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"The human use of human beings": Interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity and all that in biophysics and beyond.
2017
Abstract Biophysics, just by looking at its name, indicates an interdisciplinary scientific activity, although the notion of interdisciplinarity, as such, seems to be not widely or specifically discussed by biophysicists. The same seems to have happened as well in the early stages of the development of cybernetics, notably in Norbert Wiener's writings. This situation seems to contrast with what has happened in subsequent developments of cybernetics ideas, notably in general system theory and cognitive sciences. After a few general reflections on the notion of interdisciplinarity, its sophisticated variants and the path leading to the birth of cognitive science, we shall refer to Wiener's th…
El papel del Colegio de Psicólogos en el posicionamiento internacional de la Psicología Española (1979-2018)
2019
La presencia de revistas españolas de psicología en diferentes bases de datos internacionales (JCR y SJR) es un indicador que determina el crecimiento y la madurez de esta disciplina y aporta una visión de la actividad científica en psicología y su situación en el contexto internacional. El objetivo del presente trabajo es determinar el papel del Colegio de Psicólogos como editor de revistas de psicología de impacto. Se seleccionaron 17 revistas indexadas simultáneamente en las bases JCR y SJR de 2018. Los resultados muestran como el 53% de éstas son editadas o coeditadas por un Colegio de Psicólogos, con especial relevancia del Colegio de Psicólogos de Madrid, teniendo una mayor presencia …
Los límites de la investigación biomédica en el ordenamiento jurídico internacional y europeo
2016
La investigación biomédica ha experimentado un fuerte desarrollo en los últimos años, logrando importantes avances, pero planteado, a su vez, considerables desafíos; en especial, para los derechos humanos. El Derecho internacional y europeo establece los límites necesarios para garantizar los derechos fundamentales del individuo en el desarrollo de la actividad investigadora. El presente trabajo identifica y examina cuáles son esos límites contemplados por los instrumentos internacionales y europeos, al tiempo que los sistematiza y clarifica por medio de una serie de principios que el investigador biomédico deberá observar en el ejercicio de su actividad científica Biomedical research has d…
La universidad en el desarrollo de la cirugía torácica española
2005
The present article analyzes the figures of the university professors who, from 1911, formed part of one of the basic pillars in the development of "Spanish Thoracic Surgery". At that time, there was a certain amount of infighting between general and specialized surgery, which was resolved by allowing specialization after a period of training in general surgery. Universities should not be denied the great merit of having produced well-trained surgeons with a broad general foundation who would later choose a specialty. The figures of Ricardo Lozano Monzon, Francisco Martin Lagos, Jose Gasco, Benjamin Narbona, Carlos Carbonell Antoli, Rafael Vara Lopez, Alfonso de la Fuente Chaos and Jose M. …
How are the Concepts and Theories of Acid–Base Reactions Presented? Chemistry in Textbooks and as Presented by Teachers
2005
This paper investigates the views of science and scientific activity that can be found in chemistry textbooks and heard from teachers when acid–base reactions are introduced to grade 12 and university chemistry students. First, the main macroscopic and microscopic conceptual models are developed. Second, we attempt to show how the existence of views of science in textbooks and of chemistry teachers contributes to an impoverished image of chemistry. A varied design has been elaborated to analyse some epistemological deficiencies in teaching acid–base reactions. Textbooks have been analysed and teachers have been interviewed. The results obtained show that the teaching process does not emphas…
Relativism and Realism in the Philosophy of Science
2020
The philosophy of science is an important field of philosophy, where relativism and realism meet. The philosophy of science studies the nature of scientific knowledge, general justifications and scientific activity. Many of the things I have discussed in the previous chapters are also relevant for the philosophy of science. Scientific realism has been one of the most significant movements in the philosophy of science. However, its problems have paved the way for perspectivism, according to which perspectives (points of view) are a part of all scientific activity, from observations to theoretical assumptions. I will show that scientific realism could not be defended using a Tarskian semantic…
Integration of Pedagogical Knowledge in the Light of Questions about the Empirical Foundations of General Pedagogy and Understanding of the Concept o…
2018
The main purpose of the article is to show that the studies undertaken by pedagogues, regarding both the experimental foundations of pedagogy and generality, have some common points and that an in-depth reflection on those issues highlights the postulate to treat pedagogical knowledge in an integral manner. The first part presents the relationship between the issue of the empirical foundations of pedagogy and the problems of integrity of pedagogical knowledge; the second part – the relationship between the concept of generality and the problems of integrity, and the concluding part presents a proposed understanding of general pedagogy as integral pedagogy in which the approach towards both …
La Vinculación Ciencia-Sociedad: Estereotipos y Nuevos Enfoques
2016
[ES]: La importancia social de la ciencia ha evolucionado notablemente desde mediados del siglo XX, dando lugar a un cambio en el enfoque y desarrollo de la actividad científica. En este contexto, se ha producido un aumento notable de los estudios que analizan en profundidad los procesos de intercambio y transferencia de conocimiento que se producen entre los investigadores y los agentes sociales, en gran medida para su promoción desde las políticas científicas e institucionales. Este artículo describe la evolución de los enfoques sobre las relaciones ciencia-sociedad y analiza los principales elementos de los procesos de intercambio y transferencia de conocimiento mediante un estudio empír…
Música despersonalizada y música participativa : una propuesta terminológica desde la sociomusicología
2017
espanolLa musica, a pesar del ingente trabajo realizado desde la Filosofia, la Sociologia y la Musicologia, sigue utilizando cotidianamente un aparato conceptual poco riguroso. Todavia hoy se utilizan terminos que proceden del ambito linguistico coloquial, con una carga ideologica notable y basados en una vision de la realidad social sesgada de forma etnocentrica y elitista. Otro elemento que se suma a esta remora cientifica es el pecado original que supone la division entre Musicologia –centrada en la historia y ciencias de la musica que se producia en las academias occidentales– y la Etnomusicologia –ocupada en las manifestaciones del resto de las otras sociedades y de los otros grupos so…
Cobertura y solapamiento de Web of Science y Scopus en el análisis de la actividad científica española de psicología
2013
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