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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
Journal article
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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MIASTO I DOM: DWA TEATRY ŻYCIA SPOŁECZNEGO
Anna ŚLIZ, Marek S. SZCZEPAŃSKI
Publication language: Polish
Transformations No. 1(120)2024, Publication date: 29 March 2024
Abstract Zasadniczym celem prezentowanego artykułu jest ukazanie człowieka w dwóch odsłonach codzienności: życia w sferze publicznej – przestrzeni miasta i sferze prywatnej – dom czy mieszkanie. Z jednej strony, w każdej z tych przestrzeni człowiek odgrywa przypisane mu role społeczne. Z drugiej zaś, posiada [...] Read more.
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CZŁOWIEK „WOBEC” TAJEMNICY ISTNIENIA, A WIĘC MISTYKA JAKO MIEJSCE I WARUNEK SPOTKANIA I PRZEKROCZENIA NAPIĘCIA MIĘDZY SCIENCE A HUMANITIES
Michał PŁÓCIENNIK
Publication language: Polish
Transformations No. 1(120)2024, Publication date: 29 March 2024
Abstract Główna teza niniejszego przedłożenia jest o tyle trywialna, co zarazem fundamentalna, i to zarówno w wymiarze treściowym, jak i metodologicznym, a mimo to jakby nieustannie umyka tak na gruncie sporów naukowo-akademickich, jak w ogólnej świadomości społecznej. Otóż jedynym możliwym miejscem spotkania [...] Read more.
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WSTRĘT WOBEC OBCEGO JAKO NARZĘDZIE INFRAHUMANIZACJI
Alina ZEMEŁKA
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1(120)2024, Publication date: 29 March 2024
Abstract Infrahumanizacja to – w najszerszym sensie – mechanizm subtelnego unieważniania podmiotowości drugiej osoby. Zagadnienie to podejmowane przede wszystkim przez socjologów, psychologów społecznych, a w ostatnim czasie także przez neuroetyków, posiada też wyraźne konotacje filozoficzne i pedagogiczne. [...] Read more.
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LEGAL STRUCTURE OF PRO FUTURO STATEMENTS IN HEALTHCARE MATTERS
Paweł ZAJĄC
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 4(119)2023, Publication date: 29 December 2023
Abstract One of the basics humans rights is right to self-determination about ourselves, which in the medical law expresses itself through the giving of consent to medical treat-ment by patient. This right is also implemented by the possibility of submitting pro futuro statements, in which patients can express [...] Read more.
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THE ARAB HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION SYSTEM
Marzena TOUMI
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 4(119)2023, Publication date: 29 December 2023
Abstract This article presents the Arab 'system' of human rights protection, centred around two acts: The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam and the Arab Charter on Human Rights. Both documents are controversial in the Western world. Although the debate on whether human rights are universal or particularistic [...] Read more.
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ANALYSIS THE KEY TOPICS AND IDENTIFICATION OF SOCIAL AND UNIVERSITY NETWORKS BASED ON PAPERS RELATED TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION
Małgorzata PRZYBYŁA– KASPEREK, Filip SMYCZEK, Eugenia SMYRNOVA– TRYBULSKA, Nataliia MORZE, Olena KUZMINSKA
Publication language: English
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Transformations No. 4(119)2023, Publication date: 31 December 2023
Abstract The paper presents research on bibliometric analysis of papers related to artificial intelligence (AI) in education. The study focuses on two main objectives. Firstly, it aims to identify the key topics covered in the paper collection. To achieve this, a method is proposed that utilizes a matrix representation [...] Read more.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Journal article
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.