Sentences with phrase «scientific culture by»
History and building The Fundación Juan March promotes humanistic and scientific culture by organizing temporary exhibitions, mostly focused on modern and contemporary art, as well as concerts, lectures, conferences, seminars, workshops, and research activities.
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But if he and Polanyi are right about nihilism (Polanyi's «empty self - assertion») being at the heart of the mentality of a culture dominated by Scientific Positivism then its occurrence is obviously not dependent on the specific form of the doctrine, be it Marxist, Fascist or whatever, in which it is expressed.
«Culture is «a study of perfection» which «moves by the force, not merely or primarily of the scientific passion for public knowledge, but also of the moral and social passion for doing good.»
What distinguishes the Muslim from the Hindus, he said, is a particular kind of dress and a few remnants of Mughal refinements which will soon be swept away by the scientific and international culture of the modern age.
The quotation captures the noble project of the book in this way: «The old Catholic religion - culture of Europe is dead... the inheritance of classical culture... has been destroyed, overwhelmed by a vast influx of new knowledge, by the scientific mass civilisation of the modern world.
Our Western culture has moved so rapidly in the past half century, our ways of thinking have been so affected by the scientific, technological, and secular advances, that our situation seems divorced almost completely from society as presupposed in biblical and traditional theological thinking.
Indeed, most cultures in human history have generated no such marvel as the modern scientific movement, and even in our own culture, scientifically oriented as it is supposed to be, most people accept the benefits of technology and use the vocabulary of science but do not in fact choose to abide by the disciplines that alone make scientific productivity possible.
The first element of the new scene may be called the «re-evaluation of the secular»; in this context, by «secular» I again refer to a culture that depends primarily on the empirical, scientific consciousness and that therefore tends to negate any sort of mystical consciousness.
Since then, for a number of reasons (air and water pollution, health concerns ignored and in fact unknown by scientific medicine, ecological issues), this questioning of the omnicompetence of the scientific method to uncover the truth, and of the creative value of technological «progress,» has deepened and spread and now penetrates much further into the culture as a whole.
But that these concerns would reappear in fresh and vigorous power, not only in the midst of a modern scientific and industrial culture but as a conscious and relevant reaction to the tensions and dilemmas created by that culture — that was not at all expected.
A push toward a scientific sovereignty in which the empirical world was the only world, a mechanization of life through the emerging structures of technology and mass industry, a cultivation of persons along the lines of immediate gratification and fulfillment of base impulses, and the use of mass culture by dictatorial regimes to shape a people.
Immersed as we are in gadgetry, living a lifestyle which, in its very making, is explicable by scientific laws, our culture feels an inherent uneasiness in discussing things that can't be explained in this way.
This is an attempt to recover the power possessed by words before they were smothered by a scientific and technological culture, words that once rendered immeasurable services to the human spirit, words that danced, sang, teased, lured, probed, wept, judged, and transformed, words that joined hands artfully into analogies, metaphors, riddles, paradoxes, parables, poems, legends, and myths.
The fundamental issue is that «scientific» atheism, now popularised by writers such as Richard Dawkins, has gained intellectual ascendancy in our culture.
In a very real way, our time and the surrounding culture may be defined by scientific and technological advances, and perhaps even more by the incoherent and confused responses to these advances.
It is difficult to deny that many of the potential dangers for humanity in the development of a scientific but secular culture outlined by Gaudium et Spes have now become a reality.
Moreover, the premises of freedom within the scientific tradition imply wider freedoms; a culture which believes in the universality of truth and shares a common dedication to it will encourage freedom of discussion, rather than the settlement of arguments by force.
So after the fashion, the post-structuralists have answered Snow's complaint about the rift between the two cultures by demonstrating a way to make the study of literature just as scientific as the study of nuclear physics.
In Snow's view, the culture of literature, the traditional culture, had been «remarkably little diminished by the emergence of the scientific one, which rules the Western world.»
Theologically, they must accommodate to modernity by making Christian proclamation compatible with a scientific worldview so that faith can be acceptable to its «cultured despisers.»
The emphases of the culture as a whole were influenced by secularism, scientific discoveries and technology.
Sociologists use social scientific methods to investigate collective sentiments and practices (i.e. culture), and the formation and impact of formal rules and regulations (i.e. social structure) created and maintained by groups.
Like too many young scientists of all cultures and ethnicities, you've been treated badly by members of the scientific community.
By contrast, says «a Harvard - trained Korean biologist» quoted in the article, «frank evaluations of colleagues are simply «not part of the scientific culture» in his homeland.»
Despite a lack of rigorous clinical trials to test safety or efficacy, a ban of the treatment by health authorities, and a lack of peer review by the scientific community, the privately funded Stamina Foundation has been using cultured mesenchymal stem cells that have been exposed to putative conditions that favour neuronal differentiation to treat different diseases in severely or terminally ill patients.
In a global culture increasingly driven by scientific and technological innovation, research in areas ranging from microbial genomes to the human brain will become ever more inextricably linked to public health, medicine, and industry.
This culture means that at present priorities are set largely by the internal logic of the scientific process.
A report commissioned by the Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Sciences last year showed that a third of the scientific staff will retire in the next 10 years.
«Bache actively promoted scientific research, not as an end in itself, but as an intellectual and cultural pursuit closely linked to social, economic and moral improvement... His particular career choice and the zeal with which he pursued that choice embodied values sanctioned by patrician - republican, Protestant culture, specifically the pervasive allegiance to progress that characterised this culture.»
Presumably New Scientist is not the most important place to raise this concern as its existence is a major challenge to the dominant culture, but as readers you might consider doing your bit for a new culture by giving science books to your less scientific friends and relatives for Christmas.
Additional support was provided by the Max Planck Society in Germany, a Grant - in - Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas and the G - COE program for the field of Chemistry from The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan, and by Creative Scientific Research from The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Funding for the study was provided by Japan Science and Technology Agency Strategic Basic Research Program ACT - C and Grant - in - Aid for Scientific Research (B) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan.
With Erez Aiden, Michel recently used millions of books digitized by Google to build a scientific tool for measuring trends in our shared culture, history, and language going back hundreds of years.
The countries in question undertake to improve fisheries governance in the region by upgrading data collection and scientific evaluation, establishing an ecosystem - based fisheries management framework and developing a culture of compliance to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.
The work was supported by the National Science Foundation (DMR - 1307056), the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Grant - in - Aid for Scientific Research (B), 15H03981), the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Dynamic Alliance for Open Innovation Bridging Human, Environment and Materials) and the Center for Spintronics Research Network at Tohoku University.
Funding: This work was supported in part by the Grant - in - Aid for Scientific Research (B) and Grant - in - Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas «Systems Molecular Ethology» from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan.
His support for adult stem cell research, his sponsorship of the bi-annual Vatican Stem Cell Conferences, and his leadership in the field of renewable energy led to his appointment by the Vatican as Scientific Advisor to the President of the Pontifical Council for Culture of the Catholic Church and, most recently, as The Pontifical Council Admonitor and Senior Advisor in regards to Regenerative Medicine.
FAU research shows what a tiny ant and indigenous cultures can teach medical and scientific communities by solving a medical mystery that has puzzled them for decades.
In addition to WARF, the current study was funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Center for Research on Influenza Pathogenesis; Scientific Research on Innovative Areas from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan; the Strategic Basic Research Program of the Japan Science and Technology Agency; and the Leading Advanced Projects for Medical Innovation from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development.
Funding: This work was supported by a Grant - in - Aid for Young Scientists (B) 24770203 from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), the Tomizawa Jun - ichi & Keiko Fund of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan for Young Scientist, a Research Grant from the Ishibashi Foundation, and the program of the Joint Usage / Research Center for Developmental Medicine, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics, Kumamoto University to HS along with supplemental funding by a Grant - in - Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research 25650088 from JSPS to AN, a Grant - in - Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas 25115007 from JSPS and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) to AK, a Grant - in - Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas 22126003 from JSPS and MEXT to MK, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute to JWT, hosting MJT.
This entry was posted by Paul Bracher on Tuesday, August 6th, 2013 at 11:03 PM and is filed under Academic Politics, ChemBark Investigations, Ethics, Inorganic, Organic, Scientific Culture, Scientific Literature, Scientific Misconduct, Scientific Publishing, Scientific Writing.
Leafing through it, you can examine close - up color photographs and scientific descriptions of species ranging from sponges to herons, compare maps by early explorers to those made with the latest Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology, or reflect on the impact of military and industrial use of the bay on the local environment and culture.
With funding from NSF, the Prime the Pipeline Project (P3) is responding to the need to strengthen the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) pipeline from high school to college by developing and evaluating the scientific village strategy and the culture it creates.
But in a culture where women are not permitted to leave the home unless accompanied by a male, where education for women is seen as a waste of time and money, where a woman's only worth is to produce male children and she is held responsible if she doesn't in spite of scientific evidence to the contrary, I don't believe that this practice is likely to cause any real change.
All of the above plus a massive batch of physical goods, including: the Moon Grotto 7», a vinyl EP featuring «hidden» music & remixes from SWORD & SWORCERY EP composed by Scientific American — exp. - 3: a limited edition of Mathew Kumar's videogame culture «zine — an exclusive deck of «Monster Mii» trading cards from comic book artist James Kochalka — an embroidered Venus Patrol patch featuring a design by Montreal - based artist Devine Lu Linvega — and many more awesome bonus objects.
Krystyna Gmurzynska was the first foreigner to receive the merit for special achievements by Michael Shvydkoy, the Russian Minister of Culture, recognizing her «important contribution to scientific research, and for the organization of exhibitions in the field of Russian art of the 20th century.»
Featuring an extensive text by Tiffany Bell which explores the artist's influences, history, and, most importantly, the work itself, as well as a significant essay by Robert Storr discussing Asawa's work in relation to mid-twentieth century art history, culture, and scientific theory.
By concentrating on laboratory equipment which normally goes unnoticed in a scientific environment, the artist traces the interaction between the material culture of the laboratory and the production of scientific insights.
Ben Lillie and Virginia Hughes began a TEDxNewYork conversation about science and culture at Untitled Space in Tribeca by taking a look at why this kind of headline whiplash happens in the press: because science journalism has been structured around reporting on single studies as they are published in scientific journals.
By engaging with a variety of biocultures she seeks analogies to (human) societal cultures and explores relevant scientific, anthropological and philosophical concepts.