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TECHNOLOGY – VALUES – SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Some Reflections on Changing Relations, Meanings and Social Practices)

Lech W. ZACHER

UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY – THEORIES AND INTERPRETATIONS

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1–2 (88–89) 2016 Publication date: 12 May 2016

Abstract Narratives concerning technology and values relations requires an in-depth analysis of these two categories and also their contextualization. In social practice technology and values undergo significant changes, often revolutionary. They take systemic forms and they interact with each other. Since the [...] Read more.

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METHODOLOGICAL ANARCHISM AND ITS COGNITIVE VALUE

Magdalena SZPUNAR

Transformacje cywilizacyjne – między wiedzą, wrażliwością i wyobraźnią socjologiczną

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 1 (112) 2022 Publication date: 30 March 2022

Abstract The aim of the article is to present the basic assumptions of Paul K. Feyerabend's epistemological anarchism. The article presents the value of methodological anarchism for the cognitive process, methodology and development of science, as well as the controversies associated with the application of [...] Read more.

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RECONFIGURATIONS IN THE WORLD SYSTEM – BETWEEN THE OLD DRIVING FORCES AND NEW NETWORKS

Lech W. ZACHER

Global Problems – Future – Politics – Values

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (78-79) 2013 Publication date: 13 November 2013

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OBSTACLES TO SUSTAINABILITY – IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE (the Case of a Transitional Economy – Poland)

Lech W. ZACHER

National Cases Augmented

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3-4 (94-95) 2017 Publication date: 30 November 2017

Abstract Requirements for the sustainability in economy and society should be tailored to a given country or region. General models which often dominate in academic discourse are an important part of necessary social knowledge (of decision makers, media, NGOs etc.). They are formulated in universally relevant [...] Read more.

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PHILOSOPHY IN DIALOGUE WITH MANAGEMENT

Alfred SKORUPKA

New Philosophical and Ethical Perspective

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3 (110) 2021 Publication date: 23 September 2021

Abstract The article presents the links between philosophy and management; it is a scholarly sketch of human resource management and its links to ethics, quality management and lean management which is grounded in Zen Buddhism and the Protestant work ethic and project management which makes extensive use of [...] Read more.

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ASSESSMENT OF THE REALNESS OF CONCEPT’S REFERENTS AS A METHOD OF EXPLORING IMPLICIT VALUES. COMPARISON OF THE RESULTS OF YOUNG ADULTS AND "YOUNG SENIORS"

Krzysztof MUDYŃ

New Philosophical and Ethical Perspective

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3 (110) 2021 Publication date: 23 September 2021

Abstract The research used the original method of "Words and Things" (WaT) to explore implicit values. The method is based on the assumption that if something is important to an individual, he/she considers it to be real. The results of two age groups were compared, i.e. students, representing young adults ( [...] Read more.

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SUBJECT AND INSTITUTIONS IN THE ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE. ON THE COMMUNICATION AND IDENTITY ISSUES

Monika MICZKA-PAJESTKA

New Philosophical and Ethical Perspective

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3 (110) 2021 Publication date: 23 September 2021

Abstract The article deals with the problem of man as the subject of communication in relation to institutions, especially those related to upbringing and education. Moreover, the matter of the subject and their identity in reference to institutions and roles has been also analyzed. These issues have been considered [...] Read more.

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TO PHILOSOPHIZE - TO ACT - TO CLICK. QUESTION CONCERNING THE SENSE OF EXISTENCE OF MEDIA PHILOSOPHY

Tadeusz MICZKA

New Philosophical and Ethical Perspective

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3 (110) 2021 Publication date: 23 September 2021

Abstract I am mainly interested in this kind of useful philosophizing which concerns technological everyday routine or, in other words, omnipresence of new media. I assume, just like W. Barnett Pearce - a coauthor of CMM theory (Coordinated Management of Meaning) did, that the processes of contemporary communication [...] Read more.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENCE. FROM TRANSMONKEY TO TRANSHUMAN

Wiesław SZTUMSKI

Man and Machine: Today and in the coming Future

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3 (110) 2021 Publication date: 23 September 2021

Abstract The article deals with the evolution of intelligence and its consequences. First in the breakthrough phase of the anthropogenesis process, the hominid creatures have transformed into humans in consequence of the development of natural intelligence and now the development of artificial intelligence transforms [...] Read more.

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CHALLENGE OF BALANCING ANALOG HUMAN (REAL LIFE) WITH DIGITAL HUMAN (ARTIFICIAL LIFE)

Filipe WILTGEN

Man and Machine: Today and in the coming Future

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3 (110) 2021 Publication date: 23 September 2021

Abstract This paper presents differences between real human life and digital human life. Challenges related to convenience and balance between analogical life and digital life, observing benefits and harms of using digital equipment consistently among adults, children and young people. The digital behavior modern [...] Read more.

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MAN AND MACHINE IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF CONVERGENCE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Urszula ŻYDEK-BEDNARCZUK

Man and Machine: Today and in the coming Future

Publication language: English

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Transformations No. 3 (110) 2021 Publication date: 23 September 2021

Abstract The subject of consideration is the relationship between man and machine in developing new technologies. It concerns communication, language, acting and performing appropriate social roles. Man in the mediatized world plays the role of: sender, user, prosumer and customer. Equipped with knowledge, competences [...] Read more.

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REPORT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ONLINE ACADEMIC CONFERENCE: “EUROPEAN CITIES IN THE PROCESSOF CONSTRUCTING AND TRANSMITTING EUROPEAN CULTURAL HERITAGE”

Małgorzata FIJAŁ

Selected Interantional Aspects of Legal Regulations

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 2 (109) 2021 Publication date: 22 June 2021

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THE LEVEL OF FINANCIAL AWARENESS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN POLAND

Agata TYMICKA

Selected Interantional Aspects of Legal Regulations

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 2 (109) 2021 Publication date: 22 June 2021

Abstract As the latest research shows, the level of financial awareness among all demographic groups remains low and decreases with the age of the respondent. The aim of the article is to try to answer the question what is the level of financial awareness in the elderly population in Poland. The article is a [...] Read more.

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ANALYSIS OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF A WITNESS WHO IS A PERPETRATOR OF A PROHIBITED ACTION FOR GIVING FALSE EVIDENCE (ARTICLE 233 § 1A OF THE PENAL CODE) IN VIEW OF INTERNATIONAL LEGAL REGULATIONS

Jan KLUZA

Selected Interantional Aspects of Legal Regulations

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 2 (109) 2021 Publication date: 22 June 2021

Abstract The article presents the problems of the amendment article 233 criminal code, respecting crime of false examination. On the ground of this act, catalog of this prohibited act was extended to include a new type consisting in the situation of making false statements or concealing the truth in order to [...] Read more.