In this paper a hybrid model of argument from analogy is presented that combines argumentation schemes and story schemes. One premise of the argumentation scheme for argument from analogy in the model claims that one case is similar to another.…

The Bollettino del CILEA comes to n° 100. This goal has been reached slightly after 30 years activity of the Consortium achieved on July the 1st 2005. The publication of the second hundred would like to get new ambitious targets…

Con el propósito de generar un conocimiento aproximado (holístico) a la realidad, de un territorio claramente definible, por constituirse en un ecosistema estratégico dentro del conjunto andino; se eligió profundizar en sus condiciones biofísicas, ambientales y antrópicas bajo una mirada…

During the history of human kind, since our first ancestors, tools have represented a mean to reach objectives which might otherwise seemed impossibles. In the called New Economy, where tangibles assets appear to be losing the role as the core…

The development processes of the European Space for Higher Education (ESHE) and the European Research Area (ERA) are two big challenges that European Union must face, if it has to evolve from an industry-based society to a knowledge-based
one. The…

Historically, design representation and verification was relegated to engineering drawings and other manual methods that were used to convey information for product design, analysis, and manufacturing.  Because of the rapid development and implementation of relatively low cost and extremely powerful…

Environmental Education, through Heritage Education, stimulates experiences that can constitute the basis for environmental preservation by rescuing stories of cultures which were part of the dynamics of nature that permeated past generations marked by unique historical and cultural aspects. This…

El pensamiento filosófico, introducido a partir de la obra de los presocráticos, particularmente de Heráclito y Jenófanes, formula unas consideraciones sobre la creación poética, las cuales discrepan de la concepción de ella como fruto de la actividad inspiradora de la…

To assess, analyse and control complex processes and phenomena, the knowledge of their inherent structure is needed. The structures describing it are hierarchical because there is a subordinating relationship between their elements and groups of elements. The formation of the…

The article examines the development possibilities of personal financial investments and the importance to induce those investments in Lithuania. The links between personal finance, financial assets and personal financial investments are analyzed. The development of Lithuanian stock market is reviewed…