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…

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…

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…

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…

This paper critically analyzes the cognitive-map concept in terms oh) its subjectivity, as seen in the characterization of environmental knowledge as “images” of the world; b) its use of the information-processing approach in modeling environmental perception; c) its restricted representation…

Based on the theoretical work of Ribes and López (1985) and on Ribes' formulations about intelligent behavior (Ribes, 1981, 1990), the categories of didactic discourse that facilitate its development, are described. These are: a) a varied drill with feedback by…

Accurate quantitative analysis with particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE) requires an accurate knowledge of the X-ray production cross sections, in particular the L lines. While there are a lot of experimental results, recent reviews have found a disagreement between several…