Nikolai Lossky

2019 ◽  
pp. 86-97
Author(s):  
Teresa Obolevitch
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Final Stage ◽  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
Theory Of Evolution ◽  
Nikolai Lossky ◽  
Physical Phenomena

Chapter 8 considers the project of Nikolai Lossky who tried to “justify” the truths of faith by means of philosophical terms. It shows his attempt to reconcile physics and metaphysics. The chapter presents the original metaphysical concept of the “substantival agent” of Lossky which is the base for physical phenomena. It also presents his attempt to reconcile scientific knowledge (especially the theory of evolution) and Christian dogmas. For Lossky evolution is a way into the Kingdom of God since the final stage of evolution is the achievement of unity with God. The chapter also discusses some shortages of Lossky’s concept, especially its highly speculative character.

scholarly journals Information about Human Evolution: An Analysis of News Published in Communication Media in Spanish between 2015 and 2017

Publications ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Jon Ander Garibi ◽  
Alvaro Antón ◽  
José Domingo Villarroel
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Human Evolution ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Biological Evolution ◽  
Knowledge Dissemination ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Theory Of Evolution ◽  
Scientific Journalism

The present study examines a sample of 220 pieces of news related to human evolution, written in Spanish and published over a period of two years, both in digital and print media. The aim of this study is to assess the rigor and coherence of the information in the news in our sample with scientific knowledge on the theory of evolution. To this end, errors and the incorrect use of concepts related to biological evolution are identified, classified according to criteria resulting from the review of previous studies, and finally, the frequency of errors identified in news published in print media is compared with that identified in digital media. The results presented allow us to highlight the significantly high frequency of errors in the news analyzed and the most frequent error categories. Results are discussed within the frame of the important role that scientific journalism plays in the processes of knowledge dissemination, in this case, related to human evolution.

scholarly journals Egzegeza i interpretacja Łk 16 na podstawie metodologii wypracowanej przez retorykę semicką

2019 ◽  
pp. 49-109
Author(s):  
Lucyna Anna Skorupa
Keyword(s):  
Final Stage ◽  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Starting Point

The focus of this thesis is an exegesis and interpretation of Luke 16 based on the methodology developed by Hebrew Rhetoric. The assumed goal has been achieved.The conducted analysis was described in three interrelated chapters. The first chapter was dedicated to the composition of the text. This stage of work consists of delimitation which has allowed to separate Luke 16 as one unit and present its context. Luke 16 includes three interrelated passages. Their detailed segmentation was provided in the second paragraph. The final stage was a holistic view of the examined sequence, which justified its symmetrical-concentric structure.In the second chapter, intertextual analysis of particular expressions significant for the interpretation of the pericopes included in the sequences, was carried out. At this stage, connection between units was revealed, what in the next chapter allowed to describe relations and explain the previously established compositional figure AXA’.Developed interpretation of particular passages has been a starting point for deeper analysis, in which parallel units were interpreted, what let to draw theological conclusions. It has been shown that cognition, in the biblical sense, is a first stage leading to full commitment. Only the person who really experienced the closeness of Jesus is able to risk using all possible means to enter kingdom of God. It is possible only by showing mercy and making use of worldly possessions. Undivided heart commited to serving God requires creative love of neighbour.

scholarly journals The information about human evolution: An analysis of news published in Spanish communication media between 2015 and 2017

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Ander Garibi ◽  
Alvaro Antón ◽  
José Domingo Villarroel
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Human Evolution ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Biological Evolution ◽  
Knowledge Dissemination ◽  
Theory Of Evolution ◽  
Scientific Journalism

The present study examines a sample of 220 pieces of news related to human evolution, written in Spanish and published over a period of two years, both in digital and print media. The aim of this study is to assess the rigour and coherence of the information in the news in our sample with the scientific knowledge on the Theory of Evolution. To this end, errors and the incorrect use of concepts related to Biological Evolution are identified; classified according to criteria resulting from the review of previous studies and finally, the frequency of errors identified in news published in print media is compared with that identified in digital media. The results presented allow us to highlight the significantly high frequency of errors in the news analysed and the most frequent error categories. Results are discussed within the frame of the important role of dissemination of information played by scientific journalism in the processes of knowledge dissemination, in this case, related to human evolution

Conditionals, Inference, and Possibility in Ancient Mesopotamian Science

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Rochberg
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Institutional Context ◽  
Logical Structure ◽  
Epistemic Possibility ◽  
Inferential Reasoning ◽  
Conditional Statements ◽  
Cognitive Disposition ◽  
Physical Phenomena

ArgumentThis paper argues that ancient Babylonian signs (omens) reflect a mode of inferential reasoning as a function of their syntactic and logical structure as conditionals. Taking into account the institutional context that produced a systematic written body of omens, the paper is principally interested in the cognitive disposition of such texts. Investigating what constitutes system in these works, formal aspects of the material are examined in terms of the nature of conditionals and the logic of conditional statements. It is argued that conditional statements about ominous phenomena speak as much to a notion of conceivability and possibility as to empirical physical actuality. It is claimed that the epistemological character of the Babylonian compendia of signs cannot be understood without due attention to epistemic possibility and further, that the cuneiform omen texts comprise a different kind of scientific knowledge from that limited to a knowledge of physical phenomena and their laws.

Kultūriniai lietuviškumo vaizdiniai Aušroje ir moksliniai kontekstai

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (28) 2019 ◽  
pp. 113-139
Author(s):  
Auksuolė Čepaitienė
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Cultural Evolution ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
Theory Of Evolution ◽  
The Past ◽  
Symbolic Structure ◽  
Knowledge Theory ◽  
Dynamic Key

The article analyses cultural meanings of images of Lithuanianness, as represented in the publications of the first illegal Lithuanian newspaper Aušra (published 1883 to 1886), and their relation to scientific contexts. The past and language and daba (culture) are considered as thematic fields and sources of images that participate in creating the Lithuanians’ story of ‘themselves’. Their instrumental capacities are different, although the 19thcentury proto-disciplinary integrity of linguistics, history, ethnology and anthropology justifies their implicit interconnectedness. The article also suggests that images of forest and hill-fort encompass the idea of social and cultural evolution, and the understanding of culture as being dynamic. Key words: image of Lithuanianness, symbolic structure, scientific knowledge, theory of evolution, the Lithuanians’ story of themselves.

The Scientific Methods of Biology, Starting with Charles Darwin

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-117
Author(s):  
Cristina Sousa
Keyword(s):  
Nature Of Science ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Method ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Charles Darwin ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Theory Of Evolution ◽  
Instructional Framework ◽  
The Past

The choice of the scientific method to be used depends on the question to be investigated, the type of study being performed, and the maturity of the particular subdiscipline. I review the scientific methods frequently used in biology since Darwin, the aspects of the nature of science relevant for teaching and learning about evolution, and some recent studies that tested the theory of evolution and some of its features. I also present some guidelines for teachers, within an inquiry-based instructional framework, to facilitate students’ understanding that hypothesis-driven and observation-driven studies are equally important and responsible for the advancement of scientific knowledge in the field of biology, both in the past and in the present.

scholarly journals The information about human evolution: An analysis of news published in Spanish communication media between 2015 and 2017

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon Ander Garibi ◽  
Alvaro Antón ◽  
José Domingo Villarroel
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Human Evolution ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Print Media ◽  
Biological Evolution ◽  
Knowledge Dissemination ◽  
Theory Of Evolution ◽  
Scientific Journalism

The present study examines a sample of 220 pieces of news related to human evolution, written in Spanish and published over a period of two years, both in digital and print media. The aim of this study is to assess the rigour and coherence of the information in the news in our sample with the scientific knowledge on the Theory of Evolution. To this end, errors and the incorrect use of concepts related to Biological Evolution are identified; classified according to criteria resulting from the review of previous studies and finally, the frequency of errors identified in news published in print media is compared with that identified in digital media. The results presented allow us to highlight the significantly high frequency of errors in the news analysed and the most frequent error categories. Results are discussed within the frame of the important role of dissemination of information played by scientific journalism in the processes of knowledge dissemination, in this case, related to human evolution

scholarly journals Materialist Science

1995 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-261
Author(s):  
Yamina Bouguenaya
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Method ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Knowledge Of God ◽  
The Face ◽  
Future Events ◽  
Reliable Knowledge ◽  
Scientific Results ◽  
True Knowledge ◽  
Physical Phenomena

It is commonly believed that physical phenomena can be understoodin scientific terms. Science is presumed to produce knowledge that enablesman to predict future events, control his environment or explain diversephenomena. Regardless of the use to which scientific knowledge is put,the cognitive claim is there. The question is: Do scientific results constituteknowledge? To answer this question, it is necessary to examine thelogical structure of science. The problem is one of justification. Given thata conclusion is supported by scientific evidence, is the scientific conceptof evidence a legitimate one? These questions about the foundation of scientificinference (i.e., the scientific method of justification) have greatimport.The methods of inference taught in the Qur'an are distinct from and inconflict with those of science. Furthermore, we believe that the applicationof the Qur'anic methods will yield knowledge of God, which is theonly true knowledge. However, the successes of science and its technologicalconsequences have made many people, including believers in God,equate knowledge with scientific knowledge. There are many who stillhold that religion is a matter of faith-the "dogmas" of religion are acceptedon faith. The point is that the grounds for accepting a faith have nothingto do with cognitive claims. If a particular religion is fundamentally amatter of faith, then there is no basis for pref erring it to other faiths.In the face of this conflict between the method of the Qur'an and thatof science, it is essential to assess the cognitive claims of religion. If ourcommitment to religion is to be more than an unjustified devotion, wemust know that revelation is better suited to the attainment of knowledgethan science. The problem is to ascertain whether there are sound logicalreasons for supposing that the conclusions of revelation constitute morereliable, in fact the reliable knowledge, than conclusions established on thebasis of the scientific method of inferences.Why and How Questions: An Artificial DivisionScience is based on causality, the cornerstone of materialism and theantithesis of God's Oneness (tawbid). For this reason, if the scientific ...

The Interpretation of Line Profiles

1977 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 191-215
Author(s):  
G.B. Rybicki
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Fields ◽  
Atomic Physics ◽  
Velocity Fields ◽  
Spectral Lines ◽  
Inhomogeneous Structure ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Line Profiles ◽  
Physical Phenomena

Observations of the shapes and intensities of spectral lines provide a bounty of information about the outer layers of the sun. In order to utilize this information, however, one is faced with a seemingly monumental task. The sun’s chromosphere and corona are extremely complex, and the underlying physical phenomena are far from being understood. Velocity fields, magnetic fields, Inhomogeneous structure, hydromagnetic phenomena – these are some of the complications that must be faced. Other uncertainties involve the atomic physics upon which all of the deductions depend.

TEM visualization of surface replicated acid and base catalyzed sol-gel glasses

1986 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 448-449
Author(s):  
George C. Ruben ◽  
Merrill W. Shafer
Keyword(s):  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Sol Gel ◽  
Basic Medium ◽  
Glass Transition Point ◽  
Structural Space ◽  
Acid And Base ◽  
Organometallic Precursors ◽  
New Processing ◽  
Gel Glasses ◽  
Physical Phenomena

Traditionally ceramics have been shaped from powders and densified at temperatures close to their liquid point. New processing methods using various types of sols, gels, and organometallic precursors at low temperature which enable densificatlon at elevated temperatures well below their liquidus, hold the promise of producing ceramics and glasses of controlled and reproducible properties that are highly reliable for electronic, structural, space or medical applications. Ultrastructure processing of silicon alkoxides in acid medium and mixtures of Ludox HS-40 (120Å spheres from DuPont) and Kasil (38% K2O &62% SiO2) in basic medium have been aimed at producing materials with a range of well defined pore sizes (∼20-400Å) to study physical phenomena and materials behavior in well characterized confined geometries. We have studied Pt/C surface replicas of some of these porous sol-gels prepared at temperatures below their glass transition point.

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