The Scientific Attitude (The Scientific Temper) in Eastern and Western societies

Parallel Sessions: Scientific Superstitions and Scientific Temper

From prehistoric times, humans have evolved as pattern seeking and storytelling species. While the capacity to find patterns and infer meanings had obvious advantages for survival, the brain is not always successful in distinguishing meaningful and meaningless patterns. In fact, "pattern finding" and "order seeking" mechanisms form the basis for nearly all existing myths, superstitions, cultura...

the role of semantic and communicative translation on reading comprehension of scientific texts

the following null hypothesis was proposed: h : there is no significant difference between the use of semantically or communicatively translates scientific texts. to test the null hypothesis, a number of procedures were taken first, two passages were selected form soyrcebooks of food and nutrition industry and gardening deciplines. each, in turn, was following by a number of comprehension quest...

Chiropody and scientific attitude.

Open Access and Scientific Societies

This is the second in a series of three editorials that aim to address recurring concerns about the benefi ts and risks associated with open-access publishing in medicine and the biological sciences. S cientifi c societies serve their members, their broader scholarly communities, and the different components of their missions in many important ways. Making peer-reviewed literature immediately a...

G.W. Leibniz and scientific societies

Efficient scientific study requires organized cooperation between scholars, as well in contemporary science as in the past. The famous philosopher, G. W. Leibniz (1646-1716) regarded as his models for the scientific organizations The Royal Society (founded in 1660) and The Royal Science Academy of France (founded in 1666). 1 These societies were mainly interested in practical applications, alth...