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Vernadsky's concept of the noosphere and its reflection in ethical and moral values of society
Історія науки і техніки, 2022 The paper assesses the topicality of Vernadsky's concept of the noosphere, coined over almost twenty years starting in the early 20th century. Emphasizing the uniqueness of Vernadsky's concept of the noosphere as the transformation of the biosphere by a ...
Galina Jasečková +2 more
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THE MACHINE IN THE GHOST: TRANSHUMANISM AND THE ONTOLOGY OF INFORMATION
Zygon®, Volume 58, Issue 3, Page 714-731, September 2023., 2023 Abstract An ontology of information belies our common intuitions about reality today and animates and governs both explicit scholarly study in philosophy and the sciences as well as the ideologies that are growing out of them. Transhumanism is one such technoscientific ideology that holds to a very specific ontology of information which need not be the
Michael Burdett, King‐Ho Leung
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Soviet and Russian perspectives on geoengineering and climate management
WIREs Climate Change, Volume 14, Issue 4, July/August 2023., 2023 Geoengineering futures. Abstract Soviet science contributed significantly to our understanding of anthropogenic climate change and, as part of this, played a central role in the emerging science underpinning climate modification and geoengineering initiatives.
Jonathan D. Oldfield +1 more
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Of kin and system: Rights of nature and the UN search for Earth jurisprudence
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 47, Issue 3, Page 820-834, September 2022., 2022 Abstract Since 2009, the United Nations programme on Harmony with Nature has sought a new philosophy of global environmental governance known as Earth jurisprudence. This paper examines how Harmony with Nature has advanced Earth jurisprudence to unite Indigenous legal traditions, rights of nature, and mounting evidence from Earth system science ...
Jeremy. J. Schmidt
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Modern Theology, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 204-219, April 2022., 2022 Abstract This essay asks in what ways modern (i.e. twentieth‐century) philosophy can either make use of Origen or inform our reading of him. It argues in the first section that the predominantly exegetic method of Origen makes it difficult for analytic philosophy to accommodate his reasoning.
Mark J. Edwards
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Regulation &Governance, Volume 16, Issue 1, Page 156-176, January 2022., 2022 Abstract The notion of information is central to data protection law, and to algorithms/machine learning. This centrality gives the impressions that algorithms are just yet another data processing operation to be regulated. A more careful analysis reveals a number of issues.
Raphaël Gellert
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SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING FOR ASSESSING THE SPATIOTEMPORAL CHANGES OF THE ECOLOGICAL STATE OF THE AGRICULTURAL LANDS IN ARMENIA [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2023 Proper management and monitoring of the ecological condition of natural feeders are crucial for both the economy and natural environments. Armenia is no exception, and addressing this issue requires comprehensive studies combining traditional methods ...
G. Ayvazyan, S. Asmaryan
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Powerful knowledge, transformations and Didaktik/curriculum thinking
British Educational Research Journal, Volume 47, Issue 6, Page 1652-1674, December 2021., 2021 From the vantage point of knowledge transformations entailed in curriculum making, this article seeks to contribute to a rethinking of the concept of powerful knowledge. It makes a case for linking the teaching of content knowledge to the development of human powers (understanding, ways of thinking, capabilities and dispositions) by way of knowledge ...
Zongyi Deng
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Remote Sensing, 2023 Machine learning (ML) was used to assess and predict urban air temperature (Tair) considering the complexity of the terrain features in Yerevan (Armenia). The estimation was performed based on the Partial Least-Squares Regression (PLSR) model with a high
Garegin Tepanosyan +7 more
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On the Politics of Evolutionary Thought
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Volume 112, Issue 5, Page 532-535, December 2021., 2021 Abstract This commentary on Elvin Wyly's paper, ‘The Evolution of Geographic Thought’, aims at stimulating a reflection on the possibilities offered by the politics of evolutionary thought as envisaged in the paper and its use by critical scholars. Through the analysis of the paper's ambivalences towards the politics of evolution and its history, the ...
Cesare Di Feliciantonio
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