Sentences with phrase «systems of abstract thought»

This major exhibition looks at the ways in which artists have explored the intersection of rock and culture in tools, structures, myths, language, and systems of abstract thought as man has strived to understand and manage our world.

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Spinoza is often thought to be the most abstract of thinkers, the one most successful in expelling figurative and metaphorical concepts from his system.

Suffice it to say that when we think of God as the contemporary cosmic event — stressing his relative pole — the system seems rather pantheistic; but when we stress the abstract pole, and conceive of God in his function as the cosmic memory and container of the past, the distinction comes into greater relief.

It can, I think, be argued that even the understanding of a purely formal system in mathematics or logic is a valuational activity, involving a qualitative sense of the significance of the elements of the system and their relation.6 If this is so with respect to the most abstract thought, however, is it not even more clearly the case when we consider the development, control, or understanding of a technological device or system?

And perhaps most impressive of all, before the telegraph could even be considered a means of interpersonal communication, somebody — Samuel Morse — needed to think up a system by which the infinite variety of concrete, abstract, and usually self - serving statements that a human being might wish to share with a species - mate could be reduced to pulses of electricity.

One possibility, as the scientists write in the online version of the journal Psychological Science, is that our abstract existential system has no tolerance for the gory details of death; in fact, abstract thoughts of death generate an aversion to bodily fluids, including blood.

Training our students, our future, in the fine art of passing FCAT (arguably one of the highest stakes testing systems in this nation) while neglecting the finer points of abstract thinking and problem solving.

The following are common characteristics of gifted children, although not all will necessarily apply to every gifted child: • Has an extensive and detailed memory, particularly in a specific area of interest • Has advanced vocabulary for his or her age; uses precocious language • Has communication skills advanced for his or her age and is able to express ideas and feelings • Asks intelligent and complex questions • Is able to identify the important characteristics of new concepts and problems • Learns information quickly • Uses logic in arriving at common sense answers • Has a broad base of knowledge; a large quantity of information • Understands abstract ideas and complex concepts • Uses analogical thinking, problem solving, or reasoning • Observes relationships and sees connections • Finds and solves difficult and unusual problems • Understands principles, forms generalizations, and uses them in new situations • Wants to learn and is curious • Works conscientiously and has a high degree of concentration in areas of interest • Understands and uses various symbol systems • Is reflective about learning • Is enraptured by a specific subject • Has reading comprehension skills advanced for his or her age • Has advanced writing abilities for his or her age • Has strong artistic or musical abilities • Concentrates intensely for long periods of time, particularly in a specific area of interest • Is more aware, stimulated, and affected by surroundings • Experiences extreme positive or negative feelings • Experiences a strong physical reaction to emotion • Has a strong affective memory, re-living or re-feeling things long after the triggering event