bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Penge, (ud)dannelse, forbindelser eller brains?: En test af fire forældreressourcers betydning for unges uddannelsesvalg i Danmark
Authors: Jæger Mads Meier , Holm Anders
Published: January 2018

Mads Meier Jæger og Anders Holm: Money, education, connections or brains? Testing the meaning of four parent resources for youth choice of education in Denmark

The aim of this article is to analyse the effect of four types of social resources on young people’s educational choice. Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of “capital“, we distinguish four types of capital: economic, cultural, social, and cognitive, which are hypothesised to affect intergenerational educational mobility in different ways. Data comes from a longitudinal study of young people carried out by the Danish National Institute of Social Research, in which persons born in 1954 were interviewed about their own situation and about the educational choices of their oldest child. The empirical analysis is divided into two parts. In the first part, using multiple indicators and confirmatory factor analysis, we find that the four types of capital are clearly identified in the data, and that the four types of capital are significantly and positively correlated. The second part of the empirical analysis evaluates the effect of the four types of parental capital on young people’s educational choice, net of several control variables. For this analysis, we employ the multinomial logit model with a non-parametric estimator of random effects to capture individual heterogeneity. The analysis suggests that (especially) parental cultural capital is a strong predictor of selection to academically oriented tertiary education. Furthermore, we find that social capital is particularly important in selection of vocational education. Finally, parental economic capital and cognitive capital do not affect educational chances, but growing up with a single mother decreases the probability of obtaining university-level qualifications significantly.
"Når alderen indhenter én": Semiotisk inspiration i analysen af kvalitative interviews om kropslighed og aldring
Authors: Christensen Mette Krogh
Published: January 2018

Mette Krogh Christensen:

“When age catches up on you“: A semiologically inspired analysis of qualitative interviews about body and aging

Qualitative interviews are being increasingly used in the social sciences and this development challenges certain methodological viewpoints and traditions. This article discusses the ways in which we formulate and interpret verbal expressions about bodily awareness of aging as cultural categories (Bourdieu 1986, 1997; Jensen 1993). It is based on 12 qualitative research interviews carried out as a part of a Ph.D. project about body and aging among physical education teachers. Human beings are speaking bodies, and language is a particularly important condition, which shapes our life-world (Brandt 2003; Kvale 1997). Language is a kind of evaluation, reduction or avowal of experienced phenomena such as the aging body. The spoken word, as it appears as text in qualitative research interviews, can be analysed in many ways. One of the less explored ways is a semiological approach to meaning-interpretation inspired by mapping theory (Fauconnier 1997; Lakoff & Johnson 1980, 1999). The analyses in the article show that this particular approach may provide fruitful inspiration for sociology if the qualitative research interview concerns a relatively non-verbal phenomenon such as body and age. The semiological approach may accentuate the close relationship between language, verbal expressions and the social life of the body when we study it as a cultural category.
Sociologiens brug af begreberne "holdning" og "værdi": Tradition eller modernitet i metodeudviklingen
Authors: Andersson Bjarne
Published: January 2018

Bjarne Andersson:

Sociology’s use of the concepts of attitude and value. Tradition or modernity in the development of method.

In the current sociological tradition, the term “attitude“ is frequently used, mostly in studies of opinions, voting behaviour, and values. The theoretical roots of the term “attitude“ lie in the formative years of a special branch of philosophy: experimental psychology, especially in

the works of Wilhelm Wundt in the late 1800s and in the scholars he inspired. In the 1920s and 1930s some of these

scholars introduced a sociological version of “attitude“ as a counter-concept in the scientific competition between psychology and sociology. This article outlines the processes: belief – attitude – behaviour, and discuses the relevance of attitude measurement as an analytical tool in sociology. The frequently misused prerequisite of behaviour intention as a correlate to attitude and to factual action is demonstrated by two examples: J.H.

Goldthorpe’s Wauxhall-study of car assembly workers and Margaret Mead’s anthropological study of gender and

society in Samoa. If sociology is going to make “attitude“ a useful (and measurable) concept capable of describing the

conflict between a post-modern and a post-traditional complex of values, it is necessary to further cooperation between empirical oriented sociology and philosophy.
Kristendom og tolerance i Danmark
Authors: Lüchau Peter
Published: January 2018

Peter Lüchau: Christianity and tolerance in Denmark

During the past two decades, Danish politicians have formed a consensus that refugees/immigrants are synonymous with Muslims. Some politicians have used this consensus to argue that Denmark is a Christian nation excluding the possibility of Muslims becoming Danes because of their religion. If these political claims have taken root in the general public, there should be a negative correlation between being Christian and tolerance towards immigrants. This article analyses the Danish data from the European Value Survey from 1999 with particular reference to several measures for Christianity and ethnic tolerance. There is a negative correlation between individual Christian faith and tolerance towards immigrants at the national level. When subjected to a multivariate analysis, however, this correlation disappears, because people with a lower level of education tend to be materialists, tend to be rightwing, and tend to hold a Christian faith. The lack of correlation between Christian faith and tolerance towards immigrants in a religiously homogenous country with a strong state sponsored national church is best explained by the special characteristics of the Nordic “civic religious“ model that neutralises the ability of any one group to seize national and religious symbols in the minds of the general public.
Privilegering af perspektiver - en refleksion over begrebskonstruktionerne inklusion / eksklusion og intergrering /marginalisering i den sociologiske iagttagelse
Authors: W. Born Asmund , H. Jensen Per
Published: January 2018

Priviligizing perspectives: Reflection on the construction of the concepts of inclusion/exclusion and integration/marginalization in sociological perception

Social “inclusion” and “exclusion” are “new” concepts which have emerged from “old” concepts such as inequality, poverty and marginalisation, and the purpose of this article is to examine and discuss the practical potentials and the intellectual limitations accompanying the use of conceptual dichotomies such as inclusion/exclusion and integration/marginalisation.
It is argued that the concepts are hea¬vily dependent on political discourse, and that the concepts reduce sociology to be a provider of instrumental know¬ledge about efficient forms of social integration as a “with-in” society techni¬cal question. As such, the concepts screen out questions of social integrati¬on that are closely interrelated with the societal forms of solidarity and the soci¬al factors constituting a society.
Furthermore, it is argued that the dichotomic and asymmetrical character of the concepts support a process in which certain perspectives are “privile¬ged”, while others are excluded, a pro¬cess in which the technical perspective is strengthened while a critical discus¬sion about solidarity is counter-indica¬ted.
It is concluded that a dismantling of the stronghold of the dichotomies might imply Bourdieuian og Luhmannian in¬spired analyses in order to raise research questions which are contra-intui¬ti¬ve and oriented towards unhegemonic knowledge.
Modernisering, social mobilitet og systemteori - en diskussion af Niklas Luhmanns systemteori
Authors: Arnoldi Jakob
Published: January 2018

Title: Modernization, Social Mobility and Systems Theory

- a discussion of the systems theory of Niklas Luhmann

The article is concerned with the con¬cepts of meaning, self-reference and sy¬stems autonomy in Luhmann’s theory. The article takes as its starting point empirical data on intergenerational social mobility. Such emperical data indi¬cate, it is claimed, that questions can be raised regarding the concept of systems autonomy in Luhmann’s theory. Based on this, the article performs a more de¬tailed analysis of Luhmann’s theory of self-reference and meaning. Luhmann’s theory is contrasted with Bourdieu’s praxeology in order to show the diffe¬rences between the semantically based systems theory and the, to some extent, pragmatically based praxeology. Bour¬dieus praxeology contains a focus on the relations between social and mental structures which serves to explain social reproduction in spite of systems differentiation. An outline for a different approach that contains both semantics and pragmatics, thereby avoiding the neo-functionalism of Luhmann, is sket¬ched in the last part of the article. This is done by implementing a structuration approach in the systems theory.
Local Economics Empowerment and Sharia Microfinance in Rural Community Perception
Authors: Umiyati Umiyati
Published: January 2018

This paper proposes to analyze and gain empirical evidences of the rural community perception on sharia micro finance institution to empower local economics at Margoyoso-Pati District Central Java, Indonesia. The data were gathered with survey method and questionnaire. The analysis technique in use is multiple linear regressions. The findings of the paper shows significant evidences on constructed research hypothesis, namely the products of Sharia Micro Finance Institution and the its services affecting the rural community perception on the sharia one, whereas on parametrically (t statistic test) and simultaneous (F statistic test). It shows better rural community knowledge and understanding on offered products from the Sharia Micro Finance Institution and their services quality; the two variables will simultaneously and parametrically affect rural community perception on Sharia Micro Finance Institution to empower local economics.Keywords: economic empowerment, service quality, rural community perception, sharia micro finance
Deferred Tax Assets and Deferred Tax Expense Against Tax Planning Profit Management
Authors: - Warsono
Published: January 2018

The purpose of this study is to examine the probability of earnings management performed by Property and Real Estate companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) in the period 2011-2015. How to do the management to influence the accounting numbers can be either profit management through deferred tax assets, deferred tax expense and tax planning in the financial statements. This paper examines the effect of deferred tax assets deferred tax burden, and tax planning to earnings management conducted by the company. Data of the research is to use secondary data from company financial statements that were downloaded from the official website of Indonesia Stock Exchange. Using sampling technique is performed by purposive sampling. The study population is the Property and Real Estate companies listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange in the period 2011-2015. The study take sample as many as 34 companies Property and Real Estate in the Stock Exchange in 2011-2015. Hypothesis testing uses multiple regressions with SPSS software version 22. The result shows that the Deferred Tax Assets positive and significant effect on earnings management; while deferred tax expense and tax planning significant negative effect on earnings management. Keywords: Assets, Deferred Tax Expense, Tax Planning, Profit Management
Islamicity Financial Performance Index in Indonesian Islamic Banks
Authors: Andraeny Dita , Putri Dessy Diana
Published: January 2018

This study aims to critically analyze the effect of islamic social reporting, intellectual capital  and  the  sharia supervisory board on islamicity financial performance index of Islamic Banks in Indonesia during 2011-2015. The samples of this study are ten islamic commercial banks that were initially selected by using purposive sampling method. Islamicity financial performance index was used as a measure of financial performance of Islamic  banks  which are consist of profit sharing ratio, zakat performance ratio, equitable distribution ratio, and islamic income versus non islamic income ratio. The analysis technique performed in this study is partial least squares. The results of this research revealed that islamic social reporting, intellectual capital and sharia supervisory board have positive and significant effect on islamicity financial performance index of Islamic  banks.Keywords: islamic social reporting, intellectual capital, sharia supervisory board, islamicity financial performance index
Business Attributes and Marketing Communication Strategies of SMEs in South Africa
Authors: Ramasobana Morongwa , Fatoki Olawale
Published: January 2018

The purpose of this study was to investigate business attributes and marketing communication practices of SMEs in South Africa. This study adopted the quantitative research design with a descriptive research method. Data was collected through the use of self-administered questionnaires in a survey. Descriptive statistics, ANOVA and regression analysis were used to analyse data. The results revealed that some marketing communication tools indicate that there is no significant difference in the marketing communication tools adopted by SMEs on the basis of business attributes. In addition, some marketing communication tools indicated that there is a significant difference in the marketing communication tools adopted by SMEs on the basis of business attributes. This study recommended that SMEsâ€™ owners should consider their business factors when selecting the marketing communication strategies and equip themselves with the knowledge of marketing communication.
Comparative Analysis of Monetary Policy Shocks and Exchange Rate Fluctuations in Nigeria and South Africa
Authors: A. Sulaiman L. , A. Lawal N. , O. Migiro S.
Published: January 2018

The study examined a comparative analysis of monetary policy shocks and exchange rate fluctuations based on evidence from the two largest economies in Africa (Nigeria and South Africa) – from 1985 to 2015. Data were derived from various sources which include the National Bureau of Statistics, the Central Banks reports and the World Bank database. Vector Autoregressive (VAR) Analysis was used as the estimation technique. The results indicated that the foreign interest rate in South Africa had higher variations in the short-run. While in the long-run, foreign interest rate has higher percentage variations to exchange rate. In Nigeria the world oil price has the higher influence on exchange rate both in the short-run and longrun periods. Based on these results, the study then recommended that the monetary authorities and policymakers in both countries encourage external currency inflows into the economy.
Fostering Entrepreneurship Education among Women and Girls in South Africa: Destroying the Gendered and Encultured Patriachies
Authors: M Tirivangasi H
Published: January 2018

Gender inequality has been in existence in as much as the humans themselves. The South African women and girls like many other societies around the world are also suffering from the lack of opportunities whilst men still receive favorable treatment. The government of South Africa engaged in the promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as part of empowerment projects for the Black people since the attainment of democratic rule in 1994. Entrepreneurship continues to play an integral role in the South African economy as well as the economies of many developing countries around the world. The creation of new Small and Medium businesses activities contributes to economic growth, job creation, better livelihood of people involved and the communities which surround them. However, there has been a lack of women participation in entrepreneurship businesses in South Africa. Women continue to shy away from starting SMEs. Research reveals that an approximately 6, 2 percent of South African adult women were involved in SMEs in 2015. This is an appalling situation if South Africa is going to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDG, goal number five encourages States to ‘Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls’. The aim of this paper is to identify challenges faced by female entrepreneurs in South Africa, which makes their survival difficult within a patriarchal society.The empirical analysis is based largely on data from information available from sources such as journals, dissertations, thesis, books, conference reports, internet sources, and policy briefs relating to women and entrepreneurship.
Towards a green enterprise
Authors: Żak Katarzyna
Published: January 2018

The article presents a brief outline of the evolution in pro-ecological attitudes both in macro- and microeconomic terms. As a result, two major business models of a modern enterprise that recognise ecological responsibility as a priority for business activity are identified. The discussion also contains the synthetic analysis of the “Global Green Ranking 2016” and the presentation of its leaders.
The Economic Development in the Context of the Development of Foreign Trade in Poland – a Comparison to some EU Countries
Authors: Rytko Anna
Published: January 2018

The themes of the impact of foreign trade on economic growth has been repeatedly assumed by investigators and were most often related to various aspects: the openness of the economies, economic prosperity, competitiveness and diversification of export. The objective of the research was the evaluation of changes in economic development and the development of foreign trade in Poland comparing them with the EU and some EU countries. Particular attention was given to the issue of diversification and competitiveness of exports by putting the hypothesis that the greater product diversification of Polish export, the greater its competitiveness, which leads to economic growth. The work uses the following test methods: descriptive methods, statistical methods, the indexing methods of which Indicator of the Absolute Deviations and Revealed Comparative Advantages were calculated. Export diversification can lead to speeding up the pace of economic growth. By analyzing in detail the situations in Poland can conclude that it is advisable to diversify of the export structure.
Distribution of Organic Food in Poland
Authors: Smoluk-Sikorska Joanna
Published: January 2018

Distribution of organic food in Poland has a number of weaknesses resulting from low and irregular supply as well as dispersion of producers and intermediaries. The paper presents the outcomes of research carried out in 2012 in three types of retail outlets offering organic food, i.e. specialist shops, groceries and retail networks. The investigation was conducted in the form of in-depth interviews using a standardised questionnaire. As the research shows, only in specialist stores does the product range satisfy consumer needs, whereas in the other outlets it is limited generally to processed products. Wholesalers, organic farms and brokers are the main providers of the surveyed retail outlets; nevertheless, specialist shops use the services of more providers than the other types of outlets. Low supply of organic food results in high retail prices. Specialist shops and groceries apply margins up to 40% on average, while retail networks have margins up to 20%.
Agriculture in Poland and Ukraine – Potential and Dynamics of Changes in Production
Authors: Wicki Ludwik , Orlykovskyi Mykola , Zaburanna Lesia
Published: January 2018

The article attempts to compare the importance of agriculture and the dynamics of its development in Ukraine and Poland. The most important constraints on the development of Ukrainian agriculture were identified, including the unregulated land market, lack of coherent support programs for agriculture and rural areas, poorly developed infrastructure of the agricultural environment and lack of capital for development. It was found that agriculture in Ukraine is characterized by a high growth rate of productivity and production. The observed output gap in relation to agriculture in Poland is about 10 years. The agricultural sector in Ukraine has about 10% share in generating GDP and as much as 40% share in exports. Such high importance can be maintained even in the conditions of economic development, as there are large reserves in the development of agribusiness. The most important development factors include the introduction of a coherent program for the development of the agribusiness sector, including production of goods with high added value and increasing the availability of capital for the development of agriculture. A great opportunity is the development of trade in the conditions of affiliation with the EU.
Rural Tourism as a Factor Stimulating the Development of Border Areas – The Case of Lubelskie Voivodeship
Authors: Bronisz Urszula , Jakubowski Andrzej
Published: January 2018

This article aims to evaluate the level of tourism potential for the communities located in the eastern border region of the Lubelskie Voivodeship in Poland. The analysis was based on a three-factor model consisting of separate interrelated components of tourism potential i.e. tourist attractiveness, tourist function and tourist traffic. Using a multidimensional comparative analysis, a Tourist Attractiveness Index, Tourist Function Index and Tourist Traffic Index were composed. This enabled to identify the territorial units for which rural tourism can become a real factor stimulating socio-economic development. It appears that rural tourism can be perceived as a chance for improving the local economy for the areas located in the northern part of the borderland, whereas for communities situated in the southern part, it is not a significant issue.
Paradigm of Financial Provision of the Agricultural Land Restoration in Ukraine
Authors: Davydenko Nadiya , Wasilewska Natalia
Published: January 2018

The purpose of the research was to determine the system of measures aimed at financial provision of restoration and improvement of the fertility of the agricultural lands, which are an important part of the state strategy for the development of the Ukrainian economy agrarian sector. Characteristics of land use in European countries and Ukraine were presented. The sources of financial provision of agricultural land restoration were analyzed. The measures aimed at successful restoration of fixed assets of agrarian enterprises, in particular land resources are proposed.
Statistical Analysis of Soft Commodities Returns in the Period 2007-2016
Authors: Górska Anna , Krawiec Monika
Published: January 2018

Soft commodities, often referred to as tropics, constitute a significant element of international trade and are also important to the Polish economy. Moreover, Polish investors may invest in foreign markets of soft commodities through commodity-linked ETFs, offered by some brokerage houses. Obviously, each investment decision should be preceded by an analysis of asset performance. This paper provides results of statistical analysis of soft commodities returns over the period January 2007 to December 2016. They reveal the existence of weak positive correlation between the returns, non-normal distributions, negative trends, and serial autocorrelation.
Poland and the Czech Republic in the Process of Globalization
Authors: Kacperska Elżbieta
Published: January 2018

The purpose of an article was to analyses complexity of the globalization process and its effects for the functioning of the Polish and Czech economies. In addition to the opportunities and threats of the globalization process, the study includes an analysis of the primary indicators for both economies, i.e. GDP, participation in foreign trade, flow of foreign investment and ranking of the KOF globalization index.
Functioning of “Organics Cluster” in the French National and Regional Market of Organic Food
Authors: Koreleska Ewa , Ferenc Andrzej
Published: January 2018

The main aim of this study is to identify a model organic food cluster situated on the territory of a selected European Union country and its operation effects. In the first part of the study a selected food market of France is characterized as a reference point of further analyses and studies. The data was obtained from French domestic reports which cover years 2007-2016. Dynamics of changes has been defined as well as the trends characteristic of the analyzed period. The method of least squares has been used. Moreover, a definition and the importance of clusters has been presented on the basis of the literature of that topic. The part of the study includes a description of functioning of a selected French organic food cluster is described and evaluated. The method of case study has been used. It has been found that in 2007-2016 the eco-sector in France has developed significantly. A distinctly rising linear trend in the number of organic farms, ecological companies, ecologically cultivated land, the size of the market and degree of French people's knowledge of organic food labels has been reported for the eco-branch in France. As many as 112 projects have been implemented in the analyzed cluster. Those projects involved innovative and export undertakings which allowed to achieve a competitive advantage on the domestic market and even abroad. Positive effects also include possibility of experience exchange and financial support particularly important for young entrepreneurs.
Determination of Nearest Emergency Service Office using Haversine Formula Based on Android Platform
Authors: Basyir M. , Nasir M. , Suryati Suryati , Mellyssa Widdha
Published: January 2018

Emergency Reporting Application is an android-based application that serves to help the community in reporting the emergency condition. This application allows users to choose and contact the emergency services office, without the need to notice their position and phone number. Selection of emergency services office is also automatically selected by the system by taking into account the distance between the complainant and the emergency services office. The selected emergency services office is the nearest emergency service office from the complainant so that the delay in coming assistance can be minimized. Therefore, this proposed application requires a GPS feature to recording, reporting and SMS positioning for message delivery of reports. The distance between the position of the complainant and the position of the emergency service office, in the form of latitude and longitude data, is requested using the Haversine formula taking into account the degree of curvature of the earth. Emergency service offices include police and hospital offices spread over 25 different districts. Furthermore, the reporter's position calculation results were compared with all selected emergency service offices and obtained 1 nearest emergency service office. Calculating the accuracy and delay value of the system will do system testing. Accuracy test results using the method of 100% Haversine and the average delay of the system is 4.5 seconds.
Nota crítica sobre a composição de pedagogias para a educação infantil
Authors: Buss-Simão Márcia , Rocha Eloisa
Published: January 2018

Retoma as construções teórico-práticas tradicionalmente apresentadas pela pedagogia para orientar a educação da pequena infância (crianças até seis anos de idade). A especificidade dessa etapa educacional é apresentada segundo os estudos sobre a constituição de uma pedagogia da infância no Brasil, indicando os limites e as possibilidades de articulação entre teoria e prática que respondam às demandas da docência. Uma análise crítica das bases educacionais e pedagógicas da educação infantil, encaminha perspectivas de uma pedagogia comprometida com a infância, que exige conhecer as crianças e as bases culturais que as constituem, para orientar a ação docente em torno de suas experiências educativas.
A vida como currículo
Authors: Vasconcelos Queila
Published: January 2018

Resenha do livro   Aprender pela vida cotidiana, coletânea organizada por Gilles Brougère e Anne-Lise Ulmann.
La mente mecánica
Authors: Suay Belenguer Juan Miguel
Published: January 2018

Resumen: La mente humana es capaz de razonar, de manera similar que lo haría un ordenador, sobre cuestiones que son formuladas algorítmicamente, pero tam­bién es capaz de realizar otras funciones que algunos autores consideran que son imposibles de simular por una máquina. Los diferentes respuestas a cómo fun­ciona la mente han sido abordadas por la filosofía de la mente, la lógica, la psico­logía y la neurología, incluso hoy en día por la mecánica cuántica. En este trabajo intentaré realizar un compendio de las algunas teorías que han apoyado por un lado la posibilidad, y por otro la imposibilidad, de una mente mecánica.Palabras clave: filosofía de la mente, intencionalidad, dualismo, maquinas de Tu­ring, Teorema de Gödel. Abstract: Human mind is capable of reasoning, as much as a computer would do, on issues algorithmically formulated, but it is also able to play other roles which are regarded by some authors impossible for a machine to mimic. The different answers to how human mind works have been addressed by philosophy of mind, logics, psychology and neurology, and nowadays even by quantum mechanics. In this paper I will intend to present an overall review of the several theories that have supported on the one hand the feasibility, and on the other hand the impos­sibility, of a mechanical mind.Key words: Philosophy of mind, Intentionality, dualism, Turing machines, Gödel’s theorem. Recibido: 07/09/2011. Aprobado: 10/12/2012.
La opción naturalista. Una respuesta a Francisco Soler
Authors: Diéguez Lucena Antonio
Published: January 2018

Resumen: En su revisión crítica de mi libro La evolución del conocimiento. De la mente ani­mal a la mente humana (Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva, 2011), Francisco Soler argumenta que la epistemología naturalizada, y mi versión de ella en concreto, no logra superar el argu­mento antinaturalista de Alvin Plantinga. En esta réplica explico por qué considero que, pese a las dificultades que pueda presentar, el naturalismo es la única opción factible en lo que al estudio de la mente se refiere.Palabras clave: Abstract: In his critical review of my book La evolución del conocimiento. De la mente ani­mal a la mente humana (Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva, 2011), Francisco Soler argues that evolutionary epistemology —and particularly my version of it— does not face properly Alvin Plantinga’s antinaturalist argument. I will try to explain why, in spite of the diffi­culties, naturalism is the only feasible option in the study of mind.Key words: Recibido: 23/10/2011. Aprobado: 17/01/2012.
Dos caras de la misma moneda: mente, materia y monismo neutral
Authors: Alemañ Berenguer Rafael Andrés
Published: January 2018

Resumen. Una de las más arraigadas tradiciones de la filosofía occidental distingue mente y materia como dos categorías contrapuestas de la realidad. Incluso cuando dichas cate­gorías conceden preponderancia a una de ellas, sus identidades se mantienen netamente separadas. Por el contrario, el monismo neutral sostiene que esa distinción es engañosa y se basa en una visión de la naturaleza que los nuevos avances en microfísica y psicofisio­logía van disipando gradualmente. Mente y materia no serían más que dos acepciones para la misma realidad subyacente cuya estructura puede organizarse en dos modalidades alter­nativas. Palabras clave: Mente, materia, monismo neutral, percepción, estructura. Abstract: The most deeply rooted tradition in western philosophiy distinguishes mind and matter as two opposing categories of reality. Even when that tradition gives prepon­derance to one of them, their identities are always kept neatly separadas. By contrast, neutral monism contends that this difference is basicly misleading and is based on a view of nature that new developments in microphysics and psychophysiology are gradually dis­sipating. Mind and matter are no more than two meanings for the same underlying reality whose structure can be organized into two alternative modalities. Keywords: Mind, matter, neutral monism, percepction, structure. Recibido: 5/09/2012 Aprobado: 18/04/2013
La exigencia de principios constitutivos de la realidad. La solución de Kant al “amor no correspondido” de la modernidad
Authors: Flamarique Lourdes
Published: January 2018

Resumen: El objetivo principal de este trabajo es proponer una justificación de la exigencia objetiva y subjetiva de principios constitutivos de la realidad, que es el germen de todo monismo, dualismo o pluralismo. La exigencia objetiva determina la formulación kantiana de lo trascendental y su vigencia en la filosofía contemporánea. Siguiendo a Kant, se muestra cómo las visiones totalizadoras y reduc­cionistas de la realidad (monismo, dualismo) responden a una exigencia meramente subjetiva. Palabras clave: Principios constitutivos, Kant, trascendental, objetividad, sistema, Abstract: The main objective of this paper is to propose a justification of the objective and subjective requirements of constitutive principles of reality, which is the origin of all monism, dualism or plu­ralism. The objective requirement determines the Kantian’s formulation of transcendental and its relevance in contemporary philosophy. Following Kant the article shows how totalizing and reduc­tionist visions of reality (monism, dualism) respond to a demand merely subjective. Keywords: Constitutive principles, Kant, transcendental, objectivity, system Recibido: 30/01/2013 Aprobado: 18/04/2013
Natura Naturans, Natura Naturata: ¿Evoluciona Dios? Hacia una relativa, y prudente, reivindicación del «hylozoismo»
Authors: Hernández Pacheco Javier
Published: January 2018

Resumen: Después de revisar las tesis fundamentales de un radical monismo materialista, este trabajo presenta, con una cierta simpatía, la visión alternativa de un no menos radical panpsiquismo, con raíces en la arcaica tradición hylozoista griega y más recientemente rei­vindicado por el romanticismo europeo. Dejando aparte una solución dualista, el autor vuelve la vista a Aristóteles para proponer una concepción dinámica, donde un monismo pneumático constituye el término final de una evolución en la que el mismo ente consiste en la continua superación de la materialidad inercial. Palabras clave: Naturaleza, creación, evolución. Abstract: After reviewing the ground tenets of a radical materialist monism, this paper presents, with a certain sympathy, the alternative view of a not less radical panpsychism, with roots in the archaic Greek hylozoist tradition and more recently vindicated by the European Romantic. Letting aside a dualist solution, the author looks back to Aristotle to propose a dynamic conception, where a pneumatic monism constitutes the final term of an evolutionary trend, in which Being itself consists in the continuous overcoming of in­ertial materiality. Key words: nature, creation, evolution
Monismo, Dualismo e Integracionismo: ¿Está el alma humana en el cerebro?
Authors: Molina José María
Published: January 2018

Resumen: Frente a cualquier género de determinismo; cosmológico, cientificista, biologi­cista y neurobiológico, el Popper de El universo abierto o El yo y su cerebro, nos muestra una cosmovisión abierta, que aporta un modo de acceso a la búsqueda de verdad sistemá­tico, problemático y no cerrado en sí mismo dentro de un análisis inmanentista y más positivista de la conciencia humana. Palabras clave: Determinismo, libertad, necesidad, conciencia, acción humana.  Abstract: Opposite to any determinism gender; cosmological, scientific, biological and neurobiological, a mature Popper, author of works like, The open universe or The Self and Its Brain. An Argument for Interactionism, shows us an opened world view which gives a systematic, problematic and not closed inside of an inmanentist and more positivist analysis of human conscience itself way to access to look for the truth. Key words: Determinism, freedom, necessity, conscience, human action. Recibido: 26/10/2012 Aprobado: 18/04/2013
Turing y el rostro del universo
Authors: Génova Gonzalo
Published: January 2018

Resumen: Al hilo del comentario se habla de cosas y personas tan (aparentemente) dispares como Atapuerca, el proceso de hominización, experimentos mentales con bolas de acero, Galileo, Descartes, Blade Runner, Turing y formularios electrónicos en Internet, con el fin de recordar algo que se olvida una y otra vez: Dios está más allá del conocimiento que proporciona el método científico-experimental.Palabras clave: método científico-experimental, existencia de Dios, test de Turing.Abstract: This comment talks about things and people as (seemingly) disparate as Atapuerca, the process of hominization, thought experiments with steel balls, Galileo, Descartes, Blade Runner, Turing and electronic forms on the Internet, in order to recall something that is forgotten over and over again: God is beyond the knowledge that is provided by the experimental scientific method.Keywords: experimental-scientific method, existence of God, Turing’s test.Recibido: 13 de enero de 2013. Aprobado: 12 de diciembre de 2013.
Las matemáticas en «Los sótanos del universo»
Authors: Muñoz Machado Andrés
Published: January 2018

Resumen: Los renacentistas afirmaban que el Libro de la Naturaleza está escrito en lenguaje matemático. De entonces a nuestros días; la evolución del conocimiento invita a hacerse algunas preguntas sobre el papel de las Matemáticas en el desarrollo de las Ciencias Experimentales.Palabras clave: números “π”; “e”; “φ”; relación aurea; investigación operativa; algoritmo; distribución de Gauss; ecuaciones diferenciales; inconsistencia de las proposiciones formales.Abstract: Renaissance philosophers claimed the Book of the Nature is written in the language of mathematics. Since then; the evolution of knowledge invites to formulate some questions about the role of mathematics in the development of the experimental sciences.Keywords: Numbers “π”; “e”; “φ”; Golden Ratio; Operation Research; Gaussiam Distribution; Differential Equations; Undecidable Propositions.Recibido: 20 de marzo de 2013. Aprobado: 12 de diciembre de 2013.
Los subsótanos del universo. Materiales para un debate
Authors: Arana Cañedo-Argüelles Juan
Published: January 2018

Resumen: Se hacen algunas precisiones sobre los objetivos y carácter de Los sótanos del universo y se debaten algunas de las interpretaciones esbozadas y objeciones formuladas por sus críticos.Palabras clave: filosofía de la naturaleza; epistemología del riesgo; naturalismo.Abstract: This paper presents some clarifications about the objectives and nature of Los Sótanos del Universo. Moreover; some of the interpretations and objections made by its critics are discussed.Keywords: Philosophy of Nature; Epistemology of Risk; Naturalism.Recibido: 10 de diciembre de 2013. Aprobado: 12 de diciembre de 2013.
Bibliografía sobre Hegel en español del año 2015
Authors: Paredes Martín María Del Carmen
Published: January 2018

Resumen: Recopilación por orden alfabético de los estudios en español que se ocupan directamente de Hegel y que fueron publicados en 2015 y registrados en las principales bases de datos. Se incluyen tanto las monografías, como las contribuciones en revistas especializadas y en obras colectivas. Palabras clave: Hegel - BibliografíaAbstract: Compilation in alphabetical order of studies on Hegel written in Spanish and published along 2015, as registered in the main basedata. This bibliography includes monographies as well as articles in specialized reviews and collective works. Key words: Hegel - BIBLIOGRAPHY
H2S EXPOSURE TO WORKERS IN COAL INDUSTRIES (CASE STUDY IN SURALAYA COAL YARD AND EAST KALIMANTAN COAL MINING)
Authors: Sintorini Margareta Maria
Published: January 2018

Aims: This study is aimed to identify the hazards and occupational risk factors of Hydrogen sulfide as one of the most dangerous gas exposures for employees coming from coal, oil and gas companies. Hydrogen sulfide is a toxic colourless gas with a characteristic odor, soluble in various liquids including water. This gas is irritant and asphyrant that can be absorbed through lung into blood. Its inhalation exerts hard damage of respiratory tract. Methodology and Result: The method used is the analysis of questionnaires with logistic regression statistics. The numbers of respondents are 170 people from the employment population who work in coal mining and Pertamina production units. Results obtained from workers' observations and H2S sampling suggest that the most dominant source of H2S exposure hazard comes from the skim tank and DAF areas. The variables associated with shortness of breath was age (P = 0.006). As many as 17.3% of workers did not apply proper work procedures, and 30.58% of workers had experienced work accidents. Conclusion, significance and impact study: H2S are not related to complaints of dizziness or shortness of breath of workers. Specific factors related to occupational safety are long-term exposure of work factors related to complaints of shortness of breath (OR = 2,061), and factors not using PPE associated with dizziness (OR = 3,484)
UPAYA MENGURANGI TIMBULAN SAMPAH PLASTIK DI LINGKUNGAN
Authors: Purwaningrum Pramiati
Published: January 2018

Pengelolaan sampah di Indonesia masih merupakan permasalahan yang belum dapat ditangani dengan baik. Kegiatan pengurangan sampah baik di masyarakat sebagai penghasil sampah maupun di tingkat kawasan masih sekitar 5% sehingga sampah tersebut dibuang ke Tempat Pemrosesan Akhir (TPA) sementara lahan TPA tersebut sangat terbatas. Komposisi sampah terbesar di TPA selain sampah organik (70%) terdapat sampah non organik yaitu sampah plastik (14%). Berdasarkan data dari Kementrian Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan bahwa total jumlah sampah Indonesia di 2019 akan mencapai 68 juta ton, dan sampah plastik diperkirakan akan mencapai 9,52 juta ton dan hasil penelitian Jeena Jambeck 2015 menyatakan bahwa Indonesia berada di peringkat kedua dunia penghasil sampah plastik ke laut yang mencapai sebesar 187,2 juta ton, Kementrian Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan menargetkan pengurangan sampah plastik lebih dari 1,9 juta ton hingga tahun 2019. Penanganan sampah plastik yang sudah banyak diterapkan adalah dengan Konsep 3R (Reuse, Reduce dan Recycle) dan alternatif lain yang sudah banyak diteliti adalah daur ulang sampah plastik dijadikan bahan bakar minyak. Kata kunci: sampah plastik, daur ulang, bahan bakar minyak,
EFISIENSI PENYISIHAN SENYAWA KARBON PADA EFLUEN IPAL BOJONGSOANG DENGAN CONSTRUCTED WETLAND TIPE SUBSURFACE HORIZONTAL FLOW : STUDI POTENSI DAUR ULANG AIR LIMBAH
Authors: . Tazkiaturrizki
Published: January 2018

Teknologi daur ulang limbah merupakan solusi tepat dalam menangani kelangkaan air bersih saat ini. Efluen IPAL Bojongsoang di Bandung merupakan salah satu potensi daur ulang air limbah jika ditambahkan pengolahan lebih lanjut dengan menggunakan lahan basah buatan (constructed wetland). Dengan menggunakan media seperti tanah, pasir, kerikil dan menambahkan tanaman Typha latifolia dan Scirpus grossus serta sistem aerasi parameter seperti BOD/COD dapat tersisihkan dengan sangat baik dengan efisiensi 80-90%. Modifikasi dilakukan dengan tiga tahapan pengolahan yaitu tahap I untuk penyisihan BOD/COD dengan Typha latifolia ditambah aerasi dan tahap II untuk penyisihan fosfat dengan Scirpus grossus dengan dan tanpa aerasi dan tahap III ditujukan untuk melengkapi penyisihan nitrogen melalui proses denitrifikasi dengan Glycine max dan tanpa aerasi. Didapatkan hasil bahwa terjadi peningkatan efisiensi penyisihan fosfat hingga mencapai 80-99%. Proses aerasi dan kombinasi tanaman (T.latifolia, S.grossus, G.max) serta pengolahan bertahap terbukti memberikan pengaruh dalam penyisihan nitrogen dan fosfat. Diperoleh hasil bahwa konsentrasi efluen yaitu COD berada pada rentang 6 – 17 mg/L; BOD berada pada rentang 1 – 4 mg/L telah memenuhi standar kualitas air kelas 2 berdasarkan baku mutu PP 82/2001 dan berpotensi untuk digunakan sebagai daur ulang air limbah.Kata kunci: daur ulang, air limbah, lahan basah buatan, karbon
HERODOTUS AND THE MISSING SPHINX
Authors: Evans Richard
Published: January 2018

In this paper I address a problem in the text and narrative of Herodotusâ€™ Histories, namely, a possible reason why the historian makes no mention of the sphinx at Giza in Book 2, while he is concerned to note a minor edifice at the complex containing the three great pyramids. I suggest that, whereas Herodotus devotes detail to the supposed history of one of the three small pyramids that stands beside the pyramid of Mycerinus, a story that contains similar topical elements to the story of the murder of the Lydian king Candaules by Gyges in Book 1, the argument that a description of the Egyptian sphinx was omitted because it was not visible probably holds no substance. Moreover, sphinxes elsewhere were a constant topic of interest, especially in various dramatic versions produced at Athens during the fifth century, and, depending on the date of the composition of Herodotusâ€™ Book 2, any audience of his history would have been familiar with the sphinx which features in the story of Oedipus, mythical king of Thebes. It is therefore argued here that had Herodotus composed Book 2 of his Histories at a time when Sophoclesâ€™ play Oedipus tyrannus was produced in Athens, between 428 B.C.E. and 425 B.C.E., the sphinx at Giza would almost certainly have received a mention. But if Herodotus wrote this part of his Histories as early as 440 B.C.E., as suggested here, when the Theban sphinx was not an object of curiosity, then the Egyptian sphinx was omitted from the text simply because of the historianâ€™s understandable lack of interest in this form of statuary at that particular time.
REREADING TEXTS OF MUSIC AND DANCE IN THE HEBREW BIBLE: THE SPIRITUALITY OF MUSIC AND DANCE IN ZIMBABWE
Authors: Rugwiji Temba T.
Published: January 2018

The Hebrew Bible depicts that music and dance formed part of worship and reverence of Yahweh in which various musical instruments were played during ancient biblical times. In the modern post-biblical world, music and dance characterise every context of human existence either in moments of love, joy, celebration, victory, sorrow or reverence. In Zimbabwe, music â€” which is usually accompanied by dance â€” serves various purposes such as solidarity towards or remonstration against the land reform, despondency against corruption, celebration, giving hope to the sick, worship as in the church or appeasing the dead by those who are culturally-entrenched. Two fundamental questions need to be answered in this article: 1) What was the significance of music and dance in ancient Israel? 2) What is the significance of music and dance in Zimbabwe? In response to the above questions, this essay engages into dialogue the following three contestations. First, texts of music, musical instruments and dance in the Hebrew Bible are discussed in view of their spiritual significance in ancient Israel. Second, this study analyses music and dance from a faith perspective because it appears for the majority of Gospel musicians the biblical text plays a critical role in composing their songs. Third, this article examines music and dance in view of the spirituality which derives from various genres by Zimbabwean musicians in general. In its entirety, this article attempts to show that the Zimbabwean society draws some spirituality from music and dance when devastated by political, cultural or socio-economic crises.