Art Beings

Temperature Monitors Works of Art Health as Human Beings

A review of different cases studies concerning heritage buildings, frescos, archaeological ceramic and wood paintings, shows as Thermal non Destructive Testing and Evaluation is particularly effective examining works of art. Nevertheless, in spite of fascinating images, a quantitative and reliable diagnosis is difficult. Hence, in many cases particular equipments and procedures must be arranged...

Characteristics of Living Beings

Representations and Inhomogeneous Beings

Beside the regularly applied concepts (e.g. neuron, brain, sign, representation, code, sense, experience, perception, etc.) an additional collection of concepts (entities, interaction, border, inhomogeneity, dialectics, necessity and contingency, freedom, historicity, acquaintance and knowledge, culture.) is proposed for the better understanding mind and cognition. An anti-Parmenidian ontology ...

On cloning human beings.

The purpose of this paper is to show that arguments for and against cloning fail to make their case because of one or both of the following reasons: 1) they take for granted customary beliefs and assumptions that are far from being unquestionable; 2) they tend to ignore the context in which human cloning is developed. I will analyze some of the assumptions underlying the main arguments that hav...

Gnathostomiasis in Human Beings