Under the impact of information technology and the information sciences, major changes are occurring in both science and philosophy that constitute an informational turn. The recently developed Philosophy of Information has integrated the unique dualistic ontological properties of information, and scientific rationality can now be seen to include an interactive relationship between science and ...

The “City of God” as the most prominent work of St. Augustine can be considered a good link between the Christian and Greek philosophical tradition.  He argues that the purpose of human Justice, surrendering to order, can be considered relatively a type of human justice.  St. Augustine, like many of the philosophers before him, stress that the ultimate goal of Peace for the human being is the u...

In this position paper, I discuss the intellectual politics of research philosophy in the field of Information Systems (IS). I make particular reference to the higher education landscape of South Africa, and attempt to trace personal and scholarly encounters with what I deem to be ‘paradigmatic thinking’. The aim of the ensuing discussion is to deepen the understanding of the politics of paradi...

in Spark Ignition Engines by Michael G. Norris B. S., Mechanical Engineering Oregon State University, 1985 S.M., Mechanical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991 Submitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degrees of Doctor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; September 1995 © 1995 Massachusett...

technology transmission has engaged not only developing countries but also many western research communities. foreign direct investment is a commonly used method to transfer the technology. since specific studies on factors affecting the transmission of technology through foreign direct investment has not been made in nanotechnology, the purpose of this study is to identify the issues affecting...

Management Summary The goal of this study is to understand the use of information technology such as smartphones or social media. Users of either Apple or Android phones often feel the brand as part of their identity. They are Apple-users, or Android-users. With social media users are often in debate on what to share with whom. Questions revolve around whether or not to share party pictures wit...

The discussion of a philosophy of engineering and/or engineering education has encouraged the community to try and bring some coherence to the field. This select and annotated bibliography is one resource intended to enhance and continue the conversation. In conjunction with a preparatory review, this bibliography introduces the 2011 FIE special workshop on the subject of exploring the philosop...

Abstract Personal knowledge management has been developed in various fields such as knowledge management, personal information management, communication psychology and philosophy of science, management, communications, and so a lot of research to a few experimental or approved about (PKM) is a research that the original data is just a few pages. So research in this area seems to be very focuse...