Almost no work has been done on the substance of Kierkegaard's epistemology. I argue, however, that knowledge plays a much more important role in Kierkegaard's thought than has traditionally been appreciated., There are two basic types of knowledge, according to…

This is a comparative study of the epistemology of Suhrawardi and Mulla Sadra Shi razi, two Muslim thinkers of the 6th/12th and 11th/17th century. It focuses on two main issues: Illuminative theory of knowledge and, in the framework of this…

This thesis highlights a new interpretation of the writings of Ibn Taymiyya. Previous scholarship has stressed the legalistic, social or religious aspect, often at the expense of the philosophical content of Ibn Taymiyya's works. The explanatory insight of a study…

Knowledge about fresh water bodies biology in the State of Tlaxcala, Mexico, has become of relevant importance in order to diagnosticate possibilities about natural aquatic renewable resources management for an optimum exploitation. For first ocassion, Apizaquito Reservoir in the State,…

This dissertation presents a methodology for generation of fault diagnostic knowledge from a description of a device. The generated knowledge is to be used in a computer based learning environment for fault diagnostic tasks. In the past, developers of such…

Writing in seventh century India, the Buddhist philosopher Dharmakirti developed a system of epistemology in which he recognized yogic intuition as a valid source of knowledge crowning the practice of meditation and capable of causing the psychological transformation necessary for…

GISODIV es el acrónimo del Grupo de Investigaciones Socioculturales del
Diseño en Venezuela. Este es un grupo de investigación adscrito a la
Facultad de Arquitectura y Diseño de la Universidad de Los Andes
(Venezuela) cuya actividad se centra en el…

La ciudad la percibimos siempre en tránsito, errante, con sus memorias e imaginarios sociales. Los discursos que provee la
existencia humana, fragmentada y ambulante se diseminan en los escenarios públicos y privados, donde dejan su impronta cargada de leyendas,…

En un escenario caracterizado por intensificación de mercados y acuerdos de integración y de libre comercio, se realizó una investigación para comparar el marco regulatorio de las PyMEs en Colombia y Venezuela, identificar instituciones
gubernamentales de apoyo, identificar incentivos…

Backfill design is a multi-level, data/information/expertise intensive procedure involving various professional fields. During the life cycle of mining design and operation, a series of decisions are made based on the knowledge and personal experience. The success of mining design depends…