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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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THESES ON ETHOSOPHY (ART AND ESTHETICS)
Bogusław JASIŃSKI
Philosophying on Art And Aesthetics
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 20 November 2016
Abstract The paper presents a new vision of philosophy and a new diagnosis of the world. The author tries to construct a new civilizational and philosophical paradigm. It is called ethosophy. Ethosophy is the wisdom of existence in ethos. Read more.
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FROM ANTONIO SANT'ELIA'S „CITY OF THE FUTURE” TO THE CONTEMPORARY VIRTUAL CITY
Tadeusz MICZKA
Media
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 20 November 2016
Abstract The author of the presentation concentrates on the period in the history of architecture which tried and is still trying to replace the opinion that city is a place when man lives with an opinion that city can be a space where man will be more and more liberated from various restrictions. The futurist [...] Read more.
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PHILOSOPHICAL SOURCES OF MARSHALL MCLUHAN’S LAWS OF MEDIA: CICERO, FRANCIS BACON AND GIAMBATTISTA VICO
Bartłomiej KNOSALA, Aleksandra KUZIOR
Media
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 20 November 2016
Abstract The main aim of this article is to point out the philosophical roots of Marshal McLuhan’s thought. The starting point is McLuhan’s last posthumous book entitled Laws of Media. In this book, McLuhan openly points to the intellectual tradition, which he feels part of and which he creatively develops. [...] Read more.
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THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION IN THE SPHERE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Valery NIKIFOROV, Nikita NIKIFOROV
Information Society: Education
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 19 November 2016
Abstract The international co-operation in the sphere of higher education is considered as being one of the important factors of human development, as an organic part of international relations. The international co-operation is considered at the three levels: universal, regional, and local. Analyzed were: 1 [...] Read more.
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WEB ADMINISTRATIVE CONNECTIVITY IN UNIVERSITY SYSTEM: A COMPARATIVE DATA ANALYSIS
Shilpa KUMRAWAT (DHAMUNIYA)
Information Society: Education
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 19 November 2016
Abstract The combination of education and technology has been considered the main key to human progress. Education feed technology, which in turn forms the basis of education. it is therefore evident that information technology has affected to the methods, purpose and perceived potential of education . In order [...] Read more.
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FOLLOWING A HYPERTEXT – INTO GENERATING CHANGES OF POLISH EDUCATIONAL PARADIGM IN POLISH SCHOOL
Ilona COPIK, Eugeniusz SZYMIK
Information Society: Education
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 19 November 2016
Abstract The aim of this paper is a critical reflection on the concept of the subject called Polish language which is contained in the core curriculum of general education at the third and fourth level of education ( middle school / high school ). It was made from the perspective of teaching practice and theoretical [...] Read more.
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“DIALOGUE THROUGH CONFLICT”. ON SPECIFICS OF INTERPERSONAL CONTACTS IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF MULTIMEDIA
Tadeusz MICZKA
Digital World in the Making
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 19 November 2016
Abstract Modern communication processes between people and cultures taking place in the conditions of techno-everydayness, glocalisation and the formation of new morals and ethics are difficult to characterize and interpret in the light of the rich heritage of the philosophy of conflict and the philosophy of [...] Read more.
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DIGITALIZATION OF JAIPUR VIDHYUT VITRAN NIGAM LIMITED: A CASE STUDY
Jitendra CHAUDHARY SINGH
Digital World in the Making
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 19 November 2016
Abstract This study examines the functionality of applying e- governance to the power distribution sector in Rajasthan. The State has many ongoing projects as far as digitalization is concern and this sector extends infrastructural support for the development. It is important empirical study that indicates what [...] Read more.
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THE TRANSFORMATION OF INFORMATION WAVE INTO VIRTUAL CIVILIZATION AND ITS ETHICS QUESTION
Andrew S. TARGOWSKI
Digital World in the Making
Publication language: English
Journal article
Transformations No. 3-4 (90-91) 2016,  Publication date: 19 November 2016
Abstract The purpose of this investigation is to define the central contents and issues of the impact of informing systems on the rise and development of Virtual Civilization. The methodology is based on an interdisciplinary big-picture view of the Virtual Civilization’s elements of development and their interdependency [...] Read more.
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SALVATION IN DEMOCRACY
Andrzej Sepkowski
GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS – IDEAS, POLICIES
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1–2 (88–89) 2016,  Publication date: 17 May 2016
Abstract Democracies need coercion primarily to take action without overly privileging the status quo. When individual interests come in, which gives every indication of being an irreconcilable conflict, a democratic polity must either reinforce the status quo by taking no action or by taking action, force or [...] Read more.