scholarly journals Sensitive Plants and Senseless Weeds: Plants, Consciousness, and Elizabeth Kent

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-133
Author(s):  
Leila Walker
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Ethics Of Care ◽  
Romantic Period ◽  
The Press ◽  
Literary Anthologies

When a team of researchers in 2018 found that plants exposed to anesthesia appeared to lose consciousness, the press reported that plants might have a consciousness to lose. The ensuing debate revealed a gap between scientific and literary approaches to human and nonhuman consciousness that this article traces back to the botanical writing of the Romantic period. These concerns, I argue, are central to Elizabeth Kent’s Flora Domestica (1823) and Sylvan Sketches (1825), both botanical works that double as literary anthologies in order to expose a productive gap between literary and scientific knowledge. In a time when the distinction between science and poetry could frequently blur, Kent’s works navigate these boundaries with particular attention to the kinds of relationships each entails. In so doing, I argue, she advances an ethics of care attuned to consciousnesses beyond our understanding, rooted in the contested borderland between scientific and poetic knowledge.

scholarly journals The Portuguese cholera morbus epidemic of 1853–56 as seen by the press

2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Antónia Pires de Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
General Public ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Limited Access ◽  
The Press ◽  
Prevention And Treatment ◽  
Northern Regions

This is a study of how scientific knowledge reached common citizens in nineteenth-century Portugal, using newspapers as the main source. Despite the population's limited access to written material, each leading newspaper might be read by 30 000 people a day in Lisbon. This made newspapers the most widely available vehicle for the diffusion of the latest scientific information to the general public. With a cholera morbus epidemic affecting the second largest Portuguese town and all the northern regions, as well as the Algarve, reports on the course of the epidemic were considered essential. The author bases her study on a database of news about the disease in 1855 and 1856, especially with regard to prevention and treatment.

scholarly journals O conhecimento a serviço da fé: noções de ciência na Revista Vozes de Petrópolis (1907 a 1917)

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Isabel Bilhão
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Diffusion Of Knowledge ◽  
New Religions ◽  
The Press ◽  
Science And Culture ◽  
Argumentative Strategies ◽  
And Diffusion

Nas décadas iniciais do século XX, diante da laicização do ensino público, do avanço de correntes racionalistas e anticlericais e de novas religiões no país, a Igreja Católica precisou enfrentar uma inusitada concorrência na arena educacional. A imprensa tornou-se uma importante arma de combate, largamente utilizada tanto por membros do clero, quanto por seus opositores. O artigo analisa um dos veículos participantes desse confronto: a Revista Vozes de Petrópolis. O periódico, fundado por freis franciscanos em 1907, propunha-se a colaborar para a formação de uma intelectualidade católica que pudesse responder aos desafios de seu tempo, especialmente através de artigos relacionados à ciência e à cultura. Com base na análise de excertos de textos publicados entre 1907 e 1917, objetiva-se identificar as concepções de ciência apresentadas na Revista e as estratégias argumentativas utilizadas pelos redatores, bem como observar as redes de relações em que estes estavam inseridos e suas possíveis influências na legitimação e circulação do periódico. Pretende-se, assim, contribuir para o alargamento das reflexões acerca da participação da imprensa católica nos embates em torno da definição e difusão do conhecimento científico no país nos primórdios do século XX.Knowledge at the service of faith: notions of science in Revista Vozes de Petrópolis (1907 a 1917). In the early decades of the twentieth century, due to the laicization of public education, the advance of rationalist and anticlerical currents and new religions in the country, The Catholic Church had to face an unusual competition in the educational arena. The press has become an important weapon of combat, much used by members of the clergy and their opponents. The article analyzes one of the vehicles participating in this confrontation: the Revista Vozes de Petrópolis. The periodical, founded by Franciscan friars in 1907, aimed at collaborating in the formation of Catholic intellectuals who could respond to the challenges of their time, especially by means of articles related to science and culture. Based on texts published between 1907 and 1917, we intend to identify the conceptions of science presented in the journal and the argumentative strategies used by the editors, as well as to observe the networks of relations in which they were inserted and their possible influences on the legitimacy and circulation of the periodical. The intention is to contribute to the reflection on the participation of the Catholic press in the struggles around the definition and diffusion of scientific knowledge in the country in the early twentieth century. Keywords: Catholic press; Diffusion of knowledge; Educational struggles.

scholarly journals La correspondance de F.-A. Pouchet avec les membres de l'Académie des Sciences : une réévaluation du débat sur la génération spontanée

1999 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominique Raynaud
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Spontaneous Generation ◽  
Sociology Of Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Académie Des Sciences ◽  
The Press ◽  
Scientific Ethos

The controversy between Pasteur and Pouchet on spontaneous generation (1859–1864) has received great interest in the sociology of scientific knowledge. This paper shows that some statements were shifted by Pennetier's biased version (1907). The study of the correspondence between Pouchet and the members of the Academie des Sciences reveals that Pouchet was on intimate terms with many members of this institution, and also that the two commissions appointed in 1862 and 1864 did not collude with any Pastorian lobby. The discovery of Pouchet's forgery leads to a quite different estimate of this controversy. Pouchet's defeat can be explained by his repeated retreats in front of the commissions, his dogmatic faith in heterogeny, lobbying by the press, and an immoderate need for glory. Beyond the lack of replies to the rationale against heterogeny, such a transgression of the norms of scientific ethos seems to have been a source of irritation among the Academicians.

scholarly journals Mariaż ezoteryki z nauką na łamach Wiedzy Duchowej i Lotosu

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 (1 (245)) ◽  
pp. 79-94
Author(s):  
Paweł Sarna
Keyword(s):  
Interwar Period ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Research Material ◽  
The Press

Celem artykułu jest analiza sposobów budowania wiarygodności nadawcy w artykułach ukazujących się na łamach miesięczników Wiedza Duchowa oraz Lotos. Czasopisma wpisywały się w ówczesne trendy dwudziestolecia międzywojennego, łącząc tematykę ezoteryczną z problematyką najnowszych odkryć naukowych. Autorzy artykułów opublikowanych w tych periodykach umiejętnie odwoływali się do różnych typów autorytetu – zarówno wiedzy naukowej, jak i innych źródeł, w tym osobowych. Ustalono, że oglądu materiału dokonano z perspektywy miejsc strategicznych w tekście prasowym, co pozwoliło ustalić, jakie były sposoby przedstawiania tematów. Dokonano podziału tytułów ze względu na ich funkcje. Wyróżniono także preferowane mechanizmy retoryczne służące przekonywaniu czytelników. The Marriage of Esotericism with Science in Spiritual Knowledge and Lotus The aim of the article is to analyze the ways of building credibility of the author in the articles published in two monthly magazines Spiritual Knowledge (Wiedza Duchowa) and Lotus (Lotos) in pre-war Poland. The magazines were in line with the trends of the time of the interwar period, combining esoteric themes with the latest scientific discoveries. Authors of the articles published in these periodicals skillfully referred to various types of authority - both scientific knowledge and other sources, including personal sources. The analysis of the research material was conducted from the perspective of strategic places in the press text, which made it possible to describe the ways of presenting various topics, the functions of the titles of the articles and the most common rhetorical means used for persuading readers.

The expert guide in spanish private universities: analysis of their presence and management for scientific knowledge transfer

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
鬼谷 子
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Private Universities ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Digital Implementation ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Media ◽  
Scientific Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Location Type ◽  
Short Time

The guide of experts is a directory of researchers from an institution who are willing to collaborate with the media and allows journalists to locate them autonomously in a short time. It is a communication tool that optimizes the media projection of the organization's intellectual capital, increasing the visibility, branding, and organization's intellectual capital, increasing the visibility, brand, and reputation of the institution. For this reason, its presence and management in Spanish private universities are researched. The objectives are to ascertain their presence or absence from the guide; identify the reasons that have slowed down their digital implementation; analyze their location, type of format, and languages; research how an expert is located; analyze the curricular data offered by the researcher; reveal the curricular data offered by the expert, and make known the methods for contacting the specialist. The methodology is based on content analysis and the study period is from February to June 2020. The results indicate a poor presence, although they are always located in the press rooms and their format is usually digital (not in pdf), allowing the search by name-surname or specialty, mainly only in Spanish, offering little curricular information on the researchers and always allowing contact by telephone or institutional e-mail through both direct contact and contact mediated by the communication office. It concludes with an overview of its implementation and an identification of the dysfunctions and good practices detected for transferring scientific knowledge through this organizational tool.

scholarly journals Scientific criticism and criteria of scientific character

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 250-259
Author(s):  
Boguslaw Wolniewic
Keyword(s):  
Common Sense ◽  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Ludwig Wittgenstein ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Information Space ◽  
Religious Fundamentalism ◽  
The Internet ◽  
European Universities ◽  
The Press

The first Ukrainian translation of the text by Boguslaw Wolniewicz "Scientific criticism and criteria of scientific character". Boguslaw Wolniewicz (1927-2017) is a new figure in Ukrainian information space. This Warsaw professor and visiting professor at a number of leading American and European universities, a member of the International Wittgenstein Society, also known for his journalistic activities, including appearances in the press, radio and television, and lectures on YouTube where he became a real star of the Internet. The main areas of his thought were logic, metaphysics, ethics, philosophy of religion and philosophy of law, but he gained the most recognition as the creator of the ontology of the situation, as translator and commentator of Ludwig Wittgenstein, as well as a critic of freudianism, phenomenology, postmodernism, marxism and religious fundamentalism. In his view, philosophy is an attempt to rationally grasp problems on which there is no scientific knowledge. Along with the chaos in modern social life, the role of philosophy is constantly growing. Philosophy expresses theses that through common sense anyone can reach, if they think deeply enough. Therefore, there are no innovative things in it. It is about providing tools for the formation of clear thoughts, which, in turn, make it possible to distinguish between truth and falsehood in all non-scientific knowledge, in particular because it relates to the problems of philosophy and education.

scholarly journals La ciencia en la literatura española decimonónica

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Miguel Pueyo
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Romantic Literature ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Press ◽  
Scientific Phenomena ◽  
The Universe

Algunos fenómenos científicos, como el tren, los globos aerostáticos, o referencias a química, o física, son las pocas muestras que se pueden encontrar en la prensa y en las obras literarias. Sin embargo, en el contexto del romanticismo español, las ciencias nutren las obras literarias, especialmente en Bécquer. Filosóficamente, las ciencias son un elemento inexcusable para el poeta / artista, pues el conocimiento científico le permitía conocer el universo del que pretendía escribir literariamente. La luz y el color son los elementos indispensables en la literatura romántica, que unen en forma de arte total las ciencias y las artes.Some scientific phenomena, such as the train, the aerostatic balloons, or references to chemistry, or physics, are the few cases that can be found in the press or in the literary works. However, in the context of the Spanish Romanticism, sciences nurture literary works, especially Bécquer. Philosophically, sciences are an unavoidable element for the poet / artist, since scientific knowledge allows him or her to know the universe about which he or she wanted to write. Light and colour are indispensable elements in Romantic literature, which combine in the shape of total art sciences and the arts.

Defining the Competence of Psychologists with a View to Public Accountability *

1997 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ype H. Poortinga ◽  
Ingrid Lunt
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Knowledge ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
The Body ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Rigorous Evaluation ◽  
Judicial Proceedings ◽  
Psychological Knowledge

In national codes of ethics the practice of psychology is presented as rooted in scientific knowledge, professional skills, and experience. However, it is not self-evident that the body of scientific knowledge in psychology provides an adequate basis for current professional practice. Professional training and experience are seen as necessary for the application of psychological knowledge, but they appear insufficient to defend the soundness of one's practices when challenged in judicial proceedings of a kind that may be faced by psychologists in the European Union in the not too distant future. In seeking to define the basis for the professional competence of psychologists, this article recommends taking a position of modesty concerning the scope and effectiveness of psychological interventions. In many circumstances, psychologists can only provide partial advice, narrowing down the range of possible courses of action more by eliminating unpromising ones than by pointing out the most correct or most favorable one. By emphasizing rigorous evaluation, the profession should gain in accountability and, in the long term, in respectability.

Social science and the press: A case study and its implications.

1981 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 480-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell H. Weigel ◽  
Jeffrey J. Pappas
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
The Press
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document