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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 SCIENTIFIC WORLDVIEW IN RHETORICAL ARGUMENTATION. THE CASE OF COVID-19
Paweł GONDEK
Wiedza, kultura i wartości w społeczeństwie cyfrowym- konteksty teoretyczne
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 2 (113) 2022, Publication date: 30 June 2022
Abstract This paper focuses on the role that scientific worldview plays in rhetorical argumentation. The pretext for this research was the statements that appeared during the COVID19 pandemic, especially in discussions about vaccinations. A worldview is understoodas a set of individual claims and judgments that [...] Read more.
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TRAPS OF STRAY RATIONALISM
Magdalena SZPUNAR
Wiedza, kultura i wartości w społeczeństwie cyfrowym- konteksty teoretyczne
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 2 (113) 2022, Publication date: 30 June 2022
Abstract The aim of the article is to present Husserl's category of stray rationalism and its consequences for the understanding and methods of practicing science. The author tries to answer the question why the scientistic paradigm, the fixation on methodological precision and the fetishization of what is empirically [...] Read more.
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BROCKMAN, J. (2020). CZŁOWIEK NA ROZDROŻU. SZTUCZNA INTELIGENCJA -25 PUNKTÓW WIDZENIA. TŁUM. M. MACHNIK. GLIWICE: HELION. ISBN: 978-83-283-6209-3
Krzysztof MUDYŃ
Reviews
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1 (112) 2022, Publication date: 30 March 2022
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PORTRAIT OF A POLISH SENIOR IN THE EU MIRROR – PEDAGOGICAL REFLECTIONS
Małgorzata ORŁOWSKA
Jednostka w Internecie – wybrane aspekty
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1 (112) 2022, Publication date: 30 March 2022
Abstract The quality of life of modern man has become a fashionable topic and the subject of numerous lobbies and politicians' interest. In developed countries, the aging of societies has long been observed. Responding to the challenges of the era, the WHO proclaimed the years 2020 – 2030 as the "Decade of Active [...] Read more.
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IDENTITY THEFT ON THE INTERNET ON SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES
Szymon NAWROCKI
Jednostka w Internecie – wybrane aspekty
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 issues related to identity theft on the Internet. It places particular emphasis on the risk of identity theft in social networks. The author also presents the basic ways to prevent and reduce the effects of identity theft. The purpose for which the criminals [...] Read more.
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THE PLACE AND ROLE OF INFLUENCERS IN THE LIFE OF THE Z GENERATION
Katarzyna GARWOL
Jednostka w Internecie – wybrane aspekty
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1 (112) 2022, Publication date: 30 March 2022
Abstract The article attempts to diagnose the place and role of influencers in the life of the Z generation. The theoretical part presents the definitional approach to the concept of generation and the characteristics of the X, Y, Z generation. The research part is a description of the author's own research. [...] Read more.
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ARTIFICAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE FROM PHILOSOPHICAL POINT OF VIEW
Alfred SKORUPKA
Transformacje cyfrowe – potencjały zmian
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1 (112) 2022, Publication date: 30 March 2022
Abstract Some scholars predict that the Artificial General Intelligence, if man can create it, could rule the world and mankind. The author of the article considers this problem from a philosophical point of view. The article begins with a brief outline of AI issues; then, the author deals with the ethics that [...] Read more.
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FUTUROLOGICAL REFLECTION ON THE BASIS OF THE IDEA OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Wiesław SZTUMSKI
Transformacje cyfrowe – potencjały zmian
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1 (112) 2022, Publication date: 30 March 2022
Abstract The article contains the author's thoughts on what awaits humanity in the near future, probably still this century. It looks dramatic. Despite the warnings of ecologists and the idea of sustainable development, people continue to destroy irresponsibly the natural environment and other species of fauna [...] Read more.
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A REALISTIC UTOPIA. TOWARDS DIGITAL COMPETITION OF GREAT POWERS
Janusz GOLINOWSKI
Transformacje cyfrowe – potencjały zmian
Publication language: Polish
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Transformations No. 1 (112) 2022, Publication date: 30 March 2022
Abstract The global innovation landscape is changing rapidly due to the growing importance of digitalization, intangible investment and the emergence of China. The purpose of the article is to present the specifics of economic and political rivalry of states with power status. Globalisation of financial flow [...] Read more.
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THE DIGITAL TURN: A DISPERSED SOCIETY
Kazimierz KRZYSZTOFEK
Transformacje cywilizacyjne – między wiedzą, wrażliwością i wyobraźnią socjologiczną
Publication language: Polish
Journal article
Transformations No. 1 (112) 2022, Publication date: 30 March 2022
Abstract The author analyses the phenomena that give dynamics to the socio-economic processes towards their differentiation of modern societies. He characterises the most important social trends in selected historical periods, starting from the first industrial revolution. The author poses the fundamental question [...] Read more.