Home / Quotes / Quote by Emma Restall Orr

Quote by Emma Restall Orr

“Animism is a monist metaphysical stance, based upon the idea that mind and matter are not distinct and separate substances but an integrated reality, rooted in nature.”

Quote by Emma Restall Orr

Book:The Wakeful World: Animism, Mind and the Self in Nature

Work

The Wakeful World: Animism, Mind and the Self in Nature

This book delves into the concept of animism, examining how it shapes our understanding of the mind and self within the context of nature. It investigates the role of animistic beliefs in human culture and their implications for our relationship with the environment. more

Author

Emma Restall Orr

Emma Restall Orr is a British poet born in 1965. Her works are known for their deep emotional resonance and unique insights into nature. Her poetry often explores the relationship between humans and nature, as well as the place of humans in the universe. more

You May Also Like

“Left right left right. We're army ants. We swarm we fight. We have no home. We roam. We race. You're lucky if we miss your place.”

Home Fighting Missing Lucky Army

Book:Insectlopedia

Source: Insectlopedia

“Don't seek approval. This may be the toughest suggestion for you to follow -- and the most important. Whether you'te a teenager seeking approval from your peers, a middle-aged parent seeking the approval of your kids, or a man or woman seeking the approval of a partner, it all amounts to the same thing. You're giving your personal power away every time you seek validation from someone else for who you are.”

Men Giving May Important Kids Parent Middle Amount Who You Are Seeking Partners Teenager Approval Peers Suggestions Validation Middle Aged Personal Power

Author:T. J. MacGregor

“The deep paradox uncovered by AI research: the only way to deal efficiently with very complex problems is to move away from pure logic.... Most of the time, reaching the right decision requires little reasoning.... Expert systems are, thus, not about reasoning: they are about knowing.... Reasoning takes time, so we try to do it as seldom as possible. Instead we store the results of our reasoning for later reference.”

“The insight at the root of artificial intelligence was that these "bits" (manipulated by computers) could just as well stand as symbols for concepts that the machine would combine by the strict rules of logic or the looser associations of psychology.”

Wells Bits Psychology Computer Concepts Roots Logic Machines Insight Symbols Artificial Intelligence Association Artificial Strict Strict Rules

Author:Daniel Crevier

“Pattern recognition and association make up the core of our thought. These activities involve millions of operations carried out in parallel, outside the field of our consciousness. If AI appeared to hit a brick wall after a few quick victories, it did so owing to its inability to emulate these processes.”

“In activities other than purely logical thought, our minds function much faster than any computer yet devised.”

Mind Activity Computer Function Faster Logical Artificial Intelligence

Book:AI: the tumultuous history of the search for artificial intelligence

Source: AI: the tumultuous history of the search for artificial intelligence

“We call ourselves Homo sapiens--man the wise--because our intelligence is so important to us. For thousands of years, we have tried to understand how we think: that is, how a mere handful of matter can perceive, understand, predict, and manipulate a world far larger and more complicated than itself. The field of artificial intelligence, or AI, goes further still: it attempts not just to understand but also to build intelligent entities.”

Thinking Men World Years Stills Important Matter Wise Fields Intelligent Mere Complicated Perceive Artificial Intelligence Artificial Entity Manipulate Handful Homo Sapiens

Author:Stuart J. Russell

“Avant garde" has become a ubiquitous label, eclectically applied to any type of art that is anti-traditional in form. At its simplest, the term is sometimes taken to describe what is new at any given time: the leading edge of artistic experiment, which is continually outdated by the next step forward.”

Art Sometimes Form Next Given Term Steps Taken Type Edges Experiments Traditional Artistic Labels Simplest Next Steps Steps Forward Avant Garde Outdated

Book:Avant Garde Theatre, 1892-1992

Source: Avant Garde Theatre, 1892-1992

“On the surface the avant garde as a whole seems united primarily in terms of what they are against: the rejection of social institutions and established artistic conventions, or antagonism towards the public (as representative of the existing order). By contrast any positive programme tends to be claimed as exclusive property by isolated and even mutually antagonistic sub-groups. So modern art appears fragmented and sectarian, defined as much by manifestos as imaginative work.”

“In avant garde drama ... primitivism goes hand in hand with aesthetic experimentation designed to advance the technical progress of the art itself by exploring fundamental questions: What is a theatre? What is a play? What is an actor? What is a spectator? What is the relation between them all? What conditions serve this best?”

Art Play Hands Actors Progress Conditions Drama Relation Fundamentals Theatre Aesthetic Exploring Spectators Hand In Hand Experimentation Avant Garde

Book:Avant Garde Theatre, 1892-1992

Source: Avant Garde Theatre, 1892-1992