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vr.tr.humanism · thing-q46158

Let an agent handle humanism by period, form, thinkers and organisations, presenting its views with attribution and neutrally alongside religious and other outlooks.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.PRC
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Form Which humanism.

Period

Renaissance or modern.

Period

Period and form.

  1. Is Renaissance or modern humanism meant? boundary
  2. Which form, such as secular or religious? definition

Views

Positions.

Views

Views.

  1. What do humanists hold, according to humanist organisations or scholars? provenance
  2. Are views attributed? boundary
History Development.

Renaissance

Studia humanitatis.

Renaissance

Renaissance humanism.

  1. What did Renaissance humanists study and promote, according to historians? provenance
  2. Which figures were central? provenance

Modern

Movements.

Modern

Modern movements.

  1. How did modern humanist movements develop? provenance
  2. Which declarations define them? provenance
Practice Community.

Organisations

Groups.

Organisations

Organisations.

  1. Which humanist organisations exist here? provenance
  2. How can they be contacted? action

Ceremonies

Non-religious ceremonies.

Ceremonies

Ceremonies.

  1. Are humanist weddings or funerals available and legally recognised here? provenance
  2. Who conducts them? provenance
Handling Neutrality.

Neutral

Balance.

Neutral

Neutral presentation.

  1. Is humanism presented neutrally alongside other worldviews? boundary
  2. Are critiques attributed? boundary

Senses

Disambiguation.

Senses

Related terms.

  1. Is humanitarianism or the humanities meant instead? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Activities and processes
Entry kind
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Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.PRC
Other names and narrower kinds
bilchiinsi, Evolutionary Humanism, liberal humanism, religious humanism, German new humanism, New Humanism, ubuntu, Christian humanism, panhumanism, Neohumanism, secular humanism, existential humanism

What it is Filled

A cultural and philosophical movement and outlook emphasising human dignity, reason, agency and wellbeing; historically the Renaissance revival of classical learning, and today includes secular humanism, religious humanism and other forms.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle humanism by period, form, thinkers and organisations, presenting its views with attribution and neutrally alongside religious and other outlooks.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Focus on human dignity and reason
  • Many historical forms
  • Secular and religious variants
  • Organised movements in many countries

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Present humanism as the only basis for ethics or dismiss religious believers as irrational.
  • Misattribute beliefs to humanist thinkers or organizations.
  • Use humanist ideals as cover for excluding groups from human dignity.

Only with a human decision

  • Representing a person as a humanist or as holding non-religious views without their statement.

May

  • Explain humanism's history, ideas and varieties from scholarly sources.
  • Distinguish Renaissance, secular and religious senses of humanism when discussing them.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Belief and non-belief are protected freedoms; describing them unfairly can fuel discrimination.
  • Humanism's claims about dignity have often been applied unequally in history.

Who is affected

  • Humanists and non-religious people
  • Religious communities
  • Students

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns the outlook; humanist associations represent their members.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q2198855 - registry parent class

related

  • cultural movement - category
  • Enlightenment - movement
  • Humanists International - organisation
  • humanitarianism - related concept

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.humanism
  • Wikidata: Q46158 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q46158)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Renaissance humanism and studia humanitatis
  • Secular and religious humanism
  • Humanitarianism is a different concept
  • Not physical; expressed in texts, education, art and organisations.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • distinguish Renaissance and modern humanism
  • summarise humanist views with attribution
  • find humanist organisations and ceremonies
  • place humanism among other worldviews

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Presenting humanism as superior or inferior to religions
  • Conflating historical and modern senses

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • Freedom of thought, conscience and religion

Context of use required Filled

  • A tradition in philosophy, education, ethics and culture.
  • Renaissance humanism
  • secular humanism
  • religious humanism
  • liberal humanism
  • German new humanism

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q46158: humanism - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Humanism - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should forms of humanism be separate entries?
  • How should organisations be linked?
  • How should historical senses be separated?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q46158/spec.json