IHS201

Man is a measure of everything

Man creates reality with inner life

Navjyoti Singh
navjyoti@iiit.ac.in

IIIT Center for Exact Humanities IHS201 Lecture 15 16 26-29/10/2009

Reflectivity

Can there be a Unified Theory of Humanities?

Theory of Man, Human Action and Human Purpose

Tools

Civilizational Flavor of Reason

Oral Inscriptions lead to birth of Reason in India Algorithmic Spirit born Non-Geometric Idea of a Point Analytics of Discrete Line Great Fiat of Paninian Linguistics

Writing Re-Creations

Movements, Shifts, Streams of Ideas

Greek Rational Spirit built around universal verb to be Idea of Proof in Geometry Dimensioned numbers Proportional Physics Great Fiat of Euclidean Geometry

Blending of Indic and Greek Ideas in Modern Thought

Newton: Sensoriums of God and Man Can there be action at a distant time? Descartes: Thinking Thing and Matter Can there be indefinite extensions with definite terminus?

Leibniz: Monadic Man & Matter Can there be Discrete Humanities?

19th-20th Century Opposition of Science and Humanities

Causal Closure of Matter Logical Closure of Language Extraction of Empirical from Experiential
Birth of Social Science

Self, Mind, Meaning & Experience etc. expelled from Reliable and Exact Knowledge

Abduction as Method of Humanities

Enlightened Modernity & its Problems!

Birth of New Science and New Humanities Modern Polity, Knowledge, Culture, Economy

Various Disciplines of Humanities

Invariance or Constancy of Human Significance?
reason, human nature, ultimate telos, ultimate reality

(1) Indexical entities (2) Vital entities

Vital Objects can be derived from Summation of Human Actions?

Trans-Temporal Invariance in terms of the Form of Narrative

(1) the impregnated seed; (2) difficulties in its sprouting; (3) intricacies in its nourishment; (4) surprises in its maturing, and (5) eventual fruition

Story HAS Theme Meta-Elements Story HAS Characters of Story Story HAS Relations Story HAS Things Story HAS Locations Story HAS Phenomenon Story HAS Point_of_Narrative Point_of_Narrrative TYPE Event Point_of_Narrative TYPE Consideration

From Story-Telling to Arts From deeds to aesthetics

Sense of Play

Cold Fusion

How a Story can tell Truth

Origin of Re-Creative Visualization

Chitra Lakshana of Nagnajita 1st Chapter on the Story of the Origin of Re-Creative Visual Dramatic Conceptualization of Death (Embodiment and Disembodiment) Imagining an Era where no Untimely Death occurs Fearlessness of the Era Incidence of Untimely Death Imagining the realm of Nudity (Body as Cloth) Fight between Embodied and Disembodied Birth of Re-Creative Visualization as Conclusion of Fight

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Imagining Realms of Living Beings and Dead Beings

[Temporal Being & Trans-Temporal Being]

Beings with material body and without material body WHAT ARE DISROBED BEINGS?? Re-Creative Visualization is related to Conquest over deads HOW??

Re-Creation involves Paraloka Paraloka is ever-present as Eternal Yesterday

Re-Creative Paraloka

Re-Creation is intervention in Paraloka Beings of Paraloka cannot Act, Embodied Beings alone can intervene in Paraloka

Securing Career in Paraloka is what Embodied Beings strive for, that is why they indulge in Re-Creation

Re-Creation is a means for Prospecting Future. Re-Creation indeed is mother of all inventions

To Re-Create with Dead Beings

Re-Creative Visualization is related to Conquest over deads HOW?? To be fearless in imagination makes man Ace Re-Creator ONLY BHAYAJITA CAN BE NAGNAJITA!!

Re-Creation has Freedom of Re-Configuring Denuded Beings

Theory of Re-Creative Visualization

Realm of the Visual Forms is at the Base of All Re-Creations

Principles of Visual Aesthetics

Proportions, Balance, Movement

Re-Creation could be Self-Indulgent, Escapist, Isolationist, Intoxicating, Afflictive, Irresponsible and Addictive

Material Body can be hijacked by Re-Creative indulgences Material Body can be possessed by Disembodied Beings

To Develop an Understanding of the

Nature of Re-Creation
Fundamental Concepts related to Re-Creation How is Re-Creation related to Creation? How is Re-Creation related to Human Nature? Nexus between Fantasy, Reflection and Play Can there be Society without Re-Creation? How is Re-Creation related to Truth? Is Aesthetic Experience fundamentally Re-Creational? Research Frontiers of Digital Technology & Re-Creation

Re-Creation versus Recreation Recreation Leisure, Relaxation, Enjoyment Activities Bouts of Freedom from Social/Work Obligations
[List Recreational Activities]

Re-Creation Is a mental faculty of vivid re-collection, imagination, immersion and re-doing Active Engagement and Removal from Present Anukit Re-Creation versus Creation kit

Re-Creation implicates Spectator/Audience/Witness along with originating Agents (fundamental sociality of Re-Creation)
[Examine the Hypothesis]

Types of Re-Creative Engagements

Temporal Core

Synchronic Core

Event-Centric
Sports Cinema Drama Story-telling Etc.

Icon-Centric
Toys Painting Landscaping Design Etc.

Expanded Dimensions of Event-Centric Re-Creation

Social

Integrated and Comprehensive Idea of Re-Creation based on Theory of Anukriti

Aesthetic

Imaginative Expounded by Bharata, Nagnajita, Dhananjaya & Abhinava Gupta Immersive

Bharata, Natya Sastra, 1st Chapter, Hard copy available in translations in English as well as Hindi along with original Sanskrit. Nagnajita, Chitralaksana, 1st Chapter, Hard copy available in English and Sanskrit translation along with original Tibetan. Dhananjaya, Dasarupaka, 1st Chapter, Hard copy available in translations in English as well as Hindi along with original Sanskrit.

Obligatory

Theory of Events is an epicenter of Immersive Re-Creation Along with Objects, Attributes & Relations

Structural Aspect

Temporal Aspect Causal Aspect

Informational EVENT Aspect

Experiential Aspect

Spatial Aspect

From -- Utz Westermann and Ramesh Jain, Toward a Common Event Model for Multimedia Applications Available at course site

Imagine you are 10000 or 60000 years old Write your Story Select 3-4 persona that you were and locations anywhere on earth

Be bold in Imagination.
Watch a Movie (available at DC) The Man from Earth Use internet resources for supporting imagination of persona And look into yourself for long-term traits
Assignment deadline 14th March 10 pm. Put the Story on your course blog