scholarly journals ’n Werkgroep vir teologie, filosofie en ander vakdissiplines

2011 ◽  
Vol 45 (2/3) ◽  
Author(s):  
P.G.W. Du Plessis
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
Scientific Quality ◽  
Final Word ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Rational Discourse ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Single Discipline ◽  
Specialist Field ◽  
Theology And Philosophy

A workshop for theology, philosophy and other disciplinesThe proposal to start a workshop among theologians, philosophers and other specialists is connected to the view that foundational issues exist in every faculty and in every field of study. A distinction between theology as “divinity knowledge” and philosophy as “secular rational discourse” is set aside by explaining that both theology and philosophy are “sciences of faith”. Not one single discipline is without its bona fides and its foundational issues. Hence, the suggestion to pay continual attention to foundational issues in theology, philosophy and other concerned disciplines in an interdisciplinary workshop. Using the so-called multidimensional scope of science (empirical, methodological and dimension of meta-issues) the author argues that any scientific discipline is inextricably bound up with foundational issues. Some limitations and some advantages of scientific inquiries like logical critique, transcendental critique, and transforming of elements of truths serve as to deliberately further co-operation between specialists on common fundamental issues, on inadmissible/undesirable differences and on indispensable diversity. Several assumptions are presented, for example one’s own specialist field does not have the final word about common issues; that various specialists can learn from one another;Christian theology does not render Christian scholarship redundant in other scientific disciplines such as languages or philosophy. Special disciplines deteriorate in scientific quality whenever specialists tend to get rid of their inherent foundational issues,tend to keep quiet about them, or pass them on to philosophers.

Concluding remarks

1977 ◽  
Vol 280 (972) ◽  
pp. 373-374
Keyword(s):  
Lake Sediments ◽  
Ice Sheets ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Peat Bogs ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Great Range ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
History Of ◽  
Antarctic Ice Sheets

The conclusion of this two day meeting finds us with a very great deal on which we may congratulate ourselves. In the first place there is the extremely large attendance, embracing scientists of all ages, and graced and illuminated by the attendance of many overseas colleagues of experience and distinction. In the second place we have the great range of scientific disciplines that are now applied to our field of study, many now extremely sophisticated, and the corresponding extension of Quaternary Studies into fields of evidence not hitherto exploited. In the early days of palynology of laminated lake sediments one could write of deciphering the ‘annals of the lakes’, but beginning by reading the record of lakes, peat bogs, coastal, fluviatile, glacial and periglacial geology, we have progressed to translating the long and detailed records of the deep oceans, and now the encapsulated history of the Arctic and Antarctic ice sheets. We have been introduced to the marvellous potential of the great CLIMAP Project, and all [biologists in the British Isles at least will now have to consider whether their hypotheses of past biotic history satisfy the new principle that we can all see emerging as ‘McIntyre’s Gate’.

scholarly journals Non-scientific Archaeological Recovery of Human Remains from an Ancient Well in India

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Sehrawat ◽  
R. K. Pathak
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Human Remains ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Existing Structures ◽  
Forensic Archaeology ◽  
Human Bones ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Minimum Number Of Individuals ◽  
Number Of Individuals

Forensic archaeology is a scientific discipline that can expose past crime(s) against humanity by recovering the bodies of victims and meticulously documenting any proof of torture, trauma or human rights violations. Archaeological recovery of human remains deposited in pre-existing structures or features such as wells, potholes, natural ravines, roadside trenches, sewage systems etc., have been reported from many sites worldwide. In April, 2014, thousands of human bones, teeth as well as a number of personal effects including coins, medals and beaded armbands were unscientifically excavated from a well—presumably dating from the nineteenth century—located under a religious structure in the heart a North Indian town. Without the assistance of scientific expertise or local administration, locals excavated the remains to verify whether the well containing human bones was a result of an event which had been documented in the written records. The unscientific excavation by locals with no formal qualifications in archaeology or anthropology, resulted in the enhanced damage and commingling of human remains limiting information on the minimum number of individuals, age-at-death, sex, pathological conditions, trauma, etc. which may have assisted in identification and a stronger corroboration with the historical records. This paper aims to emphasize that if scientific protocols had been followed—including the participation of a multidisciplinary excavation team with experts from diverse scientific disciplines like forensic archaeology, anthropology, geology, skeletal biology, history, forensic medicine etc.—data and context would have been greatly enhanced and information may have been obtained about the deceased individuals and whether they were the victims of crimes dating to the nineteenth century.

scholarly journals A place for intelligence studies as a scientific discipline

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaus Solberg Søilen
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Scientific Field ◽  
Competitive Intelligence ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Area Of Interest ◽  
The Social ◽  
Intelligence Studies

Is the field of Competitive Intelligence (CI) or Intelligence Studies (IS) a proper scientific field of study? The empirical investigation found that academic and professional within CI and IS could not agree upon what dimensions, topics or content are handled by their own area of interest that is not covered by other areas of study. In fact, most topics listed as special for CI and IS are covered by other established scientific journals. Most topics are covered by other disciplines. The data also showed that the same group could not list any analysis that is not used by other areas of study. It shows that a majority of the analyses the respondents think are unique to their study come from the area of strategy and military intelligence. However, this does not mean that CI and IS does not have its own place or niche as a study and discipline. It is suggested here, but further investigation is encouraged, that CI and IS brings a number of unique dimension to the social sciences.

On God as an Agent

2021 ◽  
pp. 4-20
Author(s):  
William J. Abraham
Keyword(s):  
Christian Theology ◽  
Thomas Reid ◽  
Theology And Philosophy

This chapter contains the central contention of this volume, namely, that Christian theology and philosophy should conceive of God as an agent. It briefly outlines the intellectual and spiritual territory in which the claim “God is an agent” appears, some of which has been discussed in previous volumes: thus the chapter offers a recapitulation. Then it portrays the claim that God is an agent schematically, in dialogue with Thomas Reid. Then it discusses the motivation for thinking about God as an agent that recurringly appears in Christian theology and philosophy. Next, it raises a caution for thinking about God as an agent, and then it concludes by responding to central objections to this view.

scholarly journals Do researchers use open research data? Exploring the relationships between usage trends and metadata quality across scientific disciplines from the Figshare case

2020 ◽  
pp. 016555152096104
Author(s):  
Alfonso Quarati ◽  
Juliana E Raffaghelli
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assessment ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Scientific Domain ◽  
Open Research ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Metadata Quality ◽  
Publishing Practices

Open research data (ORD) have been considered a driver of scientific transparency. However, data friction, as the phenomenon of data underutilisation for several causes, has also been pointed out. A factor often called into question for ORD low usage is the quality of the ORD and associated metadata. This work aims to illustrate the use of ORD, published by the Figshare scientific repository, concerning their scientific discipline, their type and compared with the quality of their metadata. Considering all the Figshare resources and carrying out a programmatic quality assessment of their metadata, our analysis highlighted two aspects. First, irrespective of the scientific domain considered, most ORD are under-used, but with exceptional cases which concentrate most researchers’ attention. Second, there was no evidence that the use of ORD is associated with good metadata publishing practices. These two findings opened to a reflection about the potential causes of such data friction.

Quaker Studies: An Overview

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-111
Author(s):  
C. Wess Daniels ◽  
Robynne Rogers Healey ◽  
Jon R. Kershner ◽  
Stephen W. Angell ◽  
Pink Dandelion
Keyword(s):  
Field Of Study ◽  
Biblical Hermeneutics ◽  
Current State ◽  
Rich Diversity ◽  
Sociological Work ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Work Done ◽  
Theology And Philosophy ◽  
State Of The Field

AbstractIn this introductory volume to Brill’s series on Quaker Studies, Quaker Studies, An Overview: The Current State of the Field, C. Wess Daniels, Robynne Rogers Healey, and Jon Kershner investigate Quaker Studies, divided into the three fields of history, theology and philosophy, and sociology.With a focus on schisms, transatlantic networks, colonialism, abolition, gender and equality, and pacifism from Quaker origins onward, Healey explores the rich diversity and complexity of research and interpretation that has emerged in Quaker history.In his chapter, Kershner explores comparisons and divergences in contemporary Quaker theology and philosophy. Special attention is paid to Quaker biblical hermeneutics, mysticism, ethics, epistemology and Global Quakerism.Daniels looks at the sociology of Quakerism as a new field of study that has only recently begun to be explored and developed. This chapter surveys the field of sociological work done within Quakerism from the 1960s to the present day.

Refleksyjna problematyzacja1 tego, co filozoficzne w tym, co pedagogiczne oraz tego, co pedagogiczne w tym, co filozoficzne

2017 ◽  
pp. 61-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarosław Gara
Keyword(s):  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Research Subject ◽  
Contemporary Philosophy ◽  
Mutual Exchange ◽  
Scientific Disciplines ◽  
Old Greek

The author presents the thesis according to which pedagogy, as a scientific discipline needs philosophy to build contexts and to deepen its own research subject, whereas philosophy does not need pedagogy to build contexts and to deepen its own research subject,. For this reason, between the contemporary philosophy and pedagogy, treated as scientific disciplines, we have a constitutive asymmetry of mutual “exchange” and mutual influence. The search for mutual complementarity of philosophical and pedagogical thought must be done at a higher level of integration in the horizon of thinking about the historical, social, cultural or civilizational. It is here, where it exposes the fact of nonreducible dimension of experience of mutual easements and necessity of philosophy and pedagogy; the philosophical in the pedagogical, and the pedagogical in the philosophical. The old Greek idea of paideia invariably becomes a non-problematic meeting place and penetration of the philosophical and the pedagogical.

A Forum for Researchers: What Is Research in Mathematics Education, and What Are Its Results?

1993 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-278
Author(s):  
Anna Sierpinska ◽  
Jeremy Kilpatrick ◽  
Nicolas Balacheff ◽  
A. Geoffrey Howson ◽  
Anna Sfard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Scientific Quality ◽  
Mathematical Education ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Mathematics Educators ◽  
General Feeling ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
Research In Mathematics Education

As mathematics education has become better established as a domain of scienti fic research (if not as a scientific discipline), exactly what this research is and what its results are have become less clear. The hi story of the past three International Congresses on Mathematical Education demonstrates the need for greater clarity. At the Budapest congress in 1988, in particular, there was a general feeling that mathematics educators from different parts of the world. countries, or even areas of the same country often talk past one another. There seems to be a lack of consensus on what it means to be a mathematics educator. Standards of scientific quality and the criteria for accepting a paper vary considerably among the more than 250 journals on mathematics education published throughout the world.

scholarly journals Istota kulturoznawstwa

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1(3)) ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Jarosław Płuciennik
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Science And Politics ◽  
Present World

THE ESSENCE OF CULTURAL STUDIESThe article presents Polish cultural studies as a scientific discipline and as a field of study. The most important issues used to characterise the essence of cultural studies are as follows: its relation to political science and politics as such; interdisciplinarity, digitisation and globalisation, humanities, humanism and anti-humanism. Polish cultural studies, which is dynamically developing, is variously defined. Therefore, it is difficult to clarify the essence of a field and area which is so hybrid and fluid. However, in the present world, it is worth remembering the principle importance of the humanities and their mission. Cultural studies is one of the key areas where the mission of the humanities is realised.

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