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Re: The English Language

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Tue Sep 27, 2016 2:23 pm

Dictionary.com gives seven meanings for the verb "express"; the first three are probably the ones relevant here.
Dictionary.com wrote: verb (used with object)
1.
to put (thought) into words; utter or state:
to express an idea clearly.
2.
to show, manifest, or reveal:
to express one's anger.
3.
to set forth the opinions, feelings, etc., of (oneself), as in speaking, writing, or painting:
He can express himself eloquently.

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Wed Sep 28, 2016 5:20 am

IM Jack Rudd wrote:Dictionary.com gives seven meanings for the verb "express"; the first three are probably the ones relevant here.
Dictionary.com wrote: verb (used with object)
1.
to put (thought) into words; utter or state:
to express an idea clearly.
2.
to show, manifest, or reveal:
to express one's anger.
3.
to set forth the opinions, feelings, etc., of (oneself), as in speaking, writing, or painting:
He can express himself eloquently.
My question is which one applies exactly of the three

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Re: The English Language

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Wed Sep 28, 2016 11:40 am

I think it's probably 2, but it's hard to say with certainty. English is like that.

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Mon Oct 03, 2016 4:05 pm

Thank you.

What does "object" mean in:
Autonomy in the Kantian tradition is, of course, associated with the notion of free will, of an individual no longer subject to externally created laws. As Langdon Winner has pointed out, the very idea of an autonomous technology raises an ‘‘unsettling irony, for the expected relationship of subject and object is exactly reversed."

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Re: The English Language

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Mon Oct 03, 2016 5:05 pm

I think these are subject and object in the linguistic sense: the subject does an action; the object has an action done to it.

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Mon Oct 03, 2016 7:56 pm

Creator and created seems more apt, right?

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Re: The English Language

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Mon Oct 03, 2016 8:02 pm

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:Creator and created seems more apt, right?
No.

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Mon Oct 03, 2016 9:25 pm

Why?

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Re: The English Language

Post by MartinCarpenter » Tue Oct 04, 2016 10:48 am

Well, for one thing, autonomous technology isn't very likely to make more humans :)
(Which is what swapping creator/created would pedantically mean I think.).

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Tue Oct 04, 2016 4:46 pm

:D
What does "the one" mean in:
The boundaries which divide Life and Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

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Re: The English Language

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Tue Oct 04, 2016 5:55 pm

It's short for "one of the two things listed". In this case, the two things are life and death.

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:21 am

Thanks.


What does characterization mean in:

Over the past two decades it has become increasingly clear that biomedical technologies are by no means autonomous and, moreover, that the characterization of suffering, being culturally constructed, has a profound influence on their development, associated discourse, and application.

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Re: The English Language

Post by MartinCarpenter » Fri Oct 07, 2016 10:12 am

These texts are getting quite heavy :)

What the sentence is saying is that you can't meaningfully separate biomedical tech from the cultural context in which it is developed/applied. In particular how the culture views/characterises suffering has a big influence.

For a change, it isn't too easy to think of another word.

The actual content of the statement is perhaps slightly contentious in terms of the philoshiphy of science.

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Fri Oct 07, 2016 12:51 pm

What is "the straight press"?

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Re: The English Language

Post by Barry Sandercock » Sat Oct 08, 2016 11:35 am

Soheil Hooshdaran wrote:

What is "the straight press " ?

I've never heard of this, but it could be the opposite to the gay press. ( that may not be the right answer.)