JOURNAL OF DIALECTICS OF NATURE
A Comprehensive, Academic Journal of the Philosophy, History, Sociology and Cultural Studies of Science and Technology
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XUE Shaohua
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<p>School of Humanities and Social Science</p><p>Beijing Institute of Technology</p><p>xueshaohua@bit.edu.cn</p>
Research Articles
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Is It Possible That Virtual Self Can Be a Part of Real Self? Abstract: Visual perception has been one of core indicators for subject reporting in the psychological experiment of self-consciousness. By analyzing the mirror reflection test of self-consciousness, Gibson's ecological optics and the study of Chang and Tsao (2017) has proved this key point: visual perception has a very central role for formation and shaping self consciousness. With the advent of virtual reality technology, the information received by the observer's visual perception system has produced several different mixed experiences along with the body action information. The avatar is a projection and extension of the self-consciousness of the real world user in the virtual environment. When a perceiver uses his avatar to act in a virtual world, his real self will be remodeled.Issue:Volume 39, lssue 6, November 2017Page: 8-15
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From the Neural Rosetta to the Digital Tower of Babel: Where is the Ultimate Entrance to the Metaverse? Abstract: The definition and understanding of the concept of metaverse is currently a new and urgent issue for academia and industries to solve. The term is used to describe a hybrid social form with a blend of immersive virtual space experiences, high information content, multimodal interaction simulations, and decentralized socio-economic visions as human civilization moves into this digital tower of Babel. Recent results in brain-computer interface technology suggest that it may be a promising possible alternative to full immersion into the metaverse. However, the changes and advances in technology inevitably raise numerous new philosophical ontological, metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical, legal and political questions. Therefore, when the metaverse becomes a capital feast, academia must provide some future solutions to the various philosophical and social problems brought about by this technological cluster to avoid a policy vacuum in social governance. Key Words: Metaverse; Brain-Computer Interface; Digital world; Virtual realityIssue:Volume 45, lssue 2, February 2023Page: 37-44
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The Grail Quest: Dilemma and Possible Way-out of the Embodied Artificial General Intelligence Abstract: From text and video generation to the deployment of embodied agents, both the academic and industrial sectors are hopeful that generative AI, with its multimodal integration capabilities, can autonomously develop world models, achieve human-machine alignment, and ultimately pass the embodied Turing test, thus completing the final stretch towards Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). However, the obsessions with aligning with humans, understanding the world, and achieving embodied generality have not only intensified the upgrade of massive computational power but also triggered global technological monopolies and competition for energy resources. Building on the demystification of the AGI illusion, and guided by affordance theory and embodied-enactive cognition, this paper advocates for “Affordance-Enactive AI” as a feasible future goal. Central to this approach are localized world models, niche generality, and autonomous agency actions. Key Words: Generative AI; Artificial general Intelligence; Embodiment-Generality paradox; Affordance; Video gamesIssue:Volume 46, lssue 12, December 2024Page: 43-52
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What Mirror Neurons Can Tell Us About Social Affordances? Abstract: With the concept of affordance, ecological psychology in the Gibsonian tradition aims to build an ontology that overcomes the “perception-action” dichotomy. The concept of social affordance emphasizes the possibility of social interactions or actions shaped by social practices and norms, helping to positively accommodate social phenomena and expand the ontological boundaries for ecological psychology. Over the past two decades, research in the field of mirror neurons has been devoted to exploring how sensorimotor processes may underlie intentional action choices and aspects of social cognition. According to the “social affordance” hypothesis, tool use, body space, subjective values and moral rules can modulate the activity of mirror neurons. These neurons not only support the process of action selection, but also support our understanding of our own and others’ choices and potential for action in the space of affordance. Future research also needs to focus on the neural-specific characterization of the difference between social affordance and object affordance, as well as the “ecological brain-social brain” underpinning the possibilities for action shaped by ongoing sociocultural practices. Key Words: Social affordance; Mirror neurons; Ecological brain; Peripersonal space; Action understandingIssue:Volume 48, lssue 2, February 2026Page: 37-45
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