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Rethinking Plasticity in Sponges

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, EarlyView.
This systematic review critiques the conceptual confusion caused by the indiscriminate use of “plasticity” in Porifera literature, revealing that researchers often overlook genetic variability and fail to distinguish between real‐time environmental responses and natural selection.
Laura Oliveira, Emilio Lanna
wiley   +1 more source

Contextos de descubrimiento causal

open access: yesRevista de Filosofia, 2012
Se distinguen dos acepciones del término “contexto de descubrimiento”: La acepción tradicional, que lo contrasta con el contexto de la justificación, y otra, más reciente, que lo relaciona con la metodología de inferencia causal.
Mauricio Suárez
doaj   +1 more source

Causality and Indeterminism in Human Action. Reflections on Causes and Reasons

open access: yesArtefactos, 2020
When explaining the origin of human action, one of the thematic axes is the study of “causality” and its compatibility with indeterminism. The existence of regularities in the field of social sciences can only be explainable by acknowledging the ...
Rafaela GARCÍA ELSKAMP
doaj   +1 more source

The Semantic View, Empirical Adequacy, and Application

open access: yesCrítica, 2018
It is widely accepted in contemporary philosophy of science that the domain of application of a theory is typically larger than its explanatory covering power: theories can be applied to phenomena that they do not explain.
Mauricio Suárez
doaj   +1 more source

Las Ciencias de la Comunicación desde el realismo científico: El problema de la complejidad y las noticias falsas (fake news)

open access: yesArtefactos, 2020
El estudio de las Ciencias de la Comunicación desde el realismo científico pone de relieve el carácter dual de estas disciplinas. Son Ciencias Sociales y también Ciencias de lo Artificial.
María José ARROJO
doaj   +1 more source

Under Shannon’s Bandwagon. Rethinking the Reception of Information Theory in Thermal Physics, 1948-1957

open access: yesHoST, 2023
In this paper I analyze the historical case of how Shannon’s theory of information, among other alternative theories, began to be applied rapidly and systematically within thermal physics in the 1950s.
Anta Javier
doaj   +1 more source

More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
wiley   +1 more source

La astucia de la razón en la técnica

open access: yesArbor: Ciencia, Pensamiento y Cultura, 2000
No ...
Jesús Vega Encabo
doaj   +1 more source

Encuentros entre filosofía de la ciencia, filosofía de la tecnología y CTS

open access: yesTrilogía Ciencia Tecnología Sociedad, 2021
Las relaciones entre la filosofía de la ciencia, la filosofía de la tecnología y el campo de la ciencia, la tecnología y la sociedad han sido amplias y diversas a lo largo de cinco décadas, prevaleciendo los distanciamientos, las controversias y las ...
Juan-Carlos Moreno, Dominique Vinck
doaj   +1 more source

Changing Rural Masculinities: Young Qualified Male Entrepreneurs in Spain

open access: yesSociologia Ruralis, Volume 66, Issue 4, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Unequal gender power relations have long driven many young women to leave rural areas. Recent rurbanisation processes in Spain have intensified with the arrival of a diverse population driven by different motivations, increasing social heterogeneity.
Mireia Baylina   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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