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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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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.

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TRANSFORMATION OF THE JURISPRUDENCE LINE OF POLISH COURTS IN CASES CONCERNING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS IN THE INTERNAL LEGAL ORDER AFTER WORLD WAR II - THEORY AND PRACTICE

Ben SASSI

Selected Interantional Aspects of Legal Regulations

Publication language: Polish

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

Abstract During the era of the constitution of the Polish People's Republic, the positions regarding the relations between international and national law, taken by the Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court and – to some degree – the Constitutional Tribunal, were heterogeneous. A lack of coherence in [...] Read more.

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SARS-COV-2 PANDEMIC VERSUS PERSONAL AND STRUCTURAL SECURITY

Włodzimierz CHOJNACKI

The Pandemic - not only National Problems

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 2 (109) 2021 Publication date: 20 June 2021

Abstract The article attempts to explain and justify the need to undertake diagnostic and preventive measures in the fight against a pandemic, based on a probabilistic decision-making strategy. Important premises for the possibility of limiting, thanks to their application, by institutions and organizations, [...] Read more.

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THE HELPLESSNESS OF SCIENCE AND EXPERTS IN THE FACE OF THE PANDEMIC

Ewa POLAK

The Pandemic - not only National Problems

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 2 (109) 2021 Publication date: 20 June 2021

Abstract Modern scientific and technical development helps to solve many problems and to improve the comfort of life, but it can create new problems and threats too. The purpose of this analysis is to show, that science and technology do not guarantee safety and predictability of life. Pandemic covid-19 has [...] Read more.

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VIRTUAL WORLD, VIRAL WORLD. SHADOWS EMERGED FROM THE CAVE

Kazimierz KRZYSZTOFEK

The Pandemic - not only National Problems

Publication language: Polish

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Transformations No. 2 (109) 2021 Publication date: 20 June 2021

Abstract The article is aimed at critical analysis of view points related to social consequences of pandemic desease Covid-19 in the context of digital technologies. I attempt at grasping new trends of social change which they are just sprouting under the impact of pandemic. Our attention should in the months [...] Read more.