Showing papers on "Consensus reality published in 1989"

Reality Negotiation: From Excuses to Hope and Beyond

Abstract: Following a brief review of the traditional viewpoint regarding the adaptiveness of accurately perceiving reality, the emerging perspective on the usefulness of illusions about the self is presented. In this latter vein, a model of how people negotiate with “reality” so as to maintain their personal theories of being “good and in-control” people is described, and excuse-making and hoping are discussed as examples of such reality negotiation processes. The implications of the reality negotiation processes for society in general and individuals in particular are also explored. Last, theoretical speculations are made in regard to the conditions in which the illusion-based reality negotiation processes change from being adaptive to maladaptive.

When Will Machines Learn

Abstract: Why don’t our learning programs just keep on going and become generally intelligent? The source of the problem is that most of our learning occurs at the fringe of what we already know. The more you know, the more (and faster) you can learn.

Notions of Consciousness and Reality

Abstract: The researcher approaching the study of the nature of consciousness for the first time is often bewildered by the plethora of viewpoints and lack of consensus in this area of study. Why does this situation exist? The problem appears to lie in the disparity and incompatibility of firmly held ideas about the nature of consciousness and the manner in which it is to be studied. Many of these ideas are defended by their proponents, not only as the only legitimate ideas about consciousness, but as the only existent ones. What apears to be accepted in theory, but fails to be appreciated in practice, is the recognition that these various versions of consciousness are correlated with a given person’s purported experience and their personal beliefs about the nature of reality. After briefly demonstrating the disparity of views concerning consciousness, an empirical study examining the nature of the relationship between notions of consciousness and beliefs about reality is described.

Text and reality ‐ reality as text: The problem of a feminist historical and social reconstruction based on texts

Abstract: (1989). Text and reality ‐ reality as text: The problem of a feminist historical and social reconstruction based on texts. Studia Theologica - Nordic Journal of Theology: Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 19-34.