Étiquette : humanism

Homo Sapiens – free will

Can humans give a meaning to the world?

How do biotechnology and AI threaten humanism?

Who might inherit humankind and will replace humanism?

The contradiction between free will and contemporary science. Scientists say there is no soul, no free will and no « self », but genes, hormones and neurons and the electrochemical brain processes are either deterministic or random. Free will exists only in the imaginary stories humans created.

Humans act according to their desires meaning they have free will, but also do the dogs or chimpanzees. The question would be: can they control their desires? At least, they don’t get the choose them.

 

Humanism – Homo deus

The only source for artistic creation and aesthetic value  is human feeling. If it feels good do it.

Art is anything people think is art and beauty is in the eye of the beholder – Duchamp’s fountain – an important milestone in the modern humanist world.

In a free market the customer is always right.

In education, the students should think for themselves.

Medieval Europe:  Knowledge = Scriptures x Logic;

Scientific Revolution: Empirical Data x Mathematics;

Humanism: Experiences (sensations, emotions, thoughts) x Sensitivity.

You can’t experience something if you don’t have the necessary sensitivity and you cannot develop your sensitivity without undergoing a lot of experiences.

Humanism sees life as a gradual process of inner change – develop your knowledge through a wide variety of intellectual, emotional and physical experiences.

Science and humanism – yang and yin. The yang provides us with power while the yin provides us with meaning and ethical judgements.