Position paper
... the economic fabric. This pivotal role of innovation and the central position of knowledge production and distribution in this process are reshaping the institutional settings of economic development. In the 1990s the interaction between private and public actors, networking between firms, and the f ...
... the economic fabric. This pivotal role of innovation and the central position of knowledge production and distribution in this process are reshaping the institutional settings of economic development. In the 1990s the interaction between private and public actors, networking between firms, and the f ...
• “Letting the Genie Out of Its Bottle: Contemporary Population
... When the decoding of the human genome was announced at a White House press conference, President Clinton proclaimed that this achievement proved “our common humanity.” Celera Genomics head J. Craig Venter’s comments during the event were more cautious; he remarked that with the genome deciphered, ge ...
... When the decoding of the human genome was announced at a White House press conference, President Clinton proclaimed that this achievement proved “our common humanity.” Celera Genomics head J. Craig Venter’s comments during the event were more cautious; he remarked that with the genome deciphered, ge ...
Scientific Objectivity
... have effects on other things and can exist without causing any perceptions at all, their true nature must be detachable from their perspectival appearance and need not resemble it. The final step is to form a conception of that ‘true nature’ independently of any perspective. Nagel calls that concept ...
... have effects on other things and can exist without causing any perceptions at all, their true nature must be detachable from their perspectival appearance and need not resemble it. The final step is to form a conception of that ‘true nature’ independently of any perspective. Nagel calls that concept ...
The Economic Approach to the Social Sciences – Scope and
... Opposite position: Methodological collectivism, popular particular in large parts of sociology and political science. States that the collective body has a specific identity that can not completely be explained by the characteristics of its members; it is a separate ontological phenomenon. “The whol ...
... Opposite position: Methodological collectivism, popular particular in large parts of sociology and political science. States that the collective body has a specific identity that can not completely be explained by the characteristics of its members; it is a separate ontological phenomenon. “The whol ...
W h a t
... the first two factors demanded significant levels of investment in new capacity and modernisation of existing assets, the third prevented such an investment program from being implemented. The answer given by the colonial administration to this dilemma was the adoption of the policy of “open doors” ...
... the first two factors demanded significant levels of investment in new capacity and modernisation of existing assets, the third prevented such an investment program from being implemented. The answer given by the colonial administration to this dilemma was the adoption of the policy of “open doors” ...
What is the Experience and Impact of South African Trade and
... Whereas the first two factors demanded significant levels of investment in new capacity and modernisation of existing assets, the third prevented such an investment programme from being implemented. The answer given by the colonial administration to this dilemma was the adoption of the policy of ‘op ...
... Whereas the first two factors demanded significant levels of investment in new capacity and modernisation of existing assets, the third prevented such an investment programme from being implemented. The answer given by the colonial administration to this dilemma was the adoption of the policy of ‘op ...
Response to my critics
... Dictionary defines the word “faith”. It also defines “faith” as “faith in God”. The American elections, then, turned out to be a massive faith-based initiative in both these senses of the word. Belief and policies backed not by evidence, but by religious values wedded to an aggressive nationalism ar ...
... Dictionary defines the word “faith”. It also defines “faith” as “faith in God”. The American elections, then, turned out to be a massive faith-based initiative in both these senses of the word. Belief and policies backed not by evidence, but by religious values wedded to an aggressive nationalism ar ...
- Philsci-Archive
... It was an exciting time and place to be doing history and philosophy of science (HPS). London felt like the HPS capital of the world. HPS seemed to be a fledgling academic discipline, having associated with it all the excitement, freshness, high aspirations and optimism of a new discipline. There wa ...
... It was an exciting time and place to be doing history and philosophy of science (HPS). London felt like the HPS capital of the world. HPS seemed to be a fledgling academic discipline, having associated with it all the excitement, freshness, high aspirations and optimism of a new discipline. There wa ...
Sustaining Investment in Innovation in Oil Rich Gulf Countries
... seminal work, “Is it possible to build sustainable innovation capacity in oil rich Gulf Countries?”, presents a pessimistic picture and suggests that there is very little scope currently for Gulf States to become more internationally competitive with respect to innovation and knowledge fundamentals. ...
... seminal work, “Is it possible to build sustainable innovation capacity in oil rich Gulf Countries?”, presents a pessimistic picture and suggests that there is very little scope currently for Gulf States to become more internationally competitive with respect to innovation and knowledge fundamentals. ...
3 - WTO Documents Online - World Trade Organization
... Second, and more importantly, the Article II issue is simply irrelevant to the issue of where a customs union among developing countries should be notified. WTO Members have already agreed that agreements entered into under Article 2(c) of the Enabling Clause can be notified to the CTD. The December ...
... Second, and more importantly, the Article II issue is simply irrelevant to the issue of where a customs union among developing countries should be notified. WTO Members have already agreed that agreements entered into under Article 2(c) of the Enabling Clause can be notified to the CTD. The December ...
Philosophy of Technology after the Empirical Turn
... be developed and improved in the future? That is the question I will address in this paper. I will argue that in the past twenty-five years, philosophy of technology has entered a new era. This era has arrived with new and distinct issues and approaches that differ from those that came before it. Ma ...
... be developed and improved in the future? That is the question I will address in this paper. I will argue that in the past twenty-five years, philosophy of technology has entered a new era. This era has arrived with new and distinct issues and approaches that differ from those that came before it. Ma ...
Bushfire Science Strategy - Forest Fire Management Victoria
... DEPI’s operating environment is dynamic, so DEPI must stay aware of changes and proactively adapt its management of, and investment in, science. This ensures that the bushfire research portfolio remains topical, relevant and responsive to Victorian Government and community needs. DEPI ensures its in ...
... DEPI’s operating environment is dynamic, so DEPI must stay aware of changes and proactively adapt its management of, and investment in, science. This ensures that the bushfire research portfolio remains topical, relevant and responsive to Victorian Government and community needs. DEPI ensures its in ...
A Systems Definition of Educational Technology in Society
... Educational technology is a complex and integrated process, involving people, procedures, ideas, devices, and organization for analyzing problems and devising, implementing, evaluating, and managing solutions to those problems, involved in all aspects of human learning (AECT 1977) Other conceptions ...
... Educational technology is a complex and integrated process, involving people, procedures, ideas, devices, and organization for analyzing problems and devising, implementing, evaluating, and managing solutions to those problems, involved in all aspects of human learning (AECT 1977) Other conceptions ...
Sociology of the Future
... identities will emerge, and the meaning of inequality will change. So while the actual production of new technologies may affect the contours of the future, technologies develop in tandem with society’s production of meaning. This ability to not only imagine technologies but also produce technologic ...
... identities will emerge, and the meaning of inequality will change. So while the actual production of new technologies may affect the contours of the future, technologies develop in tandem with society’s production of meaning. This ability to not only imagine technologies but also produce technologic ...
Theories of European Integration. Ben Rosamond
... away, not only because it was an anachronism in the post-ideological world of technocratic management, but also because supranational sentiment would begin to infect national consciousness. The functional process was used in order to “make Europe”; once Europe began being made, the process collided ...
... away, not only because it was an anachronism in the post-ideological world of technocratic management, but also because supranational sentiment would begin to infect national consciousness. The functional process was used in order to “make Europe”; once Europe began being made, the process collided ...
science - Human Nature Review
... 6/7, especially Editorial). The trajectory has been from use/abuse to science/ideology to science as social relations and, recently, to science as a labour process (see Young, 'Science is a Labour Process'). It is on the basis of this approach that we write about science and socialist struggle, and ...
... 6/7, especially Editorial). The trajectory has been from use/abuse to science/ideology to science as social relations and, recently, to science as a labour process (see Young, 'Science is a Labour Process'). It is on the basis of this approach that we write about science and socialist struggle, and ...
Networks and Interactive Learning Among Academic
... contexts, particularly in innovation studies. The purpose of this paper is to discuss whether the concept of social capital could be used to characterise what is happening in the area of creation of interactions among academia, firms, and government aiming at production and transference of scientifi ...
... contexts, particularly in innovation studies. The purpose of this paper is to discuss whether the concept of social capital could be used to characterise what is happening in the area of creation of interactions among academia, firms, and government aiming at production and transference of scientifi ...
Sanctioning South Africa The Politics Behind The
... polity. Interests in economic sanctions vary between groups. One group, comprising individuals with so-called noble interests, gains direct utility from a desired policy change in the target country (this is a form of altruism). A second group, which we shall identify as having a “symbolic” interest ...
... polity. Interests in economic sanctions vary between groups. One group, comprising individuals with so-called noble interests, gains direct utility from a desired policy change in the target country (this is a form of altruism). A second group, which we shall identify as having a “symbolic” interest ...
Microsoft Word - DORAS
... knowledge. Induction and proof remained what they were and the hard work still had to be done. It was not a dogma imposed on the findings of science from without, but a method of co-ordinating the experimental results of science and of pointing the way to new experiments, a method that had been deve ...
... knowledge. Induction and proof remained what they were and the hard work still had to be done. It was not a dogma imposed on the findings of science from without, but a method of co-ordinating the experimental results of science and of pointing the way to new experiments, a method that had been deve ...
pathways from GM crops to agroecology
... GM crops are well suited to high-input monoculture agricultural systems that are highly productive but largely unsustainable in their reliance on external, non-renewable inputs. Intellectual property rights granted for GM crops often close down, rather than open up further innovation potential, and ...
... GM crops are well suited to high-input monoculture agricultural systems that are highly productive but largely unsustainable in their reliance on external, non-renewable inputs. Intellectual property rights granted for GM crops often close down, rather than open up further innovation potential, and ...
Reading 1
... [Reich, 1991]. Not all firms and sectors are in a position to utilise these skills. It should be obvious that all three kinds of innovation need to receive attention in a coordinated fashion in the design of policies to promote triple sustainability. Moreover, there is an increasing belief that ‘new ...
... [Reich, 1991]. Not all firms and sectors are in a position to utilise these skills. It should be obvious that all three kinds of innovation need to receive attention in a coordinated fashion in the design of policies to promote triple sustainability. Moreover, there is an increasing belief that ‘new ...
Ashford_Heitor - DSpace@MIT - Massachusetts Institute of
... [Reich, 1991]. Not all firms and sectors are in a position to utilise these skills. It should be obvious that all three kinds of innovation need to receive attention in a coordinated fashion in the design of policies to promote triple sustainability. Moreover, there is an increasing belief that ‘new ...
... [Reich, 1991]. Not all firms and sectors are in a position to utilise these skills. It should be obvious that all three kinds of innovation need to receive attention in a coordinated fashion in the design of policies to promote triple sustainability. Moreover, there is an increasing belief that ‘new ...
excerpt - School for Advanced Research
... distinct theoretical perspectives already be engaging in de facto collaborations? For example, just as cultural anthropologies have worked to theorize diversities in human experiences that do not reproduce established hierarchies by race, gender, class, ethnic origin, and so on, so have self-describ ...
... distinct theoretical perspectives already be engaging in de facto collaborations? For example, just as cultural anthropologies have worked to theorize diversities in human experiences that do not reproduce established hierarchies by race, gender, class, ethnic origin, and so on, so have self-describ ...
ToR
... Government efforts in the diversification of the economy while promoting a balanced and inclusive growth, decrease regional disparities and improve rural livelihoods. It aims at: Objective 1: To contribute to business development, investment promotion and employment generation across economic region ...
... Government efforts in the diversification of the economy while promoting a balanced and inclusive growth, decrease regional disparities and improve rural livelihoods. It aims at: Objective 1: To contribute to business development, investment promotion and employment generation across economic region ...
NUEVA SOCIEDAD Número 42 Mayo - Junio p70-86
... States and Latin America is not the same as before. Washington no longer implements a single «Latin American policy»; it has different bilateral or sub-regional strategies. Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean are deeply integrated by way of trade and migrations; the Andean zone is the main pre ...
... States and Latin America is not the same as before. Washington no longer implements a single «Latin American policy»; it has different bilateral or sub-regional strategies. Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean are deeply integrated by way of trade and migrations; the Andean zone is the main pre ...