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Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture

ISSN 2472-9876

4 papers in the library · 91 citations · publishing 2020-2024

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Posthumanism, Artificial Intelligence and Ishiguro's Klara & the Sun: Can Humanoid Machines attain consciousness?

Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture October 6, 2024 Khaled Alkodimi

This paper examines Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and The Sun through the lens of posthumanism. It uses the textual analysis method to analyze Ishiguro's text as a posthuman novel that depicts the posthuman society where the boundaries between what is human and the nonhuman is blurred. The basic argument is that the aim of Ishiguro's text is two-fold, while it clearly illustrates the inability of the...

When Mystics and Politics are Intertwined: Understanding Dukun as a Shamanistic System in Bugis-Makassar Political Sphere, Indonesia

Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture September 28, 2024 M. Said, A. Ismail, Andi Batara et al.

The practitioner of the shamanic system among the Bugis-Makassar people in Indonesia is known as dukun or sanro, a person believed has a supranatural power, using their power either to help others or bringing harm, such as disease”. This is an interpretative-descriptive anthropological research. We made observations by directly observing, listening, and recording events related to the problem....

Thinking avant la lettre: A Review of 4E Cognition

Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture December 1, 2020 James Carney 65 citations

Abstract The “4E” approach to cognition argues that cognition does not occur solely in the head, but is also embodied, embedded, enacted, or extended by way of extra-cranial processes and structures. Though very much in vogue, 4E cognition has received relatively few critical evaluations. By reflecting on two recent collections, this article reviews the 4E paradigm with a view to assessing its...

Thinking avant la lettre: A Review of 4E Cognition.

Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture 2020 James Carney 26 citations

The "4E" approach to cognition argues that cognition does not occur solely in the head, but is also embodied, embedded, enacted, or extended by way of extra-cranial processes and structures. Though very much in vogue, 4E cognition has received relatively few critical evaluations. By reflecting on two recent collections, this article reviews the 4E paradigm with a view to assessing its strengths...