Papers by ATHANASIOS CHRISTACOPOULOS
Varieties of Sacrifice in States of Exception
Revolt and Revolution: Reaching for the Possible, 2014
Abstract The strong connection between exceptions and sacrifices is examined in the bellow lines.... more Abstract The strong connection between exceptions and sacrifices is examined in the bellow lines. From the philosophical point of view the passage from mythos to logos is based on the rationalization of sacrificational practices and the introduced by the author sacrificational theorem plays the crucial role in this threshold. In the scientific level of examination, in social and natural sciences, the problem of revolutionary changes is examined, taking the notion of exception as a guiding concept combined with the problem of sacrifice, in its various facets. In social sciences it is founded on the connection between ritual theory and sacrificational practices combined with the exceptional states that exist in revolts or revolutions. In the natural sciences, sacrificational theorem acts as the ‘nuclear reactor’ of the rationalized abstractive process, being the main cause for the emergence of new categories, having the form of the particular relations between theory- experiment-measurement process of every discipline. Key Words: Exception, emergency, sacrifice, categoriogenesis, ritual, sacrification theorem.
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTES: THANOS CHRISTACOPOULOS
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This is the forward of the greek translation of Jozeph de Maistre's work ELUCIDATION ON SACRIFICE... more This is the forward of the greek translation of Jozeph de Maistre's work ELUCIDATION ON SACRIFICES ΔΙΕΥΚΡΙΝΗΣΕΙΣ ΕΠΙ ΤΩΝ ΘΥΣΙΩΝ Eclaircissement sur les Sacrifices (1821)by Constantinos Lazaris (translator) and Thanos Christacopoulos (ed.)
Sectral analysis is examined in a historical manner as a scientific discipline of physico-mathema... more Sectral analysis is examined in a historical manner as a scientific discipline of physico-mathematical structures that have arisen for the last three centures. Epistemological considerations are also introduced within the authors suggested ''triadic projective ontology'' of Kant's Darstellung ; resolution and perturbation are found to be treated with the same inner conceptual language, and the modern concept of information spectrum is examined in the classical and quantum contexts.
This essay takes logic and ethics in broad senses: logic as the science of evidence; ethics as th... more This essay takes logic and ethics in broad senses: logic as the science of evidence; ethics as the science of justice. One of its main conclusions is that neither science can be fruitfully pursued without the virtues fostered by the other: logic is pointless without fairness and compassion; ethics is pointless without rigor and objectivity. The logician’s advice to be dispassionate is in resonance and harmony with the ethicist’s advice us to be compassionate.
Greek translation by Athanasios Christacopoulos.
Greek translation by Athanasios Christacopoulos.
In the first part of this paper, a historical survey is given of the attempts to formulate the re... more In the first part of this paper, a historical survey is given of the attempts to formulate the revolutionary changes in natural and social phenomena, from infinitesimal calculus and probabilistic theories until the recent attempts of sociocybernetics and network theories. Completeness and incompleteness theorems are introduced for human groups and automata networks. In the second part, further research on categoriogenesis is examined within ritual conflicts, revealing the creation of new categories and not the rearrangement (as Hegel and Lukasz insisted) of the already existing categorical systems, as is shown from the history of philosophy.
Teaching Documents by ATHANASIOS CHRISTACOPOULOS
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John Corcoran 1989. The Inseparability of Logic and Ethics, Free Inquiry, Spring, 37–40 in Greek ... more John Corcoran 1989. The Inseparability of Logic and Ethics, Free Inquiry, Spring, 37–40 in Greek translation by Athanasios Christacopoulos
This essay takes logic and ethics in broad senses: logic as the science of evidence; ethics as the science of justice. One of its main conclusions is that neither science can be fruitfully pursued without the virtues fostered by the other: logic is pointless without fairness and compassion; ethics is pointless without rigor and objectivity. The logician’s advice to be dispassionate is in resonance and harmony with the ethicist’s advice us to be compassionate.
Translations posted: Arabic, Dutch, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Persian, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
Λμβζηή ηαζ δεζηή εεςνμύκηαζ πμθύ ζοπκά δζαπςνζζιέκεξ ιεηαλύ ημοξ , ακ όπζ ηαζ ζε ηάπμζα ακηίεεζδ. Όιςξ πμθθμί ιεβάθμζ θμβζημί ζοιπενζθαιαακμιέκςκ ηςκ Ανζζημηέθδ, Ockham, Bolzano, De Morgan ηαζ Russell, πναβιαημπμίδζακ μλοδενηείξ ζοιαμθέξ ζηδκ δεζηή ηαζ ζηδκ ιεθέηδ ηςκ δνςζηώκ πνάλεςκ πμο εειεθζώκμκηαζ ζηδκ δεζηή εκόναζδ. Πανμιμίςξ, πμθθμί οπμδεζβιαηζημί δεζηζζηέξ, ζοιπενζθαιαακμιέκςκ ηςκ ςηνάηδ, Πθάηςκα, Κακη, Μίθ, Γηάκηζ ηαζ Μάνηζκ Λμύεεν Κζκβη, έδεζλακ ιε ηζξ δζδαζηαθίεξ ηαζ ηζξ πνάλεζξ ημοξ ιζα ααεεζά πνμζήθςζδ ζηδκ ακηζηεζιεκζηόηδηα, ηδκ δεζηή αλία πμο οπμηζκεί ηδκ θμβζηή ηαζ οπδνεηείηαζ από ηδκ θμβζηή. Σμ πανόκ άνενμ δζενεοκά ημκ νόθμ ηδξ θμβζηήξ ζηδκ δεζηή ηαζ ημκ νόθμ ηδξ δεζηήξ ζηδκ θμβζηή. Έπεζ ζδιαζία κα δζενεοκήζμοιε ηδκ οπόεεζδ ηαηά ηδκ μπμία δ δεζηή ημο ιέθθμκημξ πνέπεζ κα πανέπεζ ζηδκ θμβζηή έκακ πζμ ηεκηνζηό ηαζ ζαθή νόθμ. πέζεζξ ιεηαλύ δεζηήξ ηαζ ακμνεμθμβζηώκ οπμηεζιεκζημηήηςκ πνέπεζ κα απμηθείμκηαζ αοζηδνώξ· δ ακενώπζκδ αλζμπνέπεζα ηαζ μ αιμζααίμξ ζεααζιόξ, ιπμνμύκ εονύηενα κα ααζζζημύκ ζηδκ ηαεμθζηή επζεοιία βζα ακηζηεζιεκζηή βκώζδ. Πανμιμίςξ, είκαζ ζδιακηζηό κα δζενεοκήζμοιε ηδκ οπόεεζδ ηαηά ηδκ μπμία δ λογική ημο ιέθθμκημξ πνέπεζ κα πανέπεζ ζηδκ ηθική έκακ πζμ ηεκηνζηό ηαζ ζαθή νόθμ. Οζ θμβζηέξ ανπέξ είκαζ ζδιακηζηέξ επεζδή οπδνεημύκ δεζημύξ ζημπμύξ. Η θμβζηή είκαζ ζδίςξ ηαζ ηαη' μοζία ιζα ακενώπζκδ εκαζπόθδζδ· μζ οπμηζεέιεκεξ εθθείρεζξ ζοζπεηζζιμύ ιεηαλύ θμβζηήξ ηαζ ακενώπζκςκ ζοκεπεζώκ πνέπεζ κα απμννίπημκηαζ. Η βεθμζμπμίδζδ ηδξ θμβζηήξ ςξ εκόξ αζήιακημο παζβκίμο πεζνζζιμύ ζοιαόθςκ ηαζ δ βεθμζμπμίδζδ ηδξ δεζηήξ ςξ ιζαξ εηθμβίηεοζδξ ημο ηοθθμύ ζοκαζζεήιαημξ πνέπεζ κα λεζηεπάγμκηαζ από ημζκμύ. Λμβζηή ηαζ δεζηή είκαζ πνάβιαηζ αδζαπώνζζηεξ ηαζ μ πεζνζζιόξ ηδξ ηαεειζάξ ημοξ επζηοβπάκεηαζ ιε ηδκ νδηή ακαβκώνζζδ ηδξ ιεηαλύ ημοξ ειπθμηήξ.
This essay takes logic and ethics in broad senses: logic as the science of evidence; ethics as the science of justice. One of its main conclusions is that neither science can be fruitfully pursued without the virtues fostered by the other: logic is pointless without fairness and compassion; ethics is pointless without rigor and objectivity. The logician’s advice to be dispassionate is in resonance and harmony with the ethicist’s advice us to be compassionate.
Translations posted: Arabic, Dutch, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Persian, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian.
Λμβζηή ηαζ δεζηή εεςνμύκηαζ πμθύ ζοπκά δζαπςνζζιέκεξ ιεηαλύ ημοξ , ακ όπζ ηαζ ζε ηάπμζα ακηίεεζδ. Όιςξ πμθθμί ιεβάθμζ θμβζημί ζοιπενζθαιαακμιέκςκ ηςκ Ανζζημηέθδ, Ockham, Bolzano, De Morgan ηαζ Russell, πναβιαημπμίδζακ μλοδενηείξ ζοιαμθέξ ζηδκ δεζηή ηαζ ζηδκ ιεθέηδ ηςκ δνςζηώκ πνάλεςκ πμο εειεθζώκμκηαζ ζηδκ δεζηή εκόναζδ. Πανμιμίςξ, πμθθμί οπμδεζβιαηζημί δεζηζζηέξ, ζοιπενζθαιαακμιέκςκ ηςκ ςηνάηδ, Πθάηςκα, Κακη, Μίθ, Γηάκηζ ηαζ Μάνηζκ Λμύεεν Κζκβη, έδεζλακ ιε ηζξ δζδαζηαθίεξ ηαζ ηζξ πνάλεζξ ημοξ ιζα ααεεζά πνμζήθςζδ ζηδκ ακηζηεζιεκζηόηδηα, ηδκ δεζηή αλία πμο οπμηζκεί ηδκ θμβζηή ηαζ οπδνεηείηαζ από ηδκ θμβζηή. Σμ πανόκ άνενμ δζενεοκά ημκ νόθμ ηδξ θμβζηήξ ζηδκ δεζηή ηαζ ημκ νόθμ ηδξ δεζηήξ ζηδκ θμβζηή. Έπεζ ζδιαζία κα δζενεοκήζμοιε ηδκ οπόεεζδ ηαηά ηδκ μπμία δ δεζηή ημο ιέθθμκημξ πνέπεζ κα πανέπεζ ζηδκ θμβζηή έκακ πζμ ηεκηνζηό ηαζ ζαθή νόθμ. πέζεζξ ιεηαλύ δεζηήξ ηαζ ακμνεμθμβζηώκ οπμηεζιεκζημηήηςκ πνέπεζ κα απμηθείμκηαζ αοζηδνώξ· δ ακενώπζκδ αλζμπνέπεζα ηαζ μ αιμζααίμξ ζεααζιόξ, ιπμνμύκ εονύηενα κα ααζζζημύκ ζηδκ ηαεμθζηή επζεοιία βζα ακηζηεζιεκζηή βκώζδ. Πανμιμίςξ, είκαζ ζδιακηζηό κα δζενεοκήζμοιε ηδκ οπόεεζδ ηαηά ηδκ μπμία δ λογική ημο ιέθθμκημξ πνέπεζ κα πανέπεζ ζηδκ ηθική έκακ πζμ ηεκηνζηό ηαζ ζαθή νόθμ. Οζ θμβζηέξ ανπέξ είκαζ ζδιακηζηέξ επεζδή οπδνεημύκ δεζημύξ ζημπμύξ. Η θμβζηή είκαζ ζδίςξ ηαζ ηαη' μοζία ιζα ακενώπζκδ εκαζπόθδζδ· μζ οπμηζεέιεκεξ εθθείρεζξ ζοζπεηζζιμύ ιεηαλύ θμβζηήξ ηαζ ακενώπζκςκ ζοκεπεζώκ πνέπεζ κα απμννίπημκηαζ. Η βεθμζμπμίδζδ ηδξ θμβζηήξ ςξ εκόξ αζήιακημο παζβκίμο πεζνζζιμύ ζοιαόθςκ ηαζ δ βεθμζμπμίδζδ ηδξ δεζηήξ ςξ ιζαξ εηθμβίηεοζδξ ημο ηοθθμύ ζοκαζζεήιαημξ πνέπεζ κα λεζηεπάγμκηαζ από ημζκμύ. Λμβζηή ηαζ δεζηή είκαζ πνάβιαηζ αδζαπώνζζηεξ ηαζ μ πεζνζζιόξ ηδξ ηαεειζάξ ημοξ επζηοβπάκεηαζ ιε ηδκ νδηή ακαβκώνζζδ ηδξ ιεηαλύ ημοξ ειπθμηήξ.
Drafts by ATHANASIOS CHRISTACOPOULOS
ATHANASIOS CHRISTACOPOULOS: First of all I must say that it is an honour to have an interview wit... more ATHANASIOS CHRISTACOPOULOS: First of all I must say that it is an honour to have an interview with one of the leading personalities in logic, both ancient and modern. I would like to begin our conversation with your first scientific interests that shaped your way to research on logic—mathematical, historical, and philosophical—till the moment you said to yourself " I have something new to say ". JOHN CORCORAN: The honour is mine, especially since the interviewer is such a master himself. Your wonderful question would get different answers—all tentative—at different times. Now, I think back to the late 1960s. My first published paper " Three logical theories " , offers rationales for logical-system properties such as weak completeness, strong completeness, deductive completeness, various forms of compactness, consistency, and soundness, and the like.
Conference Presentations by ATHANASIOS CHRISTACOPOULOS
Gesture protocols in interspecies communication is examined in the present paper. The logic of ge... more Gesture protocols in interspecies communication is examined in the present paper. The logic of gesture non verbal communication is found to be determined by the mixing of Aristotelian natural deduction and the theory of categorical motives of recent research advances in Category Theory. Protocols and Schemes are examined in the game theoretic interaction with light rays and substances with mass. It is found that certain conditions of the topology of the beings which exchange gesture protocols pose certain conditions to the language and the gestures they use. This gesture Homotopy poses the inverse problem of finding the properties of directional topoi which orchestrate surrounding masses with boundary. Certain inequalities are satisfied if the species belong to the same planet or different planets. Aristotelian Astrolinguistics's protocols are proven to be the more universal protocols for communication since they satisfy certain structural conditions of global homotopy types of gesture.