Sentences with phrase «of academic science as»

Delaglio looks back on these years spent working outside of the realm of academic science as tremendously valuable.

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And where custom dictates that for the sake of convenience we keep to the traditional academic structure, the philosophical question still remains as to whether biology (or psychology or any other human science) has a genuine right to autonomous existence.

Questions which the body politic or the academic world are unwilling to confront head - on are often dealt with through the medium of, say, science fiction: think of the Matrix films, or a novel such as Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go.

A general review of the endnotes from Gunter's paper reveals a fair number of sources who will corroborate the claim that Bergson's scientific views are nor only not outdated, but go very» much to the heart of current scientific methods and insights, but particularly, see A. C. Papanicolaou and Pete A. N. Gunter, eds., Bergson in Modern Thought Towards a Unified Science (New York: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1987), and for important background on how Bergson came to be seen as dated when he was not, see also, Milic Capek, Bergson and Modern Physics, (cited above) and The Philosophical Impact of Contemporary Physics (Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand, 1961), and the volume edited by Gunter, Bergson and the Evolution of Physics (cited above).

In actual practice, the psychoanalyst does attribute to the «I» of his patient a greater transcendence over these psychic forces than his theories justify, just as the academic psychologist, consciously or unconsciously, attributes to his subjects an inwardness that his science ignores.

Thus philosophy was recognized, not as one academic discipline among others, distinguished by its subject matter, but as replacing theology as the queen of the sciences.

Economics is a mature academic discipline that is viewed as embodying the norms of the university as well as any, better than any outside the «hard sciences.»

Such developments within academic disciplines are highly significant in a society in which the social sciences are viewed as instruments for the clarification, support and advancement of the government's philosophy and policies.

(a) Man may regard his encounter with the powers which dominate his life — death, life, spirit, blood, and so forth — as the decisive factors in his life: science will then be an academic luxury devoid of any existential importance.

[14] Many 19th - century philosophers advocated an eternal universe, conceived of as an infinite series of cycles (Stanley L. JAKI, Science and creation: from eternal cycles to an oscillating universe, Edinburgh, Scottish Academic Press, 1974, p. 309 s, 311 3, 319 - 322, names, in particular, Schelling, Engels and Nietzsche).

The daughter of Gertrude Elizabeth Anscombe and Alan Wells Anscombe (science master at Dulwich College), Gertrude Elizabeth Margaret Anscombe, known to the academic world as «Miss Anscombe» and to her friends as «Elizabeth,» was born on March 18, 1919 in Limerick, Ireland, where her father, then a British army officer, was posted.

Then again, the business of academic research endowments, especially in fields as conceptually confused as artificial intelligence or cognitive science, really is all about exploiting the credulity of wealthy foundations and corporations and private donors (sometimes with devious cynicism, sometimes in deluded innocence).

You are essentially doubting the abilities of very basic science, and might as well remove science from the academic curriculum.

«Israel has a very large and vibrant Muslim population, with Muslim members of the Knesset (Israel's parliament) and in science and academics, and I'm their ambassador as well,» Oren said.

The committee included an international group of academics with expertise in various aspects of food culture and gastronomy such as Joxe Mari Aizega, General Manager of Basque Culinary Center; Jorge Ruiz Carrascal, Professor of the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen; Marta Miguel Castro, a Research Associate at the CIAL Institute of Research in Food Science, who studies how food components could prevent disorders such as diabetes and obesity; Melina Shannon Dipietro, executive director of Rene Redzepi's MAD project; and Dr F. Xavier Medina, author, social anthropologist and leading scholar of Food and Culture at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Barcelona.

The findings are to be discussed at an event bringing together academics, policymakers, journalists and local campaigners as part of the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Festival of Social Science.

I still believe, as I put it in chapter two, that «software», not «hardware» — the long, slow waves of cultural change, not the more obvious technological and economic changes that figure so prominently in public debate and academic social science — hold the key to the British predicament; that our ills form an interdependent system or, in medical language, a «syndrome»; and that they reflect the bewilderment and disorientation of a people who have forgotten the history that shaped them, and who therefore no longer know who they are.

Meanwhile, polytechnics seeking to be converted into Technical Universities should have the following requirements: a) satisfy the existing norms, guidelines and requirements of the National Council for Tertiary Education and the National Accreditation Board for accreditation as a Technical University, b) offer a minimum of four Bachelor of Technology degree programmes in Science and Technology based disciplines c) have academic departments headed by at least a Senior Lecturer with a PhD and professional experience; and d) have at least three full - time lecturers with relevant research master's degree, at least one of whom shall have industry experience.

Also, while identifying The Prince, rightly, as a profound departure from the ideal state theorising that had previously (and still does) dominate normative political philosophy — and as the first example of a more empirically guided and morally neutral political science — Unger overlooks Machiavelli's culpability in this damaging division of academic labour.

He said the academic performance level of students within the Region especially in science is abysmal as compared to their peers in Ashanti, Eastern, Greater Accra and Brong Ahafo Regions.

Hoping to shift the focus away from controversy and onto academics, Success Academy Charter Schools intends to start posting its lesson plans online this summer, going so far as to specify what type of snail is the best for kindergartners» science experiments.

Without these awards from the monarchy many would go unrewarded or people would not care about the achievement especially in terms of awards that are granted due to achievement in a certain academic field, such as David Attenborough's knighthood for his contribution to life science.

Critical factors such as a minimum of 4 BTEch Degree Programmes in Science and Technology based disciplines, academic and professional qualification of teaching staff, stock of equipment, strategic partnership with industry and a well crafted legal regime just to highlight a few are all crucial elements that infrastructural provision alone can not satisfy.

Professor Ghassan Aouad, Vice President for Academic Affairs at the Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST) has been inaugurated as the 111th President of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), succeeding Peter Jacobs.

I would be able to relocate for the right job and would also consider working overseas.I'm not interested in scientific publishing or journalism, but I am open to wider suggestions as I am feeling quite disillusioned about research and science in general following my recent experiences.What can a 35 - year - old academic do outside of science and technology?Jeff

Here at Next Scientist we are great fans of science blogs as vehicles to grow your academic footprint.

Like other countries that see knowledge - growth as a pillar of their economies, Wales has created a science agenda that aims not only to expand academic science, but to translate science and technology into applications that lead to economic growth.

But most of all, I never considered academic administration as a career path for anyone interested in science.

NIH examines indicators such as the track record of graduates in academic medicine positions, time to graduation, overall student happiness, how well the program integrates the medical and scientific training, and most importantly, the quality of the scientists and science available to the MD / PhD students; NIH manifests disapproval or approval of a program by decreasing, increasing, or maintaining the number of funded trainee positions at that institution.

• As China is making its way up the science and technology ladder, it is creating an intellectual gap between its elite institutions and the rest of the academic enterprises in the country.

As for my PhD, I generally exhausted myself in the name of science and my embryonic academic career.

As in other areas of academic science, success normally hinges on active publishing and getting out to the right conferences so that people know what you're doing.

The agency supports network science through individual institutes (for example, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences funds nine National Centers for Systems Biology, academic centers that emphasize network biology) and through agencywide initiatives (such as the National Technology Centers for Networks and Pathways, funded by the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research and the recently announced Human Connectome Project, which aims to map the connections among the human brain's 100 billion neurons).

«Many of us have found that despite the great science we've brought with us along the way, the process of finding a job requires a certain attitude that isn't generally developed as an academic.

Of course, there can be risk in an academic career as well, as anyone knows who's ever pushed a risky piece of science past the funding hurdle and into publicatioOf course, there can be risk in an academic career as well, as anyone knows who's ever pushed a risky piece of science past the funding hurdle and into publicatioof science past the funding hurdle and into publication.

This first - of - its - kind course is designed as an immersion experience in the science diplomacy ecosystem of Washington D.C., combining academic lectures, field visits, professional development workshops, networking opportunities and leadership training.

«With the economy the way it is now, universities should promote alternate careers just as much as they promote classic academics,» said Ketan Marballi, a graduate student at the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, who is studying the biomolecular bases of behavior.

In an example that has been getting wide attention in the media — both journalistic and social — University of Hawaii, Manoa, geobiologist A. Hope Jahren, a full professor who has spent decades building a successful career in academe, warns fellow female scientists of one pattern they are pretty likely to encounter as they try to make their way in academic science: the telltale strategy of a male colleague or superior bent on an exploitative sexual relationship.

Accompanying these macroeconomic factors, changes such as the push to interdisciplinary and translational research, as well as the addition of innovation and technology transfer to the research and teaching remits of universities, are changing the nature and practice of academic research and of science - related jobs.

«Students tend to define science careers as simply «academic» or «nonacademic» — but that does a disservice to the range of nonacademic possibilities,» explains Michael Alvarez, director of Stanford School of Medicine's Career Center.

As a scholar of science and technology studies (a social science field that aims to understand the social processes of knowledge production), I focused the 4 years of my Ph.D. on studying how the academic landscape in which today's postdoctoral life scientists develop their careers influences their working practices.

A survey of early - career scientists and environmental - science professionals found that only 11 percent felt their academic training alone provided the needed exposure to natural history, which can be defined as the observation of organisms in their natural environment.

A biotech company is a tightly focused environment, where freedom of academic inquiry is often curbed in the interest of completing a project as quickly as possible, whether it's a new drug, a diagnostic technique, or some other science - related product.

But studies show that many women (and men) worry that asking might be seen as showing a lack of commitment to academic life (Science, 17 December 2004, p. 2031).

And being beaten to publication is a huge loss for a scientist, as publications are the currency of academic science — they are an important factor in competing for government and private grant funds and in obtaining tenure and respect in a discipline.

The report, «U.S. Academic Scientific Publishing,» published November 19, follows a July 2007 NSF study which found that the absolute number of science and engineering (S&E) articles published by U.S. - based authors in the world's major peer - reviewed journals plateaued in the early 1990s even as funding and personnel increased.

In his review, Crosbie Smith praises Stanley for producing a well - researched tome that is sure to «challenge the general reader and stimulate academic discussion,» but questions his use of Maxwell as a representative example of a theistic practitioner of science.

At the end of the spectrum, technology stands to engineering in the same relationship as engineering stands to science: it lives in the pool created by the efforts of academic research engineering departments and the research laboratories of government and industry.

Some academic researchers, pharma executives, and other experts have decried this explosion of trials as a counterproductive glut motivated more by the race for money than good science and warned that many of these efforts may not finish because of a lack of participants.