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Towards the philosophical meditation on the technical science and the humanities

Publication date: 2022

Yearbook of Gdańsk, 2022, LXXXII (82), pp. 52 - 71

https://doi.org/10.26881/rgtn.2022.03

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Zbigniew Cywiński
Honorary Emeritus Professor of Gdańsk University of Technology
, Poland
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Ewa Maria Kido
CTI Engineering Co., Ltd., Tokyo
, Japan
Tokyo City University
, Japan
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3217-1125 Orcid
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Towards the philosophical meditation on the technical science and the humanities

Abstract

The main purpose of this study, treated as a kind of meditation, was to show the interconnections between various forms of human thought and those concerning real life issues – where spirit and matter interact. Hereby, the assumption was taken that the spirit – in order to achieve mature effects – should precede matter. In a feedback loop, predicted goals have a chance to become more perfect.

Similarly, the thesis was formulated and proved that each individual human domain can be considered as an element of a more general one – where philosophy can play the role of a “common denominator”. Such general statements were addressed in particular to the technical and human sciences – as well on native soil as in Japan – referring simultaneously to various spiritual attributes given to the Cosmos.

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Information: Yearbook of Gdańsk, 2022, LXXXII (82), pp. 52 - 71

Article type: Original article

Titles:

English: Towards the philosophical meditation on the technical science and the humanities
Polish: Towards the philosophical meditation on the technical science and the humanities

Authors

Honorary Emeritus Professor of Gdańsk University of Technology
Poland

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3217-1125

Ewa Maria Kido
CTI Engineering Co., Ltd., Tokyo
, Japan
Tokyo City University
, Japan
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3217-1125 Orcid
All publications →

CTI Engineering Co., Ltd., Tokyo
Japan

Tokyo City University
Japan

Published at: 2022

Article status: Open

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Percentage share of authors:

Zbigniew Cywiński (Author) - 50%
Ewa Maria Kido (Author) - 50%

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