Experiencing awareness of other persons, such as in typical communication among friends and family. A primary source of value in communications.
The scholarly field of pragmatics emphasizes the gap between sentence meaning and speaker meaning in communication. Pragmatics emphasizes that circumstantial factors are crucial to interpretation of sentences. What does “look at this” mean? Does “it’s midnight” mean it’s time to go home, or time to party? Communication service providers might take from pragmatics the importance … Continue reading pragmatics for communication service providers
The idea that you are your brain has fascinated intellectuals at least since Descartes. Francis Crick, a co-discoverer of the molecular structure of DNA and a Nobel Laureate, described the “astonishing hypothesis”: The Astonishing Hypothesis is that “You,” your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free … Continue reading you and a brain in a vat
Some new developments in the production of presence: SkypeWeb, Tello, and Gumbrecht’s book, which I’ve reviewed.
Consider the new Kodak Photo Voice service. As described in a press release: KODAK Photo Voice is a brand new way to relive memories, empowering two people to simultaneously view a customized slideshow, and to reminisce and react to each picture. Imagine if Grandma could see pictures from her grandson’s first day at school while … Continue reading low-production-value narrative and presence
Sense of presence has not been the central focus of much scientific study. The neuroscience of a single body cannot adequately understand sense of presence. Social psychology that does not recognize the biological constraints of separate human bodies cannot either. Scientific interest in the connection between biological hardware and relations between organisms appears to be … Continue reading between neuroscience and social psychology