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Embodying the past, designing the future: technological determinism reconsidered in technology education

open access: yesInternational Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2020
From a philosophical viewpoint, technological design is about connecting what is desirable with what is technically possible. Technology itself plays a major role in design processes, not only because technology development is what designing is all about,
Jonas Hallström
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Bedload transport: a walk between randomness and determinism. Part 2. Challenges and prospects

open access: yesJournal of Hydraulic Research, 2020
By the late nineteenth century, the scientific study of bedload transport had emerged as an offshoot of hydraulics and geomorphology. Since then, computing bedload transport rates has attracted considerable attention, but whereas other environmental ...
C. Ancey
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Physics without determinism: Alternative interpretations of classical physics [PDF]

open access: yesPhysical Review A, 2019
Classical physics is generally regarded as deterministic, as opposed to quantum mechanics that is considered the first theory to have introduced genuine indeterminism into physics.
Flavio Del Santo, N. Gisin
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Genetic Determinism and Place

open access: yesNova Prisutnost, 2019
In this article, we review genetic determinism and highlight how our earlier research on the philosophy of place can contribute to a better understanding of genomics and ongoing debates about genetic modification.
Matthew Gildersleeve, Andrew Crowden
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial scale affects the relative role of stochasticity versus determinism in soil bacterial communities in wheat fields across the North China Plain

open access: yesMicrobiome, 2018
The relative importance of stochasticity versus determinism in soil bacterial communities is unclear, as are the possible influences that alter the balance between these.
Yu-liang Shi   +10 more
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Changes in culture and matchmaking behavior: online dating on Tinder

open access: yesIndonesian Journal of Social Sciences, 2021
Whether humans drive technology or technology capable of moving human life systems is still a debate and a contradiction in the thinking of some humans. Technological progress in Indonesia itself cannot be denied.
Fransisca Benedicta Avira Citra Paramita
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Epicurus’ Swerve and the Randomness Objection to Free Will

open access: yesLiteratūra (Vilnius), 2022
Modern opponents of free will often aim to demonstrate its unviability by employing the standard argument against free will, which claims that either determinism or randomness is true, and that both options preclude free will.
Matas Keršys
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Kinds of Determinism in Science

open access: yesPrincipia: An International Journal of Epistemology, 2019
Determinism is a doctrine or assumption best defined in the realm of the natural sciences. In this paper I explain in detail the four senses of determinism, from the most fundamental metaphysical sense, to the most complex epistemic (predictive) sense. I
Alexander Maar
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The problem of liberty: The importance of theorizing about classical liberal philosophy in the compatibilism concept formation [PDF]

open access: yesИзвестия Саратовского университета. Новая серия: Серия Философия. Психология. Педагогика, 2023
Introduction. Modern discussions about free will are reduced to the confrontation between compatibilism and incompatibilism. The desire of the former to connect the free will of the individual with physical conditioning actualizes the problem of ...
Petr P. Lang
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Journalism in Digital Native Media: Beyond Technological Determinism

open access: yesMedia and Communication, 2020
This article reflects on the conceptualisation and practise of journalism in European digital native media. The way news is produced and consumed in the digital era knocks down the boundaries that once divided professionals, citizens, and activists.
Berta García-Orosa   +2 more
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