It is argued in this paper that the Islamization of the social sciences should be seen-for conceptual and for pragmatic reasons-as the heart of the Islamization of Knowledge (IOK) movement. If that position is accepted, the importance of efforts to…

Al-Ghazālī expressed many ideas on the theory of knowledge in his different works including Iḥyā’ ‘ulūm aI-dīn as well as al-Risālah al-laduniyyah. The former work is accepted by the scholars as securely attributed to al-Ghazālī, while the authenticity of the…

La investigación en enfermería ha sido, tradicionalmente, dominada por el uso de métodos cuantitativos; a pesar de esto, los cualitativos han tenido gran aceptación entre los profesionales, pues entre las áreas básicas de la salud, enfermería es el grupo más…

L’article presenta l’evolució històrica en l’estudi del fenomen ENSO. Aquest event,
que en principi només semblava produir repercusions destacables a la regió litoral de
Perú i Equador, ha passat a ser considerat como un dels paràmetres més sòlids per
realitzar…

by Richard J. Donnelly and Philip G. Potts., Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1998., Vitae., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-81).

El objetivo de este trabajo es exponer algunas inflexiones teórico- metodológicas que han favorecido en los últimos años la producción del conocimiento científico referida a sitios con enterratorios humanos. Para ello se utiliza como estudio de caso, a modo de…

One of the more recent and alluring phrases used by development and resource management practitioners and theorists is "traditional ecological knowledge." Although there is a substantial amount of the literature on this subject, these studies have unfortunately an inadequate characterization…

Este trabalho apresenta uma ferramenta de autoria para ambientes educacionais altamente interativos baseados na crença de que o aprendiz constrói seu conhecimento quando se torna um agente ativo do seu processo de aprendizado. Estes ambientes possuem como paradigma os “adventure…

by Tracy S. Myers., Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 1995., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 118-125).

While theory formation and the relation between theory and data has been investigated in many studies of scientific reasoning, researchers have focused less attention on reasoning about experimental design, even though the experimental design process makes up a large part…