Bespreking van de godsbewijzen die Descartes geeft in zijn Meditationes de Prima Philosophia
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In this episode, I describe some activities on the history of geometry. Geogebra is first used to visualize a primary source from Descartes, and then to create the conchoide of Nicomedes. In the last part the so-called human conchoid is described, a form of embodied cognition to let your students get a grasp of the famous curve.
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Achtergrond: Er is in de literatuur over morfodysforie al uitgebreid onderzoek gedaan naar de invloed van heersende schoonheidsidealen op het lichaamsbeeld vanuit de psychologie, sociologie en filosofie, maar nog niet naar de vraag hoe de stoornis volgens de genoemde zienswijzen cultuurhistorisch en technologisch wordt ‘gemedieerd’. Doel: Betogen dat de heersende normen en waarden rondom het uiterlijk die voorschrijven hoe lichaam en geest zich tot elkaar moeten verhouden, in verschillende tijdsperioden door het gebruik van de op dat moment in zwang zijnde technologieën, invloed hebben op de totstandkoming of het verloop van de stoornis. Methode: Literatuurstudie. Resultaten: Een cultuurhistorische vergelijking tussen de glasziekte en de morfodysfore stoornis. Conclusie: Het voert te ver om te zeggen dat de glasziekte van toen de morfodysforie van nu is als we kijken naar het type patiënten of hun symptomen. Echter, als we de relaties vergelijken tussen de notie van een verstoord lichaamsbeeld, en de technologische mediatie van de heersende normen en waarden rondom het perfecte lichaam, kunnen we toch stellen dat beide ziektes gemeenschappelijke kenmerken vertonen. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elkemuller/
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Conceptual metaphors play a vital role in our ability to think in abstract terms like knowledge. Metaphors structure and give meaning to the concept of knowledge. They hide and highlight certain characteristics. The choice of metaphor when reasoning about knowledge is therefore of vital importance for knowledge management (KM). This paper explores the possibility of introducing new knowledge metaphors to the field of KM. Based on a ‘wish list’ of characteristics of knowledge they want to highlight, the authors choose to explore the Knowledge as a Journey metaphor as a new metaphor for knowledge. This results in new insights regarding knowledge sharing, acquisition, retention, and innovation.
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Conceptual metaphors play a vital role in our ability to think in abstract terms like knowledge. Metaphors structure and give meaning to the concept of knowledge. They hide and highlight certain characteristics. The choice of metaphor when reasoning about knowledge is therefore of vital importance for knowledge management (KM). This paper explores the possibility of introducing new knowledge metaphors to the field of KM. Based on a ‘wish list’ of characteristics of knowledge they want to highlight, the authors choose to explore the Knowledge as a Journey metaphor as a new metaphor for knowledge. This results in new insights regarding knowledge sharing, acquisition, retention, and innovation.
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Op wereld en werkelijkheid hebben we nog slechts zicht in de vorm van onze zelfverzekerde voorstellingen. Descartes merkte het al op, en het is een kille constatering, dat de mensen hem verschijnen als 'des chapeaux et des manteaux'. Is het mogelijk te spreken op die smalle strook strand tussen het zwijgen van de zee en de vanzelfsprekendheid van het land? Als een soort strandjutter lijkt Verhoeven in zijn denken zoiets als de waardigheid van het wrak te overpeinzen. Pas als er een lek in het bestaan is geslagen komt het denken op gang. Het zijn de restjes die het bedenkelijkst zijn.
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The Technical Manual for the digital evaluation tool QualiTePE supports users of the QualiTePE tool in creating, conducting and analysing evaluations to record the quality of teaching in physical education. The information on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) instructs users on how to anonymise the data collection of evaluations and which legal bases apply with regard to the collection of personal data. The technical manual for the digital evaluation tool QualiTePE and the information on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Slovenian, Czech and Greek.
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Eind 2007 is C. Dieterman gepromoveerd op het proefschrift Trias Ethica. Daarin wordt beschreven dat de maatschappij uit drie levensgebieden bestaat, te weten het geestesleven(sociaal cultureel leven), het rechtsgebied en het economisch leven. In ieder gebied zou een kernwaarde het leidende principe moeten zijn. Respectievelijk vrijheid,gelijkheid en broederschap. De staatsmanskunst of het overheidsbeleid zou hiervan uit moeten gaan.
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Purpose To analyze differences between Western and Eastern cultures in the way they conceptualize knowledge and discuss the implications of these differences for a global intellectual capital (IC) theory and practice. Design/methodology/approach A systematic metaphor analysis of the concept of knowledge and IC is used to identify common Western conceptualizations of knowledge in IC literature. A review of philosophical and religious literature was done to identify knowledge conceptualizations in the main streams of Asian philosophy. Findings Fundamental differences were found in the way knowledge is conceptualized. In Western IC literature common metaphors for knowledge include knowledge as a thing and knowledge as capital. In Asian thought, knowledge is seen as unfolding truth based upon a unity of universe and human self and of knowledge and action. Research limitations/implications The research was performed on a limited sample of literature. More research is needed to identify how knowledge is conceptualized in the practice of doing business in Asia and to test the effects of introducing IC theories to Asian businessmen and managers. Practical implications Western conceptualizations of knowledge, embedded in terms like intellectual capital and knowledge management, can not be transferred to Asian business without considering the local view on knowledge. Asian conceptualizations of knowledge should play an important role in the further development of a knowledge-based theory and practice of the firm. Originality/value The paper is the first to explore differences in knowledge conceptualizations by analyzing the underlying metaphors that are used in Western IC literature and Asian philosophy.
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The purpose of the paper is to start a dialogue about differences between Western and Eastern cultures in the way they conceptualize knowledge and discuss the implications of these differences for a global intellectual capital (IC) theory and practice. A systematic metaphor analysis of the concept of knowledge and IC is used to identify common Western conceptualizations of knowledge in IC literature. A review of philosophical and religious literature was done to identify knowledge conceptualizations in the main streams of Asian philosophy. Fundamental differences were found in the way knowledge is conceptualized. In Western IC literature common metaphors for knowledge include knowledge as a thing and knowledge as capital. In Asian thought, knowledge is seen as unfolding truth based upon a unity of universe and human self and of knowledge and action. The research was performed on a limited sample of literature. More research is needed to identify how knowledge is conceptualized in the practice of doing business in Asia and to test the effects of introducing IC theories to Asian businessmen and managers. Moreover, it might be questionable whether different types of resources (Western management literature on IC and Asian cultural philosophies) can be put in a comparative perspective to extract conclusions out of it. This methodological starting point has its confinements, but is plausible partly as long as IC theories originating from an Asian background are still missing, partly as far as philosophical notions within Western IC publications are contrasted with Asian notions of knowledge. Despite this restriction we would like to emphasize that Western conceptualizations of knowledge, embedded in terms like intellectual capital and knowledge management, can not be transferred to Asian business without considering the local view on knowledge. Asian conceptualizations of knowledge should play an important role in the further development of a knowledge-based theory and practice of the firm. We choose deliberately to contrast Western philosophy with cultural and religious connotations in Asian philosophy, as the underlying paradigm is strongly influenced by these notions. This is clearly perceivable in revivalist and reformist tendencies in Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam. Religious notions within these traditions have a strong paradigmatic function in a cognitive and normative sense. Not only in anthropology but also in epistemology, contemporary Asian thought is dominated by a discourse deeply embedded in religious and cultural traditions, in which the dimensions of 'nature', 'subjectivity' and 'history' have well defined boundaries. Anthropologically and epistemologically, all spheres of human reality are analyzed and described within the perspective of an integral and monolithic unity, in which all dimensions and spheres of being are bound. In Western philosophy these spheres of being have been separated from religious notions because of a longstanding secularization due to which religion and culture, metaphysics and philosophy have become separate disciplines.(Boom, 1993)
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