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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"scientific culture"”.
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The body in question : some perceptions, problems and perspectives of the body in relation to character, c. 1750-1850
… a continuous narrative [say, about the rise of scientific psychology] but to assemble and juxtapose a wide array of disparate materials and thereby resolve a number of issues. What made the appearance of the body an important subject of inquiry, what forms that inquiry took, and what made …
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The secret nature of seeds: science & seed improvement c.1520-1700
… using as its narrative, the development of scientific knowledge. To understand how knowledge was accumulated and transmitted, the research argues that the ‘social’ everyday lives of men and women were formative in the creation of a scientific ‘culture’, that permeated this period in history. …
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Horace Kallen Confronts America: Jewish Identity in Discursive Formation
… and relationships, of his engagement with print culture, and of his understanding of science and scientific culture, I describe one trajectory in the American Jewish community's discourses concerning science, religion, and secularism from the early twentieth century to mid-century. I trace how …
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The Celebrity Scientists
… scientists base their authority on their scientific credentials, achieve public appeal through popularisation, particularly publishing popular science books, and speak in general culture on behalf of science. The subjects, to varying degrees, embody scientism as the supreme epistemology, …
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Creating a modeling culture : supporting the development of scientific practice among teachers
… Workshops facilitate the growth of a modeling culture among teachers by giving them the tools and the ability to pose, investigate, and answer their own questions. This research examines the development, sustainability, and impact of that culture. It describes how participation in a modeling …
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Dynamics of globalization in Philippine scientific communities
… to shed light on the simultaneous influence of scientifically strong countries on Internet use and knowledge production at the global periphery. Using survey data from interviews of 312 Filipino scientists, this study answers the following questions: (1) Does place of graduate education (i.e., …
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The Theological Significance of the Relations of Freedom and Time in the Sciences and Humanities: An Evaluation of the Contributions of David Bohm and Pauli Pylkko
… two representatives come from the two competing cultures of the sciences and humanities, which illustrate the deep philosophical conflict that has emerged between these cultures concerning the natures of freedom and time. Specifically, the paradigmatic contributions of Albert Einstein's …