Humanistic Thinking Research Articles

Technique, Technologies, Ontology: Philosophical, Sociological and Communicative Aspects

The article gives a review of scientific conference ‘Technique, Technologies, Ontology: Philosophical, Sociological and Communicative Aspects’ held at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. The text represents the course of the conference and the main thoughts of speakers. The topics explored in this scientific event were the following: human being and biorobots, ethics of technology, the conception of human in transhumanism, paradoxes of media technology, technological thinking and catastrophes of humanity, the psychology of engineer in literature, technology of capitalism, philosophy of A. Šliogeris, modern technologies and mythical consciousness, ontology of instrumentality, postsecularity and biotechnologies, fake news, technologies of propaganda, human being and information technologies, technology of virtual learning environment in the process of studying.

Effects of Social Stigma on the Sick People of COVID-2019 in the Community of the World

Social stigma is the fear and terror which disturb the function of the mind and latter on affect the other system of the body. Seeing to its importance the present study was arranged since 13th, May, 2020. The major objective was that to see the effects of social stigma on the sick people of COVID2019 in the community of the world. Secondary data was used and total 25 articles were downloaded from the net and read many times and analyzed the situation and wrote the result. The result indicates that social stigma and covid-2019 have a positive relationship. The Corona is not so danger but the social stigma creates different problems in the community of the world which not only kill the human being but also affect their socioeconomic condition and ruin the economy of the world. The people feel terror and fear and because of this mind disturb which further affect other function of the human being which latter on affect the economic development of the world. The social stigma is link with different factors, such as racism, tobacco, poverty. nationalism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, ageism, fake media, less fund, less medical facilities, less doctors, less transport facilities. Non Locked down of boundaries, and Good supervision. So WHO explain that only listen to those media which are true and avoid that media which is fake in the world. Now a day on YouTube different type videos are uploaded but everyone only focus on the view and want that how to increase their view about COVID-2019 for earn the money. Such types Videos topic create terror and increase the heart attack in the world. So think about the media how much the information is correct. The study also explains that one approach should be applied for pandemic control in the world. Do not see to racism, nationalism, ageism and sexism but only focus on the problem control of COVID-2019. Similarly Such types stereotypes persons create social stigma in the world community which resist in real problem solution. They focus only their nation but cannot thinking of the world humanity. Through this way problem increases and the pandemics spread to the whole world then control is difficult. So the study recommend that to stand unite against the problems solution and give respect to health services department because in this time they work like the front line soldier. During treatment the virus mostly infect the Doctors and their staffs, so encouragement is required by government of the world and one step promotion is recommended for that staffs, who involve against corona virus fighting. Also help those people who before were employed but now they are unemployed. Through unemployment the social stigma increases. Fake Generalist should be punished by each government of the world. Community awareness should be advertised by social media. Always help the government in funding for medical facilities. Through this way social stigma should be controlled. Principles of the pandemic should be taught at soft language through media. Do not afraid from pandemic but encourage to people of the world for COVID-2019. Do not create social stigma in the community of the world but try for its solution because it is the social stigma which have affected the people of the world and its economy.

Discourse of Inclusion in the Complexity Era: In the BRICS Space

The relevance of the study is explained by the need to comprehend the expansion of the inclusion discourse in the situation of continuing complication of socio-cultural interaction in the BRICS countries. The modern society’s growing need to create an inclusive community, which professes the values of diversity, is associated with the complication of the socio-cultural landscape. The concept of inclusion complexity as a form of thinking that diagnoses and overcomes the devaluation of a person in all possible contexts are presented in the research by the example of the diverse experience of inclusive initiatives’ deployment in the BRICS countries. The authors emphasise that an adequate study of this phenomenon is impossible outside the study of each country’s socio-cultural experience. For optimal results, it was essential to analyse and describe the processes of inclusion formation in the BRICS format in the context of comparing existing approaches. It allowed both to identify the national specifics and to identify the universal mechanisms of inclusion formation as of a modern cultural phenomenon. The authors conceptualize the need to maintain dependencies between different types of social experience in South Africa, which reveals the importance of a comprehensive approach to overcoming existing problems connected with poverty, inequality, gender issues, and existing unemployment. The research describes the experience of implementing the inclusion policy in the sphere of culture and education in Brazil and India. Various aspects of inclusion formation in China are revealed: it is emphasized that the negative attitude towards people with health disorders is due to the socio-cultural context. The problems of financial inclusion are considered in the context of the experience of their solvation in China and India. The authors turn to the diverse experience of implementing inclusive initiatives in Russia, demonstrating the complexity of inclusion formation as a new form of humanistic thinking.

Analysis Students’ Conception Using Four-Tier Diagnostic Test for Dynamic Fluid Concepts

Based on the interview carried out by the authors to the students in Senior High School 1 Sidoarjo, East Java on Physics subject, it was obtained the fact that the Physics lesson was considered as a difficult subject. The most reason was that Physics contained many formulas and concepts which were not clearly taught by the teacher. Such situation has potentially caused misconceptions to the students. This paper reports the work to identify the conceptions of 11th grade Science class students of Senior High School 1 Sidoarjo, East Java on Dynamic Fluid concepts using a four-tier format of misconception diagnostic test. The causes of misconceptions were analyzed based on the internal aspects of students, namely preconception, associative thinking, humanistic thinking, incomplete or wrong reasoning and wrong intuition. The instrument consists of 15 numbers of multiple choice questions. The results showed that most students have scientific conception while the rest experienced misconception. The most misconception occured on the Bernoulli’s Law and its applications due to incomplete reason.

Identify 11th Grade of Senior High School Jogoroto students’ misconceptions on Dynamic Rotation and Rigid Body Equilibrium concepts using Four-Tier Diagnostic Test

Understanding physics concepts is the main goal of learning process in school. However, it was frequently found that students faced difficulties to understand the concepts on physics taught in class. These difficulties mainly due to the difference between students ’ initial knowledge and the concepts taught by the teacher. For example, students assumed that a top can spin for a long time due to big speed of rotation, so it can maintain the spinning balance. However according to physics concept, the longer spinning balance is caused by the moment inertia is big. When the angular momentum of the top is conserved, the moment inertia can maintain the spinning of the top. This assumption frequently called as preconceptions. The incompatibility of preconceptions with the physics concepts above may lead misconceptions. This study aims to identify conception of students one science class in Senior High School of Jogoroto, Jombang on Dynamic Rotation and Rigid Body Equilibrium and their causes using four-tier diagnostic test. A total of 30 students participated in this study. The instrumen contains 16 numbers of physics-concepts questions. The highest conception is dominated by misconceptions that occur in rotational motion, equilibrium and center of gravity concepts was due to humanistic thinking and praconception.

Interseccions entre imatge, art i tecnologia per a la construcció de coneixements sensibles.

This article analyses the historical connections and repercussions of the photographic image and the growth of new information and communication technologies. It explores the ability of artistic photography to promote thought and knowledge, and to position itself as one of the most important educational media in contemporary culture. It establishes the positions of humanist thinking regarding these technological developments and the role of artistic photography as a trigger of critical thinking, and an alternative to textual discourse. Focusing on this recent groundbreaking evolution, the article also studies the importance of photography in the advancement of technology itself and the possible impact on contemporary culture and on the configuration of thought and collective creativity in the world. Finally, it analyses the importance and the connection that photography, in relation to technology, has with the arts and aesthetics and the role of technology as a driving force behind processes of knowledge creation via images.

The role of historical and philosophical thinking in the formation of the philosophy of independent Uzbekistan

Today's changes in the life of our country are being organized on the basis of the outlook and national development of our people and our nation. This chosen path is a peculiar way of thinking of development, and its content requires conformity with the mentality of the nation. Independent Uzbekistan, from ancient times, has its own history and traditions of succession, we can observe the effects to the natural and geographical role, historical conditions and place, significance, the role, originality of ancient civilization of the world, and even the formation of other peoples’ philosophical thinking based on the genesis of philosophical history. Unfortunately, the totalitarian regime has not only limited our history of philosophy but also made changes. These changes have not only changed our history, but also our philosophical thinking. Of course, this injustice is not only a major social and political mistake in the history of Uzbek philosophy, but also a great disparity in the historical and philosophical thinking of the whole humanity. Our newly independent state has committed a great deal of responsibility to shed light on our true history. This commitment was undertaken by Uzbek scientists, and based on our spiritual heritage, they have been scientifically grounded and objectively investigated: “With the efforts of Uzbek scientists, many important pages of our history, first of all, the Timurid period, the second half of the 19th and the 20th centuries, were rediscovered.

Cultural Creative Product Design from the Perspective of Chinese Ancient Ware Modelling

As a high value-added product, cultural creative products emphasize the cultural connotation of products. Taking tourist souvenirs as an example, the country vigorously develops the green economy represented by tourism, which drives the rise of cultural creative product design. How to design excellent cultural creative products has become a realistic topic. Ancient Chinese artefacts have inherited and accumulated a long tradition of culture, and shaped excellent creative products worthy of our learning and reference. This paper discusses the cultural connotation, cultural integration and humanistic thoughts of the design of ancient Chinese artefacts and provides useful ideas for the design of cultural creative products today.

科幻小说的本体性知识：类型、要素与边界

We need three types of knowledge to support reading science fiction at least. Ontology knowledge is not only the lever to mobilize the other two kinds of knowledge to participate in reading, but also the key to avoid misreading, including stylistic knowledge such as concept, type, elements and boundary determination. In terms of type, science fiction is divided into two categories , in addition to the theory of “soft and hard”, the eight types determined from the perspective of subject matter are generally recognized by researchers. “Scientific elements”, “strange environment”, “humanistic thinking” and “logical self-consistency” are necessary elements of science fictions. Together with the literary attributes and scientific boundaries of science fictions, they define the creative territory and reading vision of this kind of novels.

On (Quasi-)Gnostic Strategies for Overcoming Cognitive Dissonance. The Bulgarian Case

The article poses a research question, important not only in the studies on (neo-)gnosticism, concerning the relationship between the gnostic strategies of interpreting the world (and especially its typical rules of classifying people, based on the externalization of evil) and the tendency to construct a figure of “hylic” as a person embodying evil, and thus “unworthy of life”. In this context, the author is interested in the dynamics of the relationship between the religious worldview declared by the authors, the one they actually profess, and their attitude towards the so-called Jewish question. Bulgarian material, which is a case of a particular kind of aporia, cognitive dissonances emerging due to tension between the pressure of cultural stereotypes, pragmatic (economic), religious, parareligious and humanistic thinking, has been analyzed on the basis of post-secular thought. The investigator posits that Bulgarian culture, despite the “economic” anti-Semitism that exists within it, did not produce a figure of a Jew the hylic that absorbs all evil and that could be inscribed (as is the case in popular Polish culture, among others) in every troublesome local political and symbolic context.

Intertwining globality and locality: bibliometric analysis based on the top geography annual conferences in America and China

Academic conferences are key places for knowledge communication, innovation and production. Since the papers from large geography conferences are an important manifestation of the trending topics and frontiers of geographical research, we break through the limitations of traditional conference reviews through implementation of a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of conference papers. This is of great significance for understanding the subject characteristics and communication modes of academic geography. This article argues that: the American Association of Geographers’ Annual Meeting (hereinafter referred to as AAG) and China Conference on Geography (CCG) have both similarities and differences in their characteristics, especially in their focus on specific geographical problems; under the influence of the conference history, academic authority, and institutional culture, AAG and CCG respectively highlight “globality” and “locality” characteristics, and there are partial common concerns and multiple interweavings on global and local research topics. Compared with AAG’s diversified technical applications and sub-discipline development, CCG has neglected humanistic thinking in the empirical bias. With the continuous intersection and integration of different disciplines or areas, the geography of each country in the future should jointly enhance the inclusiveness and openness of academic conferences to promote academic freedom and develop solutions to geographic issues.

Reviving critical thinking and sense of ethics and humanity through “Exploring Human Enhancement Technology”

Background The advancement of human enhancement technology (HET) has raised concerns among bioethicist due to its potential to undermine human nature. The existence and application of this technology in medical practice is inevitable facts which shifted medical practice. Medical education institutions have no choice except to prepare and equip future doctors with moral and ethical capacity to deal with this challenge, hence the development of this HET module.ObjectiveOur study aimed to explore students’ perspectives and acceptance of the HET module.MethodWe asked students to write daily commentaries expressing their perspectives and acceptance throughout the module. Content analysis was performed on these textual data based on three main issues: (1) opinions on the module design (contents and methods); (2) reflections on overall learning experiences; and (3) applicability of the knowledge and skills. We analysed students’ grade to confirm achievements of learning objectives and effectivity of the module.Results A total of 78 medical students self-enrolled into this elective module in 2015 and 2016, and wrote daily commentaries posted online. Most students thought that the teaching methods were stimulating critical thinking, encouraging open-safe discussion, and sensitizing students to humanity issues. Topics related to ethics, humanities, and social sciences discussed were perceived as interesting and provided new perspectives. In overall reflection, students felt for the 1sttime in medical school they had an enjoyable yet life-changing learning experience through this module. Students were inspired to use the knowledge and skills gained from this module to be better doctors, deliver comprehensive patient care, and contribute more to humanity. The LOs were well achieved as indicated with the students’ understanding of the HET concept and discourses, and their ability to show critical analysis, build and present logical-ethical arguments, and suggest a recommendation for better HET application in their group as well as individual works.ConclusionThe module was delivered effectively and well accepted by the students. Most importantly, the module had successfully engaged students in various personalized form and influenced students’ positive transformation regarding personal, academic and professional commitments. The module showed potentials for further development and implementation as part of the mandatory medical curriculum.

Research on Renovation Planning of Traditional Hutong—Take Beijing Juer Hutong Renovation Project as Axample

The architectural language of traditional hutong plays a carrier role in local history and culture. The traditional hutong architectural language is refined as a prototype, and some essence is extracted from the architectural ontology and transmitted to the new hutong design, so that the new hutong architecture has certain social and humanistic thoughts. It also has contemporary characteristics, which is the current direction of hutong renovation. This paper conducts pre-design planning research on the renovation project of contemporary juer hutong in Beijing, and explores various techniques in the renovation and reconstruction design of contemporary traditional hutong.

ATTITUDE OF EXISTENTIALISM ABOUT "EXISTENTIAL DYING" AND ITS HUMANISTIC MEANING

Existentialism is the philosophy of attitudes, a step away from traditional philosophy. The stance of existentialism of "dying" is one of those attitudes. Dying is a process by which the subject loses subjectivity, leading to a loss of personality due to the disparity between material life and the spiritual life that people do not recognize. The standpoint of existentialism on dying, besides unconvincing arguments, still exudes humanistic thoughts about human. That meaning does not disappear when people face the industrial revolution 4.0.

FAKTOR-FAKTOR PENYEBAB MISKONSEPSI SISWA SD PADA MATERI LIFE PROCESSES AND LIVING THINGS

AbstractThe misconception is a common problem in the world of science learning. This study aims to reveal the types and causes of primary science misconception in the life processes and living things. Therefore, qualitative case studies were used in this study and the primary school students were subject to this study. The results showed that students who had misconceptions in the concept of living, classification, breathing, and microbe and disease. In addition, the causes of student misconceptions were the students' pre-concepts, humanist thinking, false reasoning, and associative thinking. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that learning must promote cognitive conflict to correct the student’s misconceptions.Keywords: misconception, primary science

FAKTOR-FAKTOR PENYEBAB MISKONSEPSI SISWA SD PADA MATERI LIFE PROCESSES AND LIVING THINGS

AbstractThe misconception is a common problem in the world of science learning. This study aims to reveal the types and causes of primary science misconception in the life processes and living things. Therefore, qualitative case studies were used in this study and the primary school students were subject to this study. The results showed that students who had misconceptions in the concept of living, classification, breathing, and microbe and disease. In addition, the causes of student misconceptions were the students' pre-concepts, humanist thinking, false reasoning, and associative thinking. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that learning must promote cognitive conflict to correct the student’s misconceptions.Keywords: misconception, primary science

HUMANITY IN THE META-GALAXY: ANTHROPOLOGY’S SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES

We humans engage in a constant process of enlarging our understanding of the world around us. As our ancestors spread throughout Africa and beyond, they developed innovative strategies for survival – from tools and clothing to languages and customs. When dispersed human groups came into contact with each other, they shared ideas and genes. Self-awareness is a result of such interactions. This merging led to intercultural thinking of humanity as a global community, which in turn led to the birth of what we call anthropology. It was a method of self-actualization – by better comprehending our place in the world, we adapted ourselves and our surroundings. We are again at the threshold of a new self-awareness, a product of the consolidation of scholarship and global contacts to form what has been called cosmic evolution, big history, and universal studies. This expanded worldview is a product of taking a sense of a unified humanity to the next level – to the recognition that we are but one of many symbiotic life forms on Earth and but one entity within a much larger cosmos. The multiverse is commonly seen as a larger entity of which our universe is a component. Although there are many uses of the term, some quite divergent, a big history perspective by astronomer Tom Gehrels is the one that is in mind for this essay. The concept of a multiverse also serves as a metaphor for the variety of ways of seeing and interpreting existence.

Процесс академизации русского народного инструментального искусства

The art of Russian folk instrumental music in the 20th century underwent an active stage of academization. Scholars have consentaneously interpreted it as the process of achievement of an academic level of performance and study. The author of the present article criticizes this kind of interpretation and proposes the conception of academization based on the theory of evolution. What is understood under the term academization here is the evolution of thinking and creative activity of humanity from authentic folklore to contemporary music of the academic type. Two types of academization are brought out: the natural and the artificial, demonstrating a single substance – the aspiration towards an ideal artistic paradigm. However, in the natural process the paradigm is formed spontaneously during the course of the artists’ creative search and the selective activity of society, and in the artificial it is borrowed from another culture, and so in the artificial process the reproductive function predominates over the creative. Both types are subjected to the “postacademic syndrome” – negative tendencies, which demonstrate themselves more acutely in the artificial process. Overcoming the “post-academic syndrome” is possible through the integration of academic art with the analogous tradition of the folklore variety, the development of the theory of national instrumentalism, removal of dualism of thinking from it and assertion of the integrity of the phenomenon of the folk trait of artistic creativity. Keywords: the art of folk instrumental music, the academization of art and education, the types of academization, evolutionary and synergetic natural laws.

Research on Cultural Introduction Model in College English Teaching

Language and culture interact and restrict each other, and those two are inseparable. In college English teaching, the teaching quality and students’ cultural knowledge and cultivation have been greatly improved and enhanced with the help of introducing cultural background knowledge of western countries, cultural connotation of vocabulary and cultural differences between China and Western countries. It is now available to leverage information technology platform, proceed from students’ reading and writing perspective, and orient by humanistic thinking in teaching process. Those overall will contribute to the organic integration of language learning and cultural learning and lead to the new direction of college English teaching.

FORMATION OF ETHNIC CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE FUTURE PEDAGOGUE IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL SPACE

The article is devoted to modern approaches of formation of ethnic consciousness of future teachers of primary school in the conditions of the multicultural society and their education as citizens of Europe. Multicultural competence is a factor of a successful professional activity. In the article, the author analyzed the problem of forming of future specialists’ multicultural competence in connection with the globalization processes and integration of Ukrainian higher education in European educational community. The research stresses that formation of students’ outlook, their value orientations, modern social and humanistic thinking in an educational process are important. It is emphasized that the multiculturalness must become an integral part of every national educational system. The multiculturalness is a key principle of making totally new educational system of Ukraine. Respect and acceptance of cultural variety in the society coexistence of dialogues without loss of the national and cultural identity of the representatives of the society leads to its spiritual and cultural enriching.
 The article is an author's translation of the text published in the Journal of the National Academy of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, series: Pedagogics, 5 (2016) (in Ukrainian).