in School Shootings (brief) in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoA point of information: there have been 288 school shootings in the United States since the 1990’s. Wikipedia cites 1 school shooting in India and 1 in the Philippines (I count two though the second is politically motivated. Ryan General – in his article – observes, “However, the school shootings that occur in the U.S. has never happened in the…[Read more]
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Jennifer Andrella started the topic CFP: Global Digital Humanities Symposium 2024 – Deadline to Apply October 9 in the discussion
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoThe Global Digital Humanities Symposium Planning Committee is pleased to open the Call for Proposals for the 9th annual Symposium, scheduled as a virtual event, March 18-20, 2024 and an in-person event at Michigan State University, March 22-23, 2024.
The Call for Proposals is now available in English and Spanish (links below). Proposals and…[Read more] -
Markus Putnings replied to the topic Job ads section for OA books in the discussion
Open Access Books Network on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoMy university library in Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, is continuing to develop the Open Source Academic Publishing Suite OS-APS 🚀 and we are looking for someone from publishing, media or open access with a successfully completed degree as a bachelor (m/f/d) in the library, information, IT, publishing, editing or media sciences. International…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Extreme Individualism of Dawkin’s Selfish Gene Fallacy-False Premise “gene selfishness will usually give rise to selfishness in individual behaviour = “limited form of altruism” vs studies of compassion, Sprecher-Fehr = spirituality correlation +Mannheim in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoExtreme Individualism & Dawkins Fallacy Dawkins argues that “gene selfishness will usually give rise to selfishness in individual behaviour” – That is an excellent illustration in academia of what David Hay referred to as “Extreme Individualism” – a problem in Western Academia which Virgilio Enriquez also brought to light. Virgilio Enriquez…[Read more]
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Laure Thompson started the topic CFP: TADA 2023: New Directions in Analyzing Text as Data (Deadline 8/11) in the discussion
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoTADA 2023: New Directions in Analyzing Text as Data
https://tada2023.org/
November 9th and 10th, 2023
UMass Amherst***Update: abstract submission deadline has been extended to August 11***
We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the 2023 New Directions in Analyzing Text as Data (TADA 2023), to be held November 9th and 10th, 2023, in…[Read more]
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Jonathan Rose started the topic CfP: Spectacle and Empathy: The Role of Excessive (Em)Body(ment) in Narrative in the discussion
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoCfP for seminar session at NeMLA 2024, 7 to 10 March in Boston, MA
Narratives need bodies. Stories are populated by characters whose bodies serve as focalizers for our experience of the narrated world. Certain genres, like body horror, pornography or fanfiction, are predicated on bodily excess, “spill[ing] out over the spectator and p…[Read more]
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Prof Muhammad Subhan Qureshi deposited Dairy Sience Park connecting Rumi, Iqbal, Tolerance and SDGs in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThis paper presented at the Fourth International Conference and Industrial Exhibitoion on Dairy Science Park IV, Nov 1-5, 2017, Konya, Turkey, has reviewed the philosophy of Mevlana Jalal ud Din Rumi regarding love, tolerance, respect and spiritualism; appreciating each others and knowing the value of each other. Rumi (1230) told Iqbal (1930)…[Read more]
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Prof Muhammad Subhan Qureshi deposited Dairy Sience Park connecting Rumi, Iqbal, Tolerance and SDGs in the group
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThis paper presented at the Fourth International Conference and Industrial Exhibitoion on Dairy Science Park IV, Nov 1-5, 2017, Konya, Turkey, has reviewed the philosophy of Mevlana Jalal ud Din Rumi regarding love, tolerance, respect and spiritualism; appreciating each others and knowing the value of each other. Rumi (1230) told Iqbal (1930)…[Read more]
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Lajos Brons deposited What is Real? in the group
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoTwo of the most fundamental distinctions in metaphysics are (1) that between reality (or things in themselves) and appearance, the R/A distinction, and (2) that between entities that are fundamental (or real, etcetera) and entities that are ontologically or existentially dependent, the F/D distinction. While these appear to be two very different…[Read more]
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Vitus Angermeier deposited Epidemic Prevention. Precursors of Public Health in Early Āyurveda? in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoĀyurveda, the predominant medical system in pre-modern South Asia, is by definition a very individualistic tradition of healing, discerning and treating the patients under special consideration of their personal constitution, diet, physical strength, habituation, character and age. Furthermore, the āyurvedic source texts show a strong commitment t…[Read more]
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Luis Ernesto Paz Enrique deposited Identificadores persistentes: necesidad de su uso en los procesos de edición científica in the group
Library & Information Science on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoEn la era digital actual, donde la cantidad de información generada y almacenada es abrumadora, surge el desafío de preservar y acceder a esta de manera eficiente y duradera. Los identificadores persistentes se presentan como una solución prometedora para abordar este desafío, al proporcionar una forma única y perdurable de identificar y acce…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Dawkin’s Selfish Gene Fallacy-False Premise -a “limited form of altruism” vs studies of compassion = Oxford Handbook of Compassion, Sprecher and Fehr: spirituality correlated with compassion, Battle of Somme 50,000 casualties, esprit de corps Chosin Res. in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoDawkins Fallacy – False Premise
The statement, “However, as we shall see, there are special circumstances in which a gene can achieve its own selfish goals best by fostering a limited form of altruism at the level of individual animals.” Is a fallacy/false premise Historically, compassion and self-less behaviors are not a “limited form of alt…[Read more] -
Ian Willis deposited The Sydney Harbour Bridge, an engineering marvel in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThe Sydney Harbour Bridge is an icon on the Sydney urban landscape. The bridge is an engineering marvel of modernism and the early 20th hope of a new nation.
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Charles Peck Jr deposited “McDougall’s Mente grupal: la “impulsividad irrazonable” de los grupos es muy relevante – Encuesta: los estadounidenses negros temen más ataques racistas después del tiroteo en Buffalo” (Washington Post) – con una comparación con Durkheim, Geertz, in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoComo observaron los autores del artículo “Beyond the Group Mind: A Quantitative Review of the Interindividual-Intergroup Discontinuity Effect” que se publicó en Psychological Bulletin, se estima que solo en la última década del siglo XX, las guerras mortales de lugares como Ruanda, Bosnia y Etiopía cobraron la vida de 30 millones de personas y co…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited McDougall’s Group Mind – the “Unreasoning Impulsiveness” of groups are Very Relevant .”Poll: Black Americans fear more racist attacks after Buffalo shooting” the Washington Post (published 6-9-22) – w/ comparison to Durkheim, Geertz, + Bargh’s recent res in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoAs the authors of the article “Beyond the Group Mind: A Quantitative Review of the Interindividual–Intergroup Discontinuity Effect” which was published in Psychological Bulletin, observed, It is estimated that just in the final decade of the twentieth century, the deadly wars of places like Rwanda, Bosnia, and Ethiopia claimed the lives of 30 m…[Read more]
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Sara Margaret Butler deposited “Even a Compensation Culture has its Limits: Arbitrating Homicide in Fifteenth-Century England.” in the group
Renaissance / Early Modern Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoHistorians have long argued that arbitration was the preferred means of
resolution for most disputes in later medieval England; but does this apply
also to the settlement of homicides? Despite the strenuous efforts of the
English legal system after the Norman Conquest to force homicides through
the royal courts, historians have argued that…[Read more] -
Ian Willis deposited Menangle arts hall concerts that helped war efforts – is being rebuilt in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoIn 2023 there is a vacant lot in central Menangle with a security fence. The reconstructed hall is proposed to open in 2024. On the security fence is an information sign with the hall’s history, what is happening, funding and building timeline. The information signage on the site security fence states: The existing hall is unusable due to…[Read more]
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