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Cultural Adaptation of the Modified Version of the Conflicts Tactics Scale (M-CTS) in Mexican Adolescents
2019
Several scales are used in Dating Violence studies assuming cross-cultural invariance and equivalence of the measures without making the proper validation in the intended populations. This study focuses on the importance of adapting existing dating violence psychological instruments (as the widely recognized Modified Version of the Conflict Tactics Scale, M-CTS) in diverse adolescent populations adjusting to international validation procedures that ensure the cultural fit of the instrument and the measurement invariance of the construct. We sought to adapt the M-CTS in Mexican adolescents (N = 1861; 57.5% woman) following the ITC Guidelines for Translating and Adapting Test. We made an anal…
Between Atoms and Humours. Lucretius' Didactic Poetry as a Model of Integrated and Bifocal Physiology
2012
Lucretius has often been regarded as one of the fathers of modern science, and also in recent years several studies have explored his influence far beyond a merely literary perspective. In this paper I analyse specifically the importance of the poet's 'eclectic' attitude in physiology from the point of view of his 'Fortleben' in early modern thought. I suggest that the typical eclectic combination of physics and biology, atomism and macroscopy, which the 'De rerum natura' shows in its didactic structure both through its images and even more through its conscious scientific reflection, built an attractive basis for attempts in the modern period at harmonising corpuscularian theories and qual…
La confrontació per l'opinió pública: Els editorials dels diaris sobre la diada de catalunya de 2012
2014
Els articles editorials que publiquen els diaris continuen sent postulats ideològics de referència a l'hora d'identificar els mitjans i els seus lectors amb alguns dels actors que apareixen en qualsevol conflicte, com és el cas dels conflictes polítics. Aquest treba ll és un estudi qualitati u i quantitatiu que busca analitzar els editorials amb l'objectiu de caracteritzar els actors amb els quals la capçalera queda alineada i com persuadeixen els se us lectors i legitimen arguments al voltant del cas de la manifestació de la Diada de Cata lunya de 2012. El corpus de l'estudi se centra en 97 editorials de 10 diaris que responen a contextos territorials diferents: El País i El Mundo -context…
Ethics in designing intelligent systems
2019
The idea of Hume’s guillotine contains the argument that one cannot derive values from facts. As intelligent systems operate with facts, Hume’s famous dilemma seems to contradict the very idea of being able to create ethical intelligent systems. In a closer look, ethics is a system of rules guiding actions. Actions always have factual or cognitive aspects, as well as evaluative or emotional aspects. Therefore, Hume’s juxtaposition of facts and norms is not well-founded. Instead of separating the facts and norms it should rather ask what kinds of facts are associated to what kinds of norms. Consequently, Hume’s guillotine sets no limits in processing ethical information, as one can combine f…
Is there a convincing case for climate veganism?
2020
AbstractClimate change compels us to rethink the ethics of our dietary choices and has become an interesting issue for ethicists concerned about diets, including animal ethicists. The defenders of veganism have found that climate change provides a new reason to support their cause because many animal-based foods have high greenhouse gas emissions. The new style of argumentation, the ‘climatic argument(s) for veganism’, may benefit animals by persuading even those who are not concerned about animals themselves but worry about climate change. The arguments about the high emissions of animal-based food, and a resulting moral obligation to abstain from eating such products, are an addition to t…
Internettekstit argumentoinnin lähteinä: kuudesluokkalaisten heikkojen ja sujuvien lukijoiden argumentointitaidot
2016
Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää kuudesluokkalaisten kirjallisia argumentointitaitoja silloin, kun he etsivät tietoa internetistä ottaakseen kantaa kiistanalaiseen asiaan. Lisäksi tarkasteltiin lukusujuvuuden heijastumista näihin taitoihin. Argumentointitaidot ovat keskeisiä taitoja jo lapsille kehittäen muun muassa ymmärtävää oppimista sekä kriittistä internetlukutaitoa. Tutkimus toteutettiin osana Suomen Akatemian rahoittamaa eSeek-hanketta, ja siihen osallistui 341 kuudesluokkalaista. Tutkimuksen aineisto koostui lukusujuvuutta mittaavien testien tuloksista sekä oppilaiden internetiä jäljittelevässä arviointiympäristössä kirjoittamista argumentoivista sähköpostiviesteistä. Viestei…
Kielelliset vaikuttamiskeinot Tasavallan presidentti Martti Ahtisaaren EU-puheissa.
1999
Plato and Antisthenes in the Phaedo: A Reflexive Reading. Part One
2019
The purpose of this study is not so much to show the presence of Antisthenes in the dialogue, but rather to examine what Plato alludes to. The controversy over ideas between the two Socratics is historically very well-attested, as can already be seen in the Cratylus. Thus, it is reasonable to assume that this controversy must have affected Plato when he was writing a dialogue in which the importance of ideas and his new logic is undeniable. Hence, this paper will investigate the following question: what impact could Antisthenes’ denominative and definitory logic have on the equally denominative and definitory logic presented in the Phaedo given that the latter work in all probability preced…
Collaborative argumentation through role-play by students on a degree programme in social services
2019
The aim of this study was to investigate the nature of collaborative argumentation by students enrolled in a degree program in social services. Students (n = 29) in a University of Applied Sciences participated in role-play discussions and problem solving on adolescents’ substance abuse. The discussions were conducted either online (15 students) or face-to-face (14 students). The data comprise the students’ asynchronous online and face-to-face discussions, which were analysed by identifying discussion fragments relevant in collaborative argumentation, and by comparing the results of the two groups. The results showed that the face-to-face discussions were more collaborative than the online …
Argumentaatio monitieteisen opetuksen edellytyksenä
2004
Monitieteisyys, poikkitieteisyys, tieteidenvälisyys ja tieteiden välisten rajojen tahi raja-aitojen ylittäminen ovat ajan hengen mukaisia käsitteitä opetuksen kehittämisessä. Pohdimme artikkelissamme monitieteisyyden problematiikkaa ja käsitettä sekä monitieteisen opetuksen elementtejä kahden opintojakson avulla. Kirjoittajille monitieteinen opetus avautuu argumentaation, yhteistoiminnan sekä tiedonhankinnan ja -hallinnan taitojen kautta. Esittelemme kaksi opintojaksoa, joista toinen perehdyttää argumentaation ja retoriikan perusteisiin ja toinen teledemokratian ilmiöön. Käytämme näitä kahta sisällöltään ja toteutustavaltaan erilaista opintojaksoa esimerkkinä siitä, millaista etua monitiete…