The state of psychology as a knowledge discipline is examined. Some reflections are made about the application of psychological knowledge, taking into account: a) the nature of knowledge being applied, b) the translation of analytic knowledge typical of basic science,…

Objetivo: evaluar el impacto de una intervención educativa del programa PREVENIMSS en el estilo de vida y nivel de conocimientos sobre el autocuidado de la salud en hombres de 20 a 59 años. Material y métodos: investigación cuasi-experimental. Se incluyeron…

En este trabajo se parte de la premisa de que el problema de la relación agencia-estructura o sujeto-estructura social resulta crucial para entender el momento actual del desplieguede la nueva fase de desarrollo o capitalismo del conocimiento, posterior a la…

Reseña de: BAOFU, PETER. (2008). The future of post-human knowledge: a preface to a new theory of methodology and onto-logy. England: Chandros & Oxford Publishing. 287 p.

This article shows taphonomy as a branch of paleontological knowledge that studies the effects of the post-mortem process and how they affect information in the fossil record., La tafonomía es el estudio de de los procesos posmortem, es decir, el…

En el sur de Chile, el Hospital rural Makewe está llevando a cabo una experiencia de atención en salud complementaria, que integra los saberes y recursos tradicionales mapuche, con el conocimiento y terapéuticas científico-occidentales. A partir de entrevistas realizadas a…

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…

The paper examines the transition process which are living at present sciences, Social and Physics, in the world. The prevailing model of science int the 21 st century, characterized by a positivist view of fragmentation and hiperspecialization in all fields…

Santiago Yeche commercial agriculture is based on the cultivation of tomatoes and gladiolus which is also based on irrigation. The irrigation system is formed by channels and it was built during Colonial times. Santiago Yeche’s peasant families introduced gladiolus cultivation…

The research problem dealt with in the first part of this text concerns the existence of a Mayan theory of knowledge based on its own historical evolution through a mind perspective that involves an acceptance of intercultural difference. The text…