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- Problem złożoności relacji człowiek-maszyna w kontekście technologii cyfrowych.Adrian Mróz,Karolina Pełka,MikołajObuszewski &Przemysław Warzocha -2017 -Preteksty 1:22-33.
- There must be more to development of mindreading and metacognition than passing false belief tasks.Mikolaj Hernik,Pasco Fearon &Peter Fonagy -2009 -Behavioral and Brain Sciences 32 (2):147-148.We argue that while it is a valuable contribution, Carruthers' model may be too restrictive to elaborate our understanding of the development of mindreading and metacognition, or to enrich our knowledge of individual differences and psychopathology. To illustrate, we describe pertinent examples where there may be a critical interplay between primitive social-cognitive processes and emerging self-attributions.
- On Measuring the Complexity of Networks: Kolmogorov Complexity versus Entropy.Mikołaj Morzy,Tomasz Kajdanowicz &Przemysław Kazienko -2017 -Complexity:1-12.No categories
- O subiektywności prawdy w ujęciu Sørena Aabye Kierkegaarda.Mikołaj Domaradzki -2006 - Poznań: Wydawn. Naukowe Instytutu Filozofii Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza.
- O realistyczna filozofie wychowania. Ideauzm i realizm punktem wyjscia w pedagogice.Mikolaj Krasnodebski -2006 -Studia Philosophiae Christianae 42 (2):45-64.No categoriesExport citation
Bookmark - Narodziny i ewolucja pojęcia miłości Bożej.Mikołaj Olszewski -1997 -Przeglad Filozoficzny - Nowa Seria 23 (3):137-154.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- Normatywna aktualizacja.Mikołaj Raczyński -2019 -Studia Philosophiae Christianae 54 (2):147.Artykuł jest recenzją i krótkim komentarzem do tekstów dotyczących normatywności i zebranych w dziale nazwanym „Normatywność. ‘Update’” i opublikowanych w jednym z numerów czasopisma „Avant”. Autor stara się wykazać, że często rozróżniane porządki myślenia o normatywności – moralny i pozamoralny, na poziomie ludzkich praktyk są ze sobą ściśle powiązane. Głównym celem artykułu jest wyraźne wyłuszczenie i skomentowanie aktualizacji podejścia do normatywności proponowanych przez publikujących w „Avancie” badaczy.No categories
- Neutralność czy zaangażowanie? Recenzja szóstego numeru antydyscyplinarnego czasopisma „Stan Rzeczy”.Mikołaj Raczyński -2017 -Avant: Trends in Interdisciplinary Studies 8 (3):251-259.No categories
- (1 other version)[no title].Mikołaj Ratajczyk -2005 -Dialogue and Universalism 15 (5-6):144-149.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- Multitude: production of the common.Mikołaj Ratajczak -2010 -Praktyka Teoretyczna 1:159.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- Geopolityczne uwarunkowania Transatlantyckiego Partnerstwa w Dziedzinie Handlu i Inwestycji.Mikołaj Sokołowski -2023 -Rocznik Filozoficzny Ignatianum 29 (2):173-196.Artykuł zawiera rozważania na temat międzynarodowych czynników wpływających na kształt negocjacji umowy handlowej Transatlantyckiego Partnerstwa w Dziedzinie Handlu i Inwestycji (TTIP – Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) pomiędzy USA a UE. Na początku zostanie omówiona kwestia wzrostu potęgi gospodarczej Stanów Zjednoczonych po II wojnie światowej oraz Unii Europejskiej po jej powstaniu w latach 90. XX wieku. Omówione zostaną poszczególne elementy TTIP, wokół których odbywały się poszczególne rundy negocjacyjne. Są one bardzo ambitne oraz mają na celu związać gospodarczo obszar po obydwu (...) stronach Atlantyku. Najistotniejszym z nich jest wskazanie specyfiki handlowej partnerów transatlantyckich i wyraźne ukazanie różnic w prawodawstwie amerykańskim oraz unijnym w tym zakresie. Przedstawienie immunitetu państwa ma służyć opisaniu trudności, na jakie były narażone poszczególne państwa członkowskie Unii Europejskiej w kontekście parafowania umowy. Przysługuje on państwu jako podmiotowi prawa międzynarodowego, będąc atrybutem jego suwerenności oraz niezależności. Nie podlega on ograniczeniu przez inne państwo, a ewentualne ograniczenie immunitetu lub rezygnacja z niego może się odbyć wyłącznie za zgodą państwa, którego ta sytuacja dotyczy. Ostatnią z omawianych kwestii jest przedstawienie poszczególnych grup lobbingowych, które regularnie oddziaływały na Komisję Europejską prowadzącą negocjacje ze stroną amerykańską. Największe i najbardziej liczące się korporacje międzynarodowe oraz przedsiębiorstwa mają swoją reprezentację w liczących się grupach lobbingowych. Ich nacisk na organy reprezentujące zarówno Stany Zjednoczone, jak i Unię Europejską jest bardzo duży, stąd można wysnuć wniosek, że w negocjacjach dotyczących Partnerstwa Transatlantyckiego interes prywatny góruje nad reprezentantami interesu publicznego. W aspekcie międzynarodowym takie ustalenia mogą wzmocnić pozycję USA i UE w znacznym stopniu, ale wiąże się to z zagrożeniami dla konsumentów. (shrink)No categories
- Idee drugorzędne. Recepcja filozofii Johna Locke\'a we Włoszech na przełomie XVIII i XIX wieku'.Mikołaj Sokołowski -2001 -Archiwum Historii Filozofii I Myśli Społecznej 46.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- Unde malum? Zagadnienie zła w filozofii Luigiego Payersona i jego współczesne interpretacje.Mikołaj Sokołowski -2009 -Archiwum Historii Filozofii I Myśli Społecznej 54.Export citation Bookmark
- Jokes and Conjectures: Aristoph. Av.338, 536, 553, Th.393.Mikołaj Szymański -2011 -Hermes 139 (2):257-261.
- Gaston Bachelard – fenomenolog twórczej wyobraźni.Mikołaj Wiśniewski -1999 -Sztuka I Filozofia (Art and Philosophy) 16.Export citation Bookmark
- Granice kontroli. Hamlet.Mikołaj Wiśniewski -2011 -Kronos - metafizyka, kultura, religia 3 (18).Export citation Bookmark
- Historia jako hrönir.Mikołaj Wiśniewski -2009 -Kronos - metafizyka, kultura, religia 1 (9).No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- Human tool cognition relies on teleology.Mikołaj Hernik -2020 -Behavioral and Brain Sciences 43.Osiurak and Reynaud's account of human tool cognition misses key element: human capacity for functional representations and teleological inferences. I argue that the teleofunctional approach accounts better for some features of human tool cognition and points to a viable candidate for the cognitive “difference-maker” behind human technological success.
- Arystotelesowskie ujęcie homonimii.Mikołaj Domaradzki -2016 -Diametros 50:1-24.The purpose of the paper is to discuss Aristotle’s account of homonymy. The major thesis advocated here is that Aristotle considers both entities and words to be homonymous, depending on the object of his criticism. Thus, when he takes issue with Plato, he tends to view homonymy more ontologically, upon which it is entities that become homonymous. When, on the other hand, he gainsays the exegetes or the sophists, he is inclined to perceive homonymy more semantically, upon which it is (...) words that become homonymous. Subsequently, this article shows that Aristotle values homonymy negatively in dialectical discussions, but positively in rhetorical and poetic arts. Finally, the present paper demonstrates that Aristotle regards systematic homonymy as a very useful theoretical tool that makes it possible to critically examine the basic terminological assumptions of any philosophical inquiry. (shrink)
- Interpretacja humanistyczna a problem starożytnej alegorezy.Mikołaj Domaradzki -2011 -Filo-Sofija 11 (12 (2011/1)):361-372.Author: DomaradzkiMikołaj Title: HUMANISTIC INTERPRETATION AND THE PROBLEM OF ANCIENT ALLEGORESIS (Interpretacja humanistyczna a problem starożytnej alegorezy) Source: Filo-Sofija year: 2011, vol:.12, number: 2011/1, pages: 361-372 Keywords: ANCIENT ALLEGORESIS, HERMENEUTICS, METRODORUS OF LAMPSACUS, HUMANISTIC INTERPRETATION, JERZY KMITA Discipline: PHILOSOPHY Language: POLISH Document type: ARTICLE Publication order reference (Primary author’s office address): E-mail: www:The purpose of the article is to present the phenomenon of allegorical interpretation as one of most important cultural events that has ultimately resulted in the emergence (...) of modern hermeneutics. More specifically, the paper argues that the hermeneutical activity of Metrodorus of Lampsacus embodies the practice that is nowadays commonly referred to as ‘humanistic interpretation’. Having established that the exegesis of Metrodorus can be characterized as a type of humanistic interpretation, the article proceeds to demonstrate that the allegoresis in question was in fact adaptive in its nature. While Metrodorus’ ideas are suggested to have possibly contributed to the philosophical overcoming of the so called syncretic-magical thinking, the allegorical support of the transformation of mythos into logos is analyzed within the framework of Jerzy Kmita’s theory of culture. (shrink)No categories
- Stara duša u novom mehaničkom tijelu.Mikolaj Martinjak -2022 -Disputatio Philosophica 24 (1):81-92.Problem duša–um–tijelo, drevno je pitanje koje je mučilo mnoge filozofe. Još od Platona i predstoika mnogi su filozofi pokušavali odgovoriti na pitanja odnosa između tih “dijelova”. Ovaj rad je pregled teorije o holonima koju je predložio Arthur Koestler i njezinih implikacija u modernoj kinematografiji, posebno na primjeru anime filma Ghost in the Shell. Postoje mnoga pitanja koja su aktualna i povezana s problemom duha i tijela, a koja proizlaze iz moderne kinematografije i TV emisija, no obično su zanemarena ili previđena. (...) U tim serijama i filmovima nalazimo suvremene ideje o kiborzima i transhumanizmu koje je spomenuti anime film popularizirao. Većina suvremenih serija bliža je transhumanizmu i postmodernizmu, no zbog opsega članka, biti će spomenute samo imenom.Drugi problem koji se nameće u modernoj kinematografiji je individualizam i egocentrizam koji nije usmjeren na transcendentalno ili čak transcendentno. Namjera ovog rada je pokazati da kroz Koestlerove ideje o holonima moramo uzeti u obzir širi pristup transhumanizmu, te da taj pristup ne smije biti fokusiran samo i isključivo na pojedinca. (shrink)No categories
- Theological Etymologizing in the Early Stoa.Mikolaj Domaradzki -2012 -Kernos 25:125-148.Le but de cet article est de démontrer que l’étymologie faisait intégralement partie de la théologie stoïcienne. Suivant leur conception panthéiste et hylozoiste du cosmos, les stoïciens utilisaient l’étymologie pour découvir diverses manifestations de Dieu dans l’univers. Ainsi, la thèse principale de cet article est de montrer que, dans le stoïcisme, l’étymologie était moins une étude sur l’histoire des mots que l’étude de la façon dont Dieu se développe et se manifeste à travers divers phénomènes de notre monde. Attendu que (...) pour les stoïciens le fait d’étudier les noms des dieux équivalait à rechercher Dieu, l’étymologie jouait un triple rôle : premièrement, elle était un moyen de rendre un culte à Dieu; deuxièmement, elle était une manière d’interpréter la poésie; et, enfin, elle était un outil de transformation de sa propre existence. Par conséquent, cet article se veut une recherche sur la dimension théologique, allégorique et existentielle de l’étymologie stoïcienne. (shrink)
- O samobójstwie. Studium psychologiczne.Mikołaj Bierdiajew -2008 -Studia Philosophica Wratislaviensia:131-150.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- Marrying Stoicism with Platonism? Pseudo-Plutarch's Use of the Circe Episode.Mikolaj Domaradzki -2020 -American Journal of Philology 141 (2):211-239.No categories
- On Symbolic Allegoresis of the First Pythagoreans.Mikołaj Domaradzki -2013 -Peitho 4 (1):93-104.The present paper argues that the early Pythagoreans contributed significantly to the development of ancient hermeneutics. The article builds on the assumption that even if the thinkers did not deal with allegoresis directly, the very manner of articulating their thought was, nevertheless, quite conducive to the growth of allegorical interpretation. Thus, at least indirectly, Pythagoreanism must have played an important role in the development of allegoresis. The paper identifies two crucial aspects of Pythagorean influence on the allegorical tradition. Firstly, the (...) Pythagoreans made a very specific use of the poetry of Homer and Hesiod as well as of the traditional mythology in general. Secondly, the teachings of Pythagoras were expressed in terms of various ambiguous symbols that required special exegesis. Both these factors must have contributed considerably to the development of allegoresis: the idiosyncratic use of conventional mythology, on the one hand, and the enigmatic nature of the Pythagorean symbols, on the other, must have provoked extensive search for the latent meaning of the “messages” in question. (shrink)No categories
- Platońskie inspiracje Orygenesowskiej hermeneutyki.Mikołaj Domaradzki -2010 -Przeglad Filozoficzny - Nowa Seria 74.Export citation Bookmark
- The Self in Arabic and the Relativism-Universalism Controversy.Mikołaj Domaradzki -2011 -Cognitive Linguistics 22 (3):535-567.The purpose of the present paper is to discuss the metaphor system for conceptualizing the Self in Arabic. A comparison of structural means for conceptualizing inner life in Arabic and English leads to the conclusion that although on the structural (‘grammatical’) level the differences between the two languages are indeed considerable, they become far less radical on the conceptual (‘semantic’) level. More specifically, it is argued here that in Arabic, as in English, inner experiences are for the most part conceptualized (...) metaphorically and that Arabs seem to conceptualize their inner lives in a way similar, or at least comparable, to the speakers of English. While the article shows that on the conceptual level there are several important correspondences between Arabic and English, it hypothesizes that they reflect some fundamental and presumably universal human experiences and cognitive abilities. Finally, the linguistic material analyzed here provides a point of departure for touching upon the relativism-universalism debate. The paper argues that the controversy depends, at least to some extent, on whether one chooses to focus on potentially universal conceptualizations (and their underlying cognitive mechanisms) or more culture-specific structural relations (the contingent and historical conventions). Thus, while it seems to be a matter of one's personal decision whether to place the potentially universal in the foreground and the more idiosyncratic in the background, or the other way round, the article emphasizes the usefulness of explaining certain striking conceptual similarities in terms of their bodily basis. (shrink)No categories
- The concurrence of legal provisions as an interpretative problem. An outline of the Issue.Mikołaj Hermann -2020 - In Paweł Kwiatkowski & Marek Smolak,Poznań School of Legal Theory. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Rodopi.Export citation Bookmark
- Franciszka Gabryla antropologia i teoria poznania.Mikołaj Krasnodębski -1970 -Forum Philosophicum: International Journal for Philosophy 8 (1):207-236.Konstanty Michalski w wykładzie wygłoszonym na uroczystym posiedzeniu Krakowskiego Towarzystwa Filozoficznego w dniu 14 stycznia 1914 roku w auli Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, poświęconym zmarłemu Franciszkowi Gabrylowi, wykazał, że filozofia neoscholastyczna nie jest już nauką, uprawianą i „zamykaną" w zaciszach klasztornych cel i salach wykładowych seminariów duchownych. Przeciwnie, neoscholastyka wychodzi naprzeciw współczesnej sobie filozofii nowożytnej i podejmuje dyskurs ze spychającymi ją na margines kultury umysłowej nurtami takimi jak: ontologizm, fideizm i kartezjanizm. Przez filozofią neoscholastyczną należy rozumieć szeroko pojęty tomizm, zarówno w ujęciu (...) tradycyjnym, jak i lowańskim, naukę Arystotelesa, Ojców i Doktorów Kościoła, oraz autorów scholastycznych. (shrink)
- Teoria intelektu możnościowego i jej konsekwencje w kontekście polemiki Tomasza z Akwinu z awerroizmem łacińskim.Mikołaj Krasnodębski -1970 -Forum Philosophicum: International Journal for Philosophy 9 (1):139-156.The term „Latin Averroism" was introduced by P. Mandonnet to define a heretical version of Aristotle's teaching inspired by Averroes' philosophy. Latin Averroism separated philosophy from theology, negated free will, and stated that there was an eternal world and one intellect for all mankind. Those statements were taken from Averroes' commentaries on De anima by Aristotle. It was agreed that it was enough for any statement to bear rational truth and not necesserly Church dogma. That opinion was criticized by theologians. (...) The Latin Averroism was introduced in 13th century at the university in Paris in the faculty ofartes liberales — Siger from Brabant, Boethius from Sweden and others - as well as at Oxford University and Hohenstaufen School. The development of Latin Averroism was slowed by criticism of this doctrine in 1270 and 1277. However, it did not stop it. (shrink)
- Problematyka etyczna w De civitate Dei św. Augustyna.Mikołaj Lohr -1968 -Roczniki Filozoficzne 16 (1):67-74.No categories
- Teoretycznie o muzyce.Mikołaj Marcela -2020 - Częstochowa: Uniwersytet Humanistyczno-Przyrodniczy im. Jana Długosza w Częstochowie. Edited by Grzegorz Olszański.
- L'Expr Ession de la Réciprocité en Ancien Français Mécanismes grammaticaux et leur évolution.Mikołaj Nkollo -2012 -Philosophia Naturalis 49 (2):14-31.No categories
- Brief Notices.Mikołaj Olszewski -2009 -Speculum 84 (1):242.
- Interpretation and truth: a new annotated edition of Giles of Romes's De plurificatione possibilis intellectus.Mikołaj Olszewski -2012 - Warszawa: Wydawnictwo IFiS PAN. Edited by Giles.No categories
- Philosophy according to Giles of Rome, De partibus philosophiae essentialibus.Mikolaj Olszewski -1998 -Medieval Philosophy & Theology 7 (2):195-220.Giles of Rome analyzed the question of the division and definition of philosophy three times at the beginning of his philosophical career. He devoted to this subject the prologues of two of his Aristotle commentaries, CommentaryonthePhysics and CommentaryontheSophisticalRefutations. 1 He then devoted a work exclusively to this subject, Departibusphilosophiaeessentialibus. 2 Because of its clear, systematic approach, this text will be the main object of my analysis. I shall, however, discuss material from the two prologues that demonstrates either the evolution of (...) Giles’s thought from the two prologues to Departibus or the changes, corrections, or additions he introduced into the theory of science and philosophy formulated in Departibus. (shrink)
- Ekonomia polityczna wspaniałomyślności – wokół Sloterdijka idei.Mikołaj Ratajczak -2012 -Hybris. Internetowy Magazyn Filozoficzny 16.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- PODMIOT JAKO EFEKT JĘZYKA.Mikołaj Ratajczak -2015 -Hybris, Revista de FilosofíA (29):001-031.SUBJECT AS AN EFFECT OF LANGUAGE The article presents a detailed analysis of language as a dispositive. Drawing a general idea from the writings of Foucault, Deleuze, Agamben and Virno, the project of the linguistic constitution of the subject is developed in distinguishing three levels of the analysis, these levels being also the three modes of the existence of languagedispositive: the sentence, the enunciation and the utterance. According to the idea presented in the article, the analysis of the languagedispositive consists (...) in showing the basic oppositions, on which each level of the existence of the language operates, and how each of these oppositions enables the linguistic constitution of the subject – with these oppositions being: sense/reference, signiefié/signifiant and meaning/showing. The article concludes with the analysis of negation and negativity as the phenomenon introduced into the life of the human animal through language-dispositive. The distinction of the three modes in which language as a dispositive operates enables a complete presentation of how negation can be understood as a function of the process of subjectivization. (shrink)No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- Die Attributenlehre des Moses Maimonidas beleuchtet vom Standpunkt der modernen Logik.Mikolaj Springer -1942 - New York,: Solco Press.
- De fato 8, 15:: Can "coniunctio" Mean Implication?Mikolaj Szymański -1985 -Hermes 113 (3):383-384.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- Philosophy and language.Mikolaj Szymański -1982 -Bibliothèque d'Humanisme Et Renaissance 44 (1):149-152.
- Filozofia bytu u Mikołaja z Kuzy.Mikołaj Tokarski -1958 - Lublin,: Tow. Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- M. A. Krąpiec Theory of Eternal Life of Human and Infinite Immanence.Mikolaj Turyk -2015 -Philosophy Study 5 (9).No categories
- Idee polityczne Platona a totalitaryzm czyli o nadużywaniu pewnego pojęcia.Mikołaj Walczyk -1998 -Civitas 2 (2):119-138.Export citation Bookmark
- Libra Dona DeLillo : Aberracja w sercu tego, co realne.Mikołaj Wiśniewski -2007 -Kronos - metafizyka, kultura, religia 4:258-269.No categoriesExport citation Bookmark
- Theagenes of Rhegium and the Rise of Allegorical Interpretation.Mikolaj Domaradzki -2011 -Elenchos 32 (2):205-228.No categories
- The Beginnings of Greek Allegoresis.Mikolaj Domaradzki -2017 -Classical World: A Quarterly Journal on Antiquity 110 (3):299-321.No categories
- In Search of a “Happy Ending” in Legal Interpretation: Cognitive Dissonance in Judicial Decision-Making.Mikołaj Pietrzyk -forthcoming -International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue Internationale de Sémiotique Juridique:1-20.This article provides a new explanation of the judicial decision-making process using the cognitive dissonance theory. It shows how the process of interpreting and applying the law is affected by the natural human need for consistency between what a person knows, believes, and does. Different authors suggest that judges' decisions are influenced by various factors, including law, personal morality, or rational self-interest. The article argues that none of these visions fully describe the judicial decision-making process and proposes a new approach (...) based on the cognitive dissonance theory. Law, personal morality, and rational self-interest are cognitive elements that influence judicial decisions altogether. However, they are often in conflict and cause cognitive dissonance. Judges lean toward the decision that causes the cognitive dissonance that is the easiest to reduce, considering the cognitive elements’ resistance to change. In the process of interpretation, judges strive to reduce the cognitive dissonance that occurs due to their decisions. The reduction of cognitive dissonance is presented in this article as a “happy ending” of the judicial decision-making process. (shrink)
- Symbol i alegoria w filozoficznej egzegezie stoików.Mikołaj Domaradzki -2011 -Filo-Sofija 11 (13):719-736.Author: DomaradzkiMikołaj Title: SYMBOL AND ALLEGORY IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL EXEGESIS OF THE STOICS (Symbol i alegoria w filozoficznej egzegezie stoików) Source: Filo-Sofija year: 2011, vol:.13/14, number: 2011/2-3, pages: 719-736 Keywords: STOIC EXEGESIS, SYMBOL, ALLEGORY, CHRYSIPPUS, CORNUTUS, HERACLITUS THE ALLEGORIST Discipline: PHILOSOPHY Language: POLISH Document type: ARTICLE Publication order reference (Primary author’s office address): E-mail: www:The present paper aims to ascertain whether, and if so, to what extent the modern distinction between the concepts of ‘symbol’ and ‘allegory’ can be (...) applied to Stoic hermeneutical activity. The philosophy of the Stoics invites such a discussion, since the philosophers were the first thinkers in antiquity to actually have used the terms with reference to the process of retrieving the hidden meaning of various literary constructions. Thus, Chrysippus’ interpretation of the myth of Athena’s birth provides the point of departure for our considerations, since it is in the philosopher’s exegesis that we find the very first use of the word ‘symbol’ understood as a theoretical tool for interpreting texts. Subsequently, the article proceeds to discuss the interpretations of the same myth that were presented by Cornutus and Heraclitus who use the words ‘symbol’ and ‘allegory’ interchangeably. While the paper argues that in none of the cases analyzed do we find an understanding of the terms ‘symbol’ or ‘allegory’ that would entirely correspond to modern definitions of the terms, it also stresses that the impossibility of classifying Stoic interpretations as either solely ‘symbolical’ or solely ‘allegorical’ does not diminish the cultural import of Stoic hermeneutical activity. (shrink)
- The Effect of Context and Individual Differences in Human‐Generated Randomness.Mikołaj Biesaga,Szymon Talaga &Andrzej Nowak -2021 -Cognitive Science 45 (12):e13072.Many psychological studies have shown that human‐generated sequences are hardly ever random in the strict mathematical sense. However, what remains an open question is the degree to which this (in)ability varies between people and is affected by contextual factors. Herein, we investigated this problem. In two studies, we used a modern, robust measure of randomness based on algorithmic information theory to assess human‐generated series. In Study 1 (), in a factorial design with task description as a between‐subjects variable, we tested (...) the effects of context and mental fatigue on human‐generated randomness. In Study 2 (), in online research, in experimental design, we further investigated the effect of mental fatigue on the randomness of human‐generated series and the relationship between the need for cognition (NFC) and the ability to produce random‐like series. Results of Study 1 show that the activation of the ability to produce random‐like series depends on the relevance of the contextual cues (), whether they activate known representations of a random series generator and consequently help to avoid the production of trivial sequences. Our findings from both studies on the effect of mental fatigue (Study 1 – ; Study 2 – ) and cognitive motivation () demonstrate that regardless of the context or task's novelty people quickly lose interest in the random series generation. Therefore, their performance decreases over time. However, people high in the NFC can maintain the cognitive motivation for a longer period and consequently on average generate more random series. In general, our results suggest that when contextual cues and intrinsic constraints are in optimal interaction people can temporarily escape the structured and trivial patterns and produce more random‐like sequences. (shrink)
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