The Reflective Zombie

The Reflective Zombie: Problematizing the Conceptual Framework of Reflection in Medical Education Anne de la Croix and Mario Veen Originally published in Perspectives on Medical Education 7(6), 394–400 (2018), under a CC BY 4.0 licence. DOI: 10.1007/s40037-018-0479-9 Abstract Reflection is an ambiguous and profoundly complex human activity. We celebrate the developments in teaching and researching…

What is a Metaphysical Experience?

What is a Metaphysical Experience? Commitment and Contemporaneity in Cultural Analysis Mario Veen Originally written in 2005 as a Master’s thesis. Lightly edited to correct typographical errors and garbled characters; otherwise unrevised. It seems to me that almost all our sadnesses are moments of tension, which we feel as paralysis because we no longer hear…

Intelligent Artificiality: Intermediality and humanization

Provide Freedom. That’s the principal objective of the NS-5. […] With the NS-5 at your side 24/7 you’ll have more free time for hobbies, recreation, friends, and most important family. […] The NS-5 is not another household application; it is a member of the family. […] Its ability to maneuver any type of terrain (from sand to concrete), lift weights of up to 800 pounds, and even bake a tuna casserole, put its capabilities far beyond those of current robot technology. […]