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“human flourishing”, a contented state of being happy, healthy and prosperous

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eudaimonia

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human flourishing it is a greek word commonly translated as ?

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happiness and welfare

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proposed as a more accurate translation

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human flourishing

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4
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eu

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good

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5
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daimon

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spirited

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6
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arête

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virtue or excellence

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7
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phronesis

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practice or ethical wisdom

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8
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pinnacle of happiness that attainable by human

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eudaimonia

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9
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discussed that the human flourishing arise as a result of different components

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nicomachean ethics

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10
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believed that acquiring these qualities will surely bring the seeker happiness

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ancient greek society

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11
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make grander and more sophisticated machines

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early people

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12
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Eastern conception

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most are community centric
human flourishing is less concern than western
Chinese confucian system
japanese Bushido

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13
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western conception

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tend to focused in the individual
human flourishing is much concern
greek aristotelian view

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14
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key element that contributes to human flourishing

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science and technology and theology

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15
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boarder sense encompasses the whole range of human knowledge

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science

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16
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enable human flourishing to have better way of life for all humans

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new scientific and spiritual information

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17
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current prevalent methodology in science

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falsification theory

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18
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known proponent of this view (falsification theory)

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karl popper

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18
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known proponent of this view (falsification theory)

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karl popper

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19
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deeply intertwined with go setting relevant to science and technology

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human flourishing

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20
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espoused by a movement in the early 20th century called?

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vienna circle

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21
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warned us against bridging the gap between evidence and theory

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thomas kuhn

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22
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not testable and thus not falsifiable

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Sigmund Freud psychoanalysis

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23
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marked by tool from stone and flints

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stone age

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24
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have been using fire to cook through chipping one flint over the other to produce a spark

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homo erectus

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humans began to sharpen stone as one would a knife

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homo sapiens

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best explain a phenomenon over alternative theories

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accept the ideology

27
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marked by the discovery of minerals

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metal age

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people began forging metalwork

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metal age

29
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humans were contented with their relationship with nature

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100,000-200,000 years ago

30
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hunting, coupled with a changing terrain that the humans began cultivating

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9,000 years ago

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engaged in peaceful negotiations and less bloody method

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5,000 years ago

32
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also called as the sixth extinction

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holocene extinction

33
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leading to cross-town and eventually cross-cultural interaction

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trade emerged

34
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humanity become more complex

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nowdays

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technology is a means to an end

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instrumental definition

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technology is a human activity

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anthropological definition

37
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argued that the essence, or purpose of technology and being are different from each other

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martin heidegger

38
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philosophical tern for the life that we would like to live

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good life

39
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scientific lens

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Aristotle

40
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human beings are potentialities who aspire for their activity

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Aristotle

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claims that we want to be happy

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Aristotle

42
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greatest happiness principle

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john stuart mill

43
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there is no need to posit immaterial entities

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flourishing materialism

44
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see the end goal of life in acquiring pleasure

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hedonism

45
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eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die

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mantra

46
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to generate happiness

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stoicism

47
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find the meaning of their lives using GOD

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theism

48
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some form of supernatural reality

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heaven

49
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espouses the freedom of man to carve his own destiny

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humanism

50
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literally the captain of his own ship

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man

51
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see themselves not merely as steward

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humanists

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greek work techne and logos (art and word)

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technology

53
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sent images through wires

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paul gottlieb nipkow

54
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had 18 lines of resolution

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electric telescope

55
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created a new system of television

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alan archibald campbell swinton and boris rosing

56
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senior engineer at motorola

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martin cooper

57
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first commercial mobile phone

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motorola dynaTAC 800X

58
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designed analytical engine

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charles Babbage

59
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actuated mechanism programmable in two or more axes

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robot

60
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ability to perform intended task

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autonomy

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a robot that performs useful task for humans

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service robot

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service robot used for a non commercial task

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personal service robot or service robot for personal use

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service robot used for commercial task

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professional service robot or service robot for professional use

64
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first true portable computer

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Osborne 1

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includes active human robot interaction

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partial autonomy

66
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excludes active human robot interaction

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full autonomy

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