Social Science's Need for a Cultural Symbols Paradigm

The thesis of this paper is that human beings are remarkably dis­tinct from other living beings (animals, birds, insects, etc.) and Artificial Jntelligence (Al) machines (computers, robots, etc.) by what we would like to call cultural symbols. The latter refers to such cultural components as langua...

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Main Author: Mahmoud Dhaouadi
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Published: International Institute of Islamic Thought 2002
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7be88d1276e04657b542f3eac84e14372021-12-02T19:41:29ZSocial Science's Need for a Cultural Symbols Paradigm10.35632/ajis.v19i1.19732690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/7be88d1276e04657b542f3eac84e14372002-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1973https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 The thesis of this paper is that human beings are remarkably dis­tinct from other living beings (animals, birds, insects, etc.) and Artificial Jntelligence (Al) machines (computers, robots, etc.) by what we would like to call cultural symbols. The latter refers to such cultural components as language, science, knowledge, reli­gious beliefs, thought, myths, cultural norms and values. Mahmoud DhaouadiInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 19, Iss 1 (2002)
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Social Science's Need for a Cultural Symbols Paradigm
description The thesis of this paper is that human beings are remarkably dis­tinct from other living beings (animals, birds, insects, etc.) and Artificial Jntelligence (Al) machines (computers, robots, etc.) by what we would like to call cultural symbols. The latter refers to such cultural components as language, science, knowledge, reli­gious beliefs, thought, myths, cultural norms and values.
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