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Sfetcu, Nicolae (2022). Future of Science – Science of Science, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.13183.69285, in Telework: https://www.telework.ro/en/future-of-science-science-of-science/ Abstract What will science look like in the near future? First, very closely coupled with, even dependent on, technology. Second, three factors will strongly … Read More
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Gaunilon and Thomas Aquinas opposed, in the Middle Ages, the ontological argument developed by Saint Anselm: it is not because we imagine and design a fortunate island that it necessarily exists, Gaunilon objects in substance. Similarly, it could be objected … Read More
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Intelligence analysis has many important epistemological resemblances with science (problem solving, discovery, skillful use of tools, knowledge verification) and is more interested in a posteriori than a priori knowledge, on how or the basis on which a proposition may be known. The puzzle metaphor is used in both information and archeology. Both disciplines involve collecting evidence to build as complete a picture as possible. The process of converting raw information into actionable processed intelligence is almost identical for governmental and business organizations. The medical practice of diagnosing identification, collection, analysis and dissemination is similar to that of intelligence.
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Historicity of reason With the Phenomenology of Spirit, Hegel put forward the historicity of a reason which develops its forms through the history of the world. The Hegelian discovery is the historical character of reason, and this awareness of historicity … Read More
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These are platforms where it is possible to produce, publish and distribute a digital book directly online. These platforms do not have a book selection policy, so they are not considered digital publishers. The selection previously operated by publishers from … Read More
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The Age of “Worldviews” In the 1920s and 1930s a theme dominated, in Germany as in France, orchestrated by Karl Jaspers Psychologie der Weltanschuungen, the intellectual scene: that of the “Vision of the world” or Weltanschauung which claimed “to determine … Read More
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(Heidegger in 1960. ) The Heideggerian approach aims to free ontology from any metaphysical shackles, in a phenomenological approach by upholding the question of the meaning of being drawn over the course of human existence, at the source of time. … Read More
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Sfetcu, Nicolae (2022). Black Swan, an assumed risk – Is it worth it? DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.25379.94241, in Telework: https://www.telework.ro/en/black-swan-an-assumed-risk-is-it-worth-it/ Abstract Book review: Taleb, Nassim Nicholas (2007), The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Random House, ISBN 978-1400063512 The … Read More
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Ontological dualisms Ontological dualism consists of the affirmation of the dual character of existence in relation to spirit and matter, and can be divided into three categories: Substance dualism posits that mind and matter are fundamentally distinct types of substance. … Read More
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Sfetcu, Nicolae (2022). The Knowledge, DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.11276.59528, in Telework: https://www.telework.ro/en/the-knowledge/ Abstract Hard to say what knowledge is. The more this concept is discussed, the more divergent opinions are. Epistemology is the theory of knowledge, and one of the characteristic … Read More
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