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Notre étude examine l'intégration des technologies de l'information et de la communication – TIC – à l'Agence congolaise pour l'emploi – ACPE– à Brazzaville. Malgré des efforts significatifs, l'envi……続きを見る

Heritage is a social construction rooted in modern and contemporary societies. It is commonly a positive assessment of many elements of the physical and human environment (e.g. ecosystems and landsc……続きを見る

Free will is one of the most discussed topics in neuroscience, psychology and philosophy. Many even assume that our view of human nature and our social order are at stake. This book shows that the a……続きを見る

Can we expect our scientific theories to make up a unified structure, or do they form a kind of "patchwork" whose pieces remain independent from each other? Does the proliferation of sometimes-incom……続きを見る

The Estonian philosopher of science Rein Vihalemm (1938–2015) left two prominent and fruitful philosophical-methodological legacies that continue to captivate philosophers of science: a methodologic……続きを見る

Dieses Buch ist eine Open Access Publikation. Der lange gehegte Traum von künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) wird in unserer Alltagswelt zunehmend Realität. Damit verbinden sich hohe gesellschaftliche Erw……続きを見る

“Some of the most compelling, cutting-edge ideas about who we are and what kind of world we live in. This is a daring bookーand a great read!”ーGlenn Hartelius, PhD, coeditor of the International Jo……続きを見る

The book considers the relationship between governance and participation, and the ways participation has been understood, framed and applied in the context of synthetic biology (SB) governance appro……続きを見る

Unsere Entscheidungen treffen wir selbst und frei. Oder nicht? Für unser Menschenbild ist wenig so bedeutend wie die Erfahrung, sich selbst unter Kontrolle zu haben. Doch was sagen Philosophie und W……続きを見る

The Philosophy of Practical Affairs: An Introduction addresses the problems of everyday life, problems that from time to time fate drops on normal twenty-first-century western individuals. Addressin……続きを見る

Critical-thinking skills are essential for life in the 21st century. In this follow-up to his introductory guide Think, and continuing his trademark of hopeful skepticism, Guy Harrison demonstrates ……続きを見る

Carbon markets – both emission trading systems and baseline and credit systems – are an increasingly common policy instrument being introduced to address climate change mitigation. However, their de……続きを見る

A moving memoir from a woman who made a fortune in a man's world and then gave it all away...soon to be turned into a film In 1962, Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley created a software company when the conc……続きを見る

Mit dem Subjekt wird eine logisch nicht hintergehbare Entität benannt, die sich aus den Prämissen des Radikalen Konstruktivismus ableiten lässt. Damit ist jedoch wenig gesagt, weil ein reines Subjek……続きを見る

"En este libro propone una relectura de la obras de autores clásicos desde las áreas de investigación del colectivo de profesores del grupo de investigación Democracia, Estado e integración social (……続きを見る

This collection of exclusive interviews provides a fascinating insight into the thoughts and ideas of influential figures from the world of IT and computing, including Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Donald Kn……続きを見る

It seems that just about every new technology that we bring to bear on improving our lives brings with it some downside, side effect or unintended consequence. These issues can pose very real and gr……続きを見る

Algorithms influence every facet of modern life: criminal justice, education, housing, entertainment, elections, social media, news feeds, work… the list goes on. Delegating important decisions to m……続きを見る

Few English books are as widely known, underread, and underappreciated as Robert Burton’s The Anatomy of Melancholy. Stephanie Shirilan laments that modern scholars often treat the Anatomy as an unm……続きを見る

"What would it take to create a world in which fantasy is not confused for fact and public policy is based on objective reality?" asks Neil deGrasse Tyson, science popularizer and author ofAstrophys……続きを見る

Originally published in 1966. This volume analyzes the general structure of scientific theories, their relation to experience and to non-scientific thought. Part One is concerned with the logic unde……続きを見る

This book is a study of the scientific revolution as a movement of amateur science. It describes the ideology of the amateur scientific societies as the philosophy of the Enlightenment Movement and ……続きを見る

René Descartes, né le 31 mars 1596 à La Haye en France, et mort le 11 février 1650 à Stockholm, est un mathématicien, physicien et philosophe français. Il est considéré comme l’un des fondateurs de ……続きを見る

Misère de la philosophie est une  réponse à la philosophie de la misère de M. Proudhon est une œuvre de Karl Marx parue en juin 1847 à Bruxelles en son exil. ……続きを見る

Baruch Spinoza, également connu sous les noms de Bento de Espinosa ou Benedictus de Spinoza, né le 24 novembre 1632 à Amsterdam, mort le 21 février 1677 à La Haye, est un philosophe hollandais dont ……続きを見る

This book offers a unique perspective on Zionism. The author, a geneticist by training, focuses on science, rather than history. He looks at the claims that Jews constitute a people with common biol……続きを見る

Think more critically, learn to question everything, and don't let your ownbrain trip you up. This fresh and exciting approach to science, skepticism, and critical thinking will enlighten and inspir……続きを見る

This volume examines Popper’s philosophy by analyzing the criticism of his most popular critics: Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend and Imre Lakatos. They all followed his rejection of the traditional vie……続きを見る

Physics (or "Physica", or "Physicae Auscultationes" meaning "lessons") is a key text in the philosophy of Aristotle. It inaugurates the current Andronichean order, the long series of Aristotle's phy……続きを見る