Se revisan brevemente las razones del porqué el Bienestar animal actualmente es considerado una ciencia que debe ser incluida en el plan de estudios de las escuelas y facultades de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Se menciona que los conocimientos actuales…

Despite the achievements of the sciences in the last three or four centuries, the erroneous view is still current that the sciences lack objectivity and stability. This view is clearly not based upon concrete observation and analysis, but rather upon…

The founding of the Academia de San Carlos was an important step in channeling the teaching of the arts and sciences in New Spain towards a formal educational system in physical spaces providing environments where teachers could expound and impart…

O pragmatismo é apresentado como uma atitude anti-representacionista, isto é, como uma crítica à idéia de fundamentação do conhecimento ou da verdade. Esta crítica torna-se possível a partir de uma interpretação funcional para o problema do conhecimento, segundo a qual…

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Desde la aparición de los primeros Sistemas Expertos o Sistemas Basados en Conocimiento, aproximadamente en la década de 1960, el uso de estas herramientas se ha extendido de manera extraordinaria. Más allá de las aplicaciones que estas herramientas, derivadas de…

Os problemas do conhecimento humanoe sua relação com a linguagem, objetos clássicos da análise filosófica, receberam no final do século XIX e ao longo do século XX um tratamento original no pensamento moderno, com a chamada virada Iingüistica também designada…

Indigenous knowledge and the millenary experience in management of natural vegetation on karsticlandscapes are important aspects that should be considered in animal production in seasonal tropical environments.The aim of the present work was to make an inventory of native plants…

The serious, probably devastating problems with which all cultures of the world are grappling are discussed, and the question of what sorts of scientific knowledge are needed to resolve these problems is considered. The knowledge now available in the behavioral…

Based on the notion of language-game, as formulated by Ludwig Wittgenstein, the relation ship between language, individual practice, belief and knowledge is examined. Knowing is identified as context-adjusted behavior, under learning or extended exercise, while beliefs are considered as dispositional…