Concept Of Reality Research Articles

Explanationism versus Modalism in Debunking (and Theory Choice)

Abstract At the core of the recent debate over moral debunking arguments is a disagreement between explanationist and modalist approaches. Explanationists think that the lack of an explanatory connection between our moral beliefs and the moral truths, given a non-naturalist realist conception of morality, is a reason to reject non-naturalism. Modalists disagree. They say that, given non-naturalism, our beliefs have the appropriate modal features with respect to truth – in particular they are safe and sensitive – so there is no problem. There is a stand-off here. I argue, though, that by looking at the role explanatory and modal factors have to play in theory choice more generally, and, in particular, by considering the practice of theory choice in science, we can see that the explanationist is right. The lack of an explanatory connection between our moral beliefs and the moral truths is a reason to reject non-naturalist realism about morality.

Virtual reality and augmented reality teaching human-computer interaction technology application

Virtual reality, as the basic content of interpersonal interaction application research and practical exploration, has been widely concerned in the field of education, which can not only create a new learning interaction mode for students, but also understand and analyze theoretical skills in the immersive. Therefore, after understanding the basic concepts of virtual reality and augmented reality, this paper mainly studies the application ways of teaching interpersonal interaction technology according to the reform needs of the current education field.

A Theory of Planetary Social Pedagogy

AbstractThe escalating planetary crises of human‐induced climate change, the depletion of natural resources, and declining biodiversity call for urgent actions to be taken at all levels of society and by the global community. The current political strategy for a sustainable future that emphasizes economic and technological progress is insufficient to bring about the change required; an educational approach based on identities, values, ethics, and new worldviews is also needed. In this article Arto O. Salonen and his coauthors consider the kind of pedagogy that could support a transformation of the human conception of reality into a form that both recognizes the connections and interactions between people, society, and the planet, and imparts an ethical orientation to action that strengthens the health and integrity of all entities. A theory of planetary social pedagogy (PSP) is based on traditional social pedagogy, which provides a theoretical framework for formal, nonformal, and informal education. PSP aims at building a deep holistic understanding of the relationship between the individual, society, and Earth by integrating the fragmented human conception and experience of reality by uniting the three dimensions of a social‐ecological worldview: spatial, temporal, and ethical. Moreover, PSP is a cyclical learning process that alternates between cognitive, metacognitive, and epistemic levels of learning. The ultimate goal of using PSP is to lay the foundation for a fundamental transformation of the ideals, values, and culture that shape human behavior in ways necessary for securing a sustainable future.

Reality Concept in the Transformation of Space Perception: The Reading of Pleasantville Film

Kent kavramının, mekânsal sınırların dönüşümüyle farklı bir tanımlamaya gereksinim duyacağı açıktır. Mimari kapsamda kent, mekân, yer, ortam ve bağlam gibi kavramlarda anlam dönüşümü yaşanabilecektir. Sosyolojik açıdan bakıldığında kolektif birliktelik ortamına altlık hazırlayan kentler, yeni sanal mekânlarda buna gereksinim duymadan yeni bir kolektif şehir hakkına sahip olabilecektir. Eski veya gerçek diye adlandırılan kentteki birçok mekânsa gerek fiziksel kullanım gerek sosyolojik anlam olarak yerini boşluklara bırakabilecektir. Bu çalışma kapsamında yeni şehir hakkı kavramına erişim sürecindeki mekânsal anlam dönüşümleri, Siegfried Kracauer’in görüşlerinden yararlanılarak Pleasantville (Yaşamın Renkleri) filminin okunmasıyla bir doküman analizi yapılmıştır. Kracauer’in modernizm mekânları üzerine görüşleri, maddesellik ve evsizlik formu kavramları hem kendi dönemi içerisinde hem de günümüz bağlamında irdelenmiştir. Bu içerikteki eleştiri metinleri, kitaplar ve filmler doküman analizinin bileşenlerini oluşturmuştur. Sosyolojik açıdan kolektif farkındalık dönemine tanıklık ettiren film aracılığıyla, günümüze ve geleceğe ilişkin yeni şehir hakkı arayışını tartışmak amaçlanmıştır. İçinde bulunulan kırılma dönemini öncekilerden ayıran durum alternatif bir sanal ortamın yeni kentsel mekân oluşumuna zemin hazırlıyor oluşudur. Dolayısıyla tamamen yeni bir düzenin, yaşantının ve belleğin gelişimini gözlemlemek ve bunlara ilişkin bileşenlerin yeniden tanımlanması söz konusudur. Olası yeni mekânların yeni haklara gereksinim duyabileceği; bu hakların sanal veya gerçek ortam ayırt etmeksizin kolektif bir aradalıklar olmadan etken olabilmesinin güçlüğü üzerinden tartışmanın değerlendirmesi tamamlanmıştır.

Civil-legal and other obligations: nature, essence, distinctive characteristics

The article analyzes the category “obligations”. It is emphasized that in addition to civil legal obligations, it is expedient (after the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine) to consider (discuss) the existence of obligations that do not coincide with the above-mentioned content. The full-scale invasion of the russian federation into Ukraine led to many destructions in various spheres of human life and infrastructural spheres of the state. Legal norms, institutions and principles take not the last place among such destructions, which include, first of all, the human right to peace, the right to life, a group of economic, personal, labor, political, etc. rights. Apparently, it is difficult to name such a sphere that would not be affected by the above mentioned destructions. However, today we can and should also talk about the occurrence, appearance of new phenomena, including in the legal sphere, as well as new concepts (phenomena), legal least, representatives of the general theories of law. In particular, for the attention of scientists and all interested persons, we would like to present the following concept (phenomenon) of legal reality for discussion and debate. We would like to analyze the term (in the broadest sense) “obligations”, defining its nature, essence, signs and types. We will immediately note that we will consider the “usual” category of civil-law obligations and obligations that arise in the legal sphere (plane), but are not civil-law. The purpose of the article is to emphasize the need to consider the possible separation of obligations that are “close” in nature and essence, but do not generally coincide with civil law obligations. Among the problematic issues of modern legal development in the mentioned context, the greatest “specific weight” falls precisely on the study of civil legal obligations in the context of processes of recodification of civil legislation (N. Kuznetsova, O. Kot, E. Kharitonov, O. Kharitonova, Y. Shevchenko). Summarizing, we will be able to conceive that today there are all grounds for a “broader”, different only from the established consideration of the nature and essence of the phenomenon of “obligations”, namely, in addition to the nature of civil legal obligations, it is possible to distinguish “obligations” that have a different nature and essence. In no way pretending to revise the established civil canons, we invite you to a discussion on the specified obligations and to study their nature and essence. Key words: obligations, principles of law, civil legal obligations, justice, reasonableness, good faith

SPARSHA-AR an Android Application for the Visualization of Aero Engine Components’ Assemblies and Sub-Assemblies Using Augmented Reality Environment

Abstract: In this project we are applying the concept of Augmented Reality (AR) to display the Aero engine components’ assemblies and sub assemblies. We are displaying those components in Android Smartphone in more attractive way by enabling the user to interact with those components’ using Android Smartphone and Windows PC. Also, as part of the project we have made it possible to display the information of respective model along with voice read out complete description of model simultaneously.

Leveraging autonomous weapon systems: realism and humanitarianism in modern warfare

Autonomous weapon systems (AWS) are considered particularly dangerous because they could make war somewhat independent of humans. Should that be the case-some argue-there would be neither rules nor empathy or compassion on the battlefield, and we would no longer know who was responsible for the crimes committed. For these reasons, a vast movement committed to banning such weapons emerged. Sharing the goal of greater compliance with the humanitarian law and-at the same time-embracing a realist conception of relations between groups and states, in this article we argue in favor of the idea that the technological development of AWS, in particular the possibility of observing and directing any warfare action remotely, opens new opportunities for the regulation of military actions. We also claim that a ban of such weapons is likely to be not only ineffective but also factually unrealistic; so, we propose to encourage research on AWS with the goal of embedding in them strict constraints of use. The idea is that the process will be triggering more humane conflicts in compliance with international law. To this extent, we suggest the establishment of ‘war juries’ composed of representative citizens, who would monitor all military actions of their country and decide how and when to limit them.

The Norms of Realism and the Case of Non-Traditional Casting

This paper concerns the conditions under which realism is an artistic merit in perceptual narratives, and its consequences for the practice of non-traditional casting. Perceptual narratives are narrative representations that perceptually represent at least some of their contents, and include works of film, television, theatre and opera. On certain construals of the conditions under which realism is an artistic merit in such works, non-traditional casting, however morally merited, is often artistically flawed. I defend an alternative view of the conditions under which realism is an artistic merit in perceptual narratives. I identify the two forms of realism at issue in debates about the artistic merits of non-traditional casting, and identify the artistic norms that determine the conditions under which each constitutes an artistic merit. I argue that, independently of the relation between moral merits and artistic merits, non-traditional casting violates these norms less often than is sometimes assumed. Moreover, in certain circumstances, non-traditional casting affects realism in artistically meritorious ways. I conclude by considering the implications of my view for the practice of whitewashing.

Do Kuhnians have to be anti-realists? Towards a realist reconception of Kuhn’s historiography

It is quite unequivocal that Kuhn was committed to (some version of) naturalism; that he defended, especially in his later work, the autonomy of scientific rationality; and that he rejected the correspondence theory of truth, i.e., the traditional realistic conception of the world’s mind-independence. In this paper, I argue that these three philosophical perspectives form an uneasy triangle, for while it is possible to coherently defend each of them separately or two of them combined, holding all three leads to incoherence. Hence, the only option is to reject one of them in a way that is both compatible with Kuhnian historiography and philosophically fruitful. My purpose in this paper is not exegetical. My ambition is to sketch a coherent philosophical framework which does justice to Kuhn’s historiographical model for scientific change and avoids the philosophical costs of relativism and anti-naturalism. In particular, I argue in favor of the following interconnected positions: (1) Given the role of anomalies in Kuhn’s historiographical model, the latter satisfies the two fundamental conditions for acknowledging the mind-independence of the world: the ‘irreducibility condition’ and the ‘objectivity condition’, (2) Kuhn’s rejection of the notion of an ‘Archimedean platform’ does not entail that the truth-value of beliefs doesn’t play a role in the explanation of their change, (3) Adopting scientific realism is the only way to defend the autonomy of scientific rationality within a naturalistic philosophical framework. However, adopting realism leads to a liberal rather than an eliminative version of naturalism.

Lines Telling ‘Real’ Stories. A Conversation with Elettra Stamboulis on the Rise and Development of Graphic Journalism in Italy

ABSTRACT This conversation with Elettra Stamboulis retraces the transnational context of the rise and development of comics journalism in Italy, illuminating its distinctive political and intellectual background. Stamboulis speaks about the concept of Reality based comics from its impact on the thriving Italian underground cultures of the 1980s and 1990s to the development into the Italian Fumetto di realtà at the turn of the 21st century. From her unique perspective as a comics author, curator, translator and activist, Stamboulis speaks about the encounter with Joe Sacco, which had a profound impact on a generation of Italian authors, and the curatorial and creative practices developed with Gianluca Costantini for the Komikazen International Festival of Reality Comics (2005–2015). Komikazen activated a vibrant and diverse scene of authors, activists and independent publishers from the Mediterranean and the Middle East, and its political and translational ethos would further expand into the magazines Inguine(Mah!)Gazine and G.I.U.D.A. Stamboulis’ intellectual and creative trajectory testifies to a collective research process that has been pushing the boundaries of the comics medium and exploring the intersection of reality, subjectivity and memory while tracing new transnational geographies. In this interview she reflects on the ambitions, practices, and continuing developments of these experiences.

THE BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE AUGMENTED REALITY RESEARCH CARRIED OUT WITH THE EXPERIMENTAL METHOD PUBLISHED IN SCOPUS BETWEEN 2012-2022

This study aims to make a bibliometric analysis of the augmented reality articles carried out with the experimental method between 2012 and 2022 in the Scopus database. To realize the aim of the research, 255 articles published between 2012-2022 were reached. The bibliometric data of 255 articles from the Scopus database were analyzed using VOS viewer 1.6.18 software and visualized with the Tableau software. According to the research findings, 255 articles were produced by researchers from 49 different countries. According to co-authorship networks, six different clusters were formed. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology is the leading institution in AR research with the experimental method. The 255 articles reviewed were published in 159 different journals. Interactive Learning Environments journal ranks first with 13 publications by far, while Computers and Education journal stands out with 878 citations in terms of the number of citations. When the keywords used in the articles were examined, it was seen that the concepts of virtual reality, mobile learning, motivation, and cognitive load came to the fore. The results obtained within the scope of the research were shared by discussing with other study findings obtained from the literature.

Evolution of Self: Exploration of Personality Development in Kamila Shamsie's Selective Novel

The persona of Hasan in Kamila Shamsie’s novel In the City By the Sea is a complicated and multi-faceted character whose adventure from childhood to adulthood illustrates his cognitive and psychosocial improvement in the story. In this paper, we have analyzed Hasan's character focusing on his cognitive maturity and social development, discovering through his life experiences and relationships his idea of self and the world around him. Our discussion draws on Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, explaining the ways Hasan's conception of reality and truth undergoes evolution over time as he progresses from a concrete, sensorimotor awareness of the world to greater abstract, formal operational understanding. We additionally utilize Erikson's ideas on psychosocial development, especially the stage of identity versus identity confusion in his theory and the blossoming of Hasan's ego identity. The paper argues that Hasan's immediate life experiences and relationships play an essential function in shaping his idea of himself and the surrounding world. In conclusion, our research offers an insightful interpretation of Hasan's portrayal in the novel, exploring the functioning of cognitive and psychosocial growth at work in his progression from formative years to maturity. The current research highlights the utility of Piaget and Erikson's theories to interpret literary characters and unpack the interplay of both nature and nurture in comprehending the complex phenomenon of human development.

Using Mixed Reality for Iterative Sketching and Prototyping in Product Design

Abstract: Mixed reality (MR) integrates virtual objects and environments with the real-world using sensors, cameras, and displays. Unlike virtual reality, which is completely immersive, MR allows users to interact with virtual objects while still being aware of the physical environment. This technology can be applied to education, healthcare, entertainment, and product design. MR can simulate user experiences, allowing designers to test the usability and functionality of their designs before they are manufactured. In education, MR provides immersive learning experiences that allow students to explore and interact with virtual objects in a real-world context. For example, MR can create interactive educational simulations that enable students to explore complex scientific concepts or historical events. In healthcare, MR simulates medical procedures, allowing medical professionals to practice and improve their skills in a safe and controlled environment. MR can also be used for patient education, allowing patients to visualize and better understand medical conditions and procedures. Overall, MR offers a unique opportunity to integrate virtual and real-world environments, providing a powerful tool for various industries. A visual interface is a computerized representation of a user interface that may or may not correspond to the physical interface controller. Virtual interface designs are static in nature, representing signals used to connect design modules and physical products. With the advent of the internet and its technologies, newer possibilities for remote access to technology have emerged, such as the concept of virtual reality. Virtual reality uses graphical displays to represent objects or scenes in three dimensions, making it easier for users to visualize real-world objects, scenes, or processes. This technology combines visual representations of 3D elements and objects, such as polygons and surfaces, to create a computer-generated scene that resembles a real environment. This scene is known as virtual reality, and it is often projected as what is popularly known as a "virtual world.

Virtual Tour with Voice Assistant using Extended Reality

We are all aware that virtual reality is a new emerging technology in the modern era. Virtual reality has enormous potential across many industries like Education, Hospitality, Gaming, Army, Tourism, etc. It is the medium of creating our own world, our own customized reality. In this paper, we discussed the extended reality concepts to make the virtual tour of the college campus with real voice assistant service that based on IoT concept. It is the key to experiencing, feeling and touching the college premises, using VR Technology. With this project any of guests want to visit the college premises, He/She can do virtually with our assistant service. In hectic schedules, colleges are facing difficulties during visiting the college to the parents because all faculty members have their other work to do. With this problem, the virtual tour is a solution. So we make the virtual tour with unique voice assistant facility on the concept of IoT technology which will provide the information regarding the place where the visitor will enter for visit by the help of VR Headset.

WORLDVIEW, THINKING AND HISTORY

The goal of this article is to find out the influence of worldview on thinking and historical writing. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study is the author's idealistic approach. The article shows the influence of worldview on the process of thinking and creating an image of the past. The role of ideas in the process of perception of the external world, the formation of experience and imagination is determined. The dependence of the way of thinking on the dominant worldview in the mind of the historian is substantiated. The possibility and conditions for understanding the thinking and logic of people of a certain historical era are revealed. The characteristics of the ways of thinking in different worldview eras are given. The influence of the worldview on the historical actions of people is clarified, and the concept of subjective-objective reality is substantiated. In conclusion, the author concludes that the way of thinking and its logic are determined by the dominant worldview. The worldview and the corresponding way of thinking determine the historical activity of a person, therefore the main task of the historian in creating an image of the past is to understand what ideas underlay historical action.

Chambers of Consciousness and Houses of Life: Nietzschean Hermeneutics in Arthur Machen’s The Great God Pan

This article provides a comparative study of the underlying cognitive structures laid out in Arthur Machen’s decadent novella The Great God Pan (1894) and Friedrich Nietzsche’s “On Truth and Lying in a Non-Moral Sense” (1873). It scrutinizes the images of the “chamber of consciousness” and “the house of life”, deployed by the German philosopher and the Welsh author respectively, and explores how the use and the stylistic qualities of both images affect and determine the overall conception of reality exposed in each work. This analysis helps identify Nietzschean undertones in Machen’s novella, which, in turn, allows an interpretation of The Great God Pan through the lens of Nietzsche’s discourses on cognition and reality. The reading resulting from the analysis puts forward two conclusions. Firstly, Nietzsche’s concept of “Dionysian wisdom” brings to light and informs a specific and yet unexplored source of horror in Machen’s novella, i.e., the feeling of revulsion developed by Helen Vaughn’s victims after they experience Dionysian rapture. Secondly, the analysis of the concepts of reality implied in Nietzsche’s and Machen’s imagery contributes an argument for the idea of reality as becoming in the context of Machen’s novella.

Penerapan Augmented Reality sebagai Media Pembelajaran Perubahan Wujud Benda untuk Sekolah Dasar Berbasis Android

The COVID 19 outbreak has had a tremendous impact. In Indonesia in the education sector, face-to-face learning in the classroom is replaced by online learning by utilizing internet applications and technology. With such sudden changes in learning methods, UNICEF Indonesia and the Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia conducted a survey on the level of development and satisfaction in learning, and the results in elementary school learning are very many children who find it difficult to learn and understand the material, especially materials that require time, practice and reasoning, as well as material Changes in The Form of Objects in the subjects of Natural Sciences Elementary School Third grade. With such case studies, the authors provide solutions by providing more interesting and easy-to-understand learning methods, namely using the concept of Augmented Reality. This android-based Perwuda CPG app combines the concept of markers in the form of picture cards with Augmented Reality apps. Markers contained on the picture card will be captured by the camera from the smartphone device and then processed to bring up 3D objects and some 3D objects that have been animated from changes in the shape of objects on the layer in realtime. The results of this Perwuda CPG trial on several types of smartphones show that all functions in the Application are running well. Then for user satisfaction researchers use heuristic evaluation method with 10 heuristics to three expert usability evaluators. There are 30 questions for each evaluator, in evaluating the application evaluators find problems, but the problem is found by some evaluators only, where the first evaluator finds 17 problems, the second evaluator finds 6 problems, the third evaluator finds 12 problems. The results of each evaluator in the number and in average so as to produce the highest severity rating for CPG application problems that is in visibility of system status with an average number of values - average value of 1.22, and severity rating is the lowest consistency and standards with an average number - average value of 0.22

Curriculum and the cultivation of critical thinking: A critical realist conception

In this article, we offer a critical realist conception of curriculum that aims to cultivate critical thinking (CT) and liberate students from egocentric rationality. We first examine egocentric rationality as a problem emerging from the technicist paradigm of cultivating CT in higher education, exemplified by issues arising from the pedagogical activity of debate. We then examine existing approaches to cultivating CT, focusing on the extent to which their goals and conceptions of CT could liberate students from egocentric rationality. Drawing on Roy Bhaskar’s stratified conception of being and principle of immanent critique, we offer a critical realist conception of curriculum, explaining its definition of CT as the capacity for self-critique. We shall illustrate, in the context of an undergraduate debate course, how such capacity can be developed in order to liberate students from egocentric rationality. Curriculum is thus a critical praxis, a created space where student’s CT develops in a way that is intrinsically entwined with their being and becoming. This article extends the philosophical basis for integrating CT with curriculum and offers pedagogical implications.

The Parallel Reality Technology

Parallel Reality (PR) is a technology introduced by Misapplied Science at the CES consumer technology fair held in the United States in 2020. This technology makes it possible to simultaneously show different contents for each of the dozens of people in the same place on a single screen. Unlike augmented or virtual reality, this reality does not require people to have extra equipment such as cell phones or special glasses. The pixels can transmit contents according to the viewing angle of the people in front of the screen. In addition, contents can follow the location of people through a sensor integrated into the system. Thanks to this sensor, the image for each person is displayed in such a way that they can only see it from the angle they are in. Thus, unique and personalized content can simultaneously be displayed for each person in crowded environments. As with augmented, virtual, and mixed reality, the parallel reality is a product of high technology. Therefore, this study compares the concept of parallel reality with other types of realities in various contexts, explains its working principles in detail, and provides examples of its application areas. This technology can be used effectively, especially for educational purposes. In addition, in the last part of the research, the researcher proposed a new value term to be used in parallel reality. It is thought that this article will make valuable contributions to the field, as it will be the first study in the field of education and educational technologies, and this type of reality will affect many areas.

Entheogens, Healing, and the Sacred

The quest for more holistic forms of treatment and healing in modern psychology has been provoked by its sole focus on the management of symptoms. This has led to an alarming rise in the use of psychedelic substances. Yet the true cause behind these maladies of the mind is the burgeoning ‘crisis of meaning’ that we find in the world today. This largely undiagnosed predicament has led to religion being supplanted by psychology, and to the realm of the psyche becoming confused with that of the spiritual. Modern societies have clearly lost a sense of the sacred. To the extent that we fail to see this, the use of entheogens will never be able to replace a true “science of the soul,” which offers a more satisfying conception of reality, and a fuller understanding of what it means to be human. In this way, we may discover a properly integrated approach to healing that is grounded in the deeper wisdom to be found in the world’s time-honored spiritual traditions.