THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE EPISTEMIC FUNCTION OF INFORMATION IN COMMUNICATION BASED ON DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES

Paweł GONDEK

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 31 December 2023

Abstract In the article, we focus on analyzing the way information is understood in communication processes, mainly from the perspective of the epistemic dimension. The primary point of reference in the study are real factual states, through which information gains a verifiable dimension for communication participants [...] Read more.

Grzegorz TUTAK, Jan GONDEK

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 31 December 2023

Abstract Hybrid threats within the framework of modern conflicts have become an enduring element that determines the security formation of modern states. Previous elements of war or conflict are now being combined with new forms of warfare. The migratory pressure on the border between Poland and Belarus inspired [...] Read more.

ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF UNDERSTANDING ECOLOGY IN REALIST PHILOSOPHY

Natalia GONDEK,

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 31 December 2023

Abstract The article concentrates on the foundations of understanding ecology in realist philosophy. The main representatives of this proposal are A. Maryniarczyk and M. A. Krąpiec. They recognize that the concept of philosophical cognition inherent in realist philosophy, the reading of the nature of reality [...] Read more.

CHALLENGES TO THE EUROPEAN UNION'S ADAPTIVE CAPACITY IN THE FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY SPHERE ON THE EXAMPLE OF RUSSIA'S AGGRESSION IN UKRAINE

Beata PISKORSKA

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 31 December 2023

Abstract Russia's full-scale aggression against Ukraine caused a change in the international order. The regional and global consequences of Russia's aggression prompt consideration of the European Union's adaptability to the new conditions of the security environment and in the foreign policy sphere. It is also [...] Read more.

SOCIALLY ASSISTIVE ROBOTS IN EDUCATION AND THE PROBLEMS OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT. A REVIEW OF FIELD RESEARCH

Alina BETLEJ

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 31 December 2023

Abstract The article reviews selected studies in the field of social evaluation of the use of socially assistive technologies in education. The analysis began with a theoretical introduction to the problem of technology evaluation. The next step was to define the different types of assistive technologies. The [...] Read more.

PIONEERS AND EXPERIMENTERS: THE WINDING PATHS OF THE COMPUTER & VIDEO ART IN CENTRAL EUROPE IN THE TIMES OF POLITICAL TRANSFORMATIONS

Anna MAJ

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 31 December 2023

Abstract The beginnings of new media art are connected with creative explorations in the area of new technologies, both analogue and digital. On the one hand, they in-clude artistic experiments in video art, and on the other, the first attempts to write computer programs that would have an aesthetic or artistic [...] Read more.

FACING THE ALIGNMENT PROBLEM THROUGH NIMBLE CHANGE-MANAGEMENT. LIMITATIONS OF LEGAL ENVIRONMENT IN COPING WITH DIGITAL AGENTS

Piotr BOŁTUĆ

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 29 December 2023

Abstract The Alignment Problem, asking how to align the goals of AGI with human in a long time-frame, assumes AGIs having ‘their’ goals. I view the alignment as a possibility, only when the human-AGI arrangement comes from the community, and it is not based primarily on controls, or laws. The sole way to create [...] Read more.

DAVID AND GOLIATH. MEDIA IMAGE OF VOLODYMYR ZELENSKI AND VLADIMIR PUTIN BASED ON BOOK PUBLICATIONS

Marek SOKOŁOWSKI

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 29 December 2023

Abstract Research objective: The aim of the study is to analyse media images of politicians presented in published book biographies of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenski, and the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin.The research problem and methods: The study discusses the issue of creating the media [...] Read more.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF CIVILIZATION

Alfred SKORUPKA

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 29 December 2023

Abstract The article aims to briefly present the development of human civilization, mainly based on Jared Diamond's books, so that the reader can look at the history and present day of mankind in such a "encyclopedic" way. First, the concept of "civilization" is defined, then social life in animals (insects [...] Read more.

HOW TO COMBAT CORRUPTION MORE EFFECTIVELY: NEW LEGAL PUSH FOR COMPLIANCE PROGRAMMES

Celina NOWAK

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 29 December 2023

Abstract This article refers to the fight against corruption, analysed against the background of the new European Commission proposal for a Directive on combating corruption. The author points out the most significant provisions of the proposal, focusing in particular on Art. 18-2(b) which refers to compliance [...] Read more.