SPINOZA: O CONATUS E A LIBERDADE HUMANA

O desafio da participação humana do IT-Coimbra no Págico

Na qualidade de grupo de investigação em Processamento Computacional da Ĺıngua portuguesa, pretendemos, neste documento, relatar a experiência vivenciada na participação do grupo LudIT no Págico – Português Mágico. Estando o nosso trabalho mais centrado, de uma forma geral, no Processamento Automático da Fala, exprimimos obrigatoriamente uma visão decorrente de, como participantes humanos, ter ...

Was Spinoza a Naturalist?

In this article I dispute the claim, made by several contemporary scholars, that Spinoza was a naturalist. ‘Naturalism’ here refers to two distinct but related positions in contemporary philosophy. The first, ontological naturalism, is the view that everything that exists possesses a certain character (variously defined) permitting it to be defined as natural and prohibiting it from being defin...

Genetica Humana

Sometimes we do not realize that Spanish speaking people are one of the major linguistic group on our planet! Thus we have to welcome this excellent book devoted to, as the title clearly tells us, human genetics for the pleasure of the Spanish speaking people. Those who love genetics, young fellows at the beginning of their careers, esteemed professors and historians of science will get for an ...

Spinoza Today: The Current State of Spinoza Scholarship

Stardrives and Spinoza

There are several senses in which one may speak of limits in relation to Physics. For the purposes of this essay, it is most useful to begin with the technological limitations of practical human activity. In this context, Physics both provides positive and negative information. Physical laws tell us how to achieve some goals, and informs us that others are forever out of reach. An excellent his...