Science Education & Policy
- The Pattern Of Contextual Diminution
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The Pattern of Contextual Diminution This pattern is a bit more involved,as it combines a number of other patterns. It also adds to theself-referential nature of PAC, as it describes the dynamics of anepistemological system, such as PAC. MethodologicalStu ...
Article - Kees Pieters - Jun 8 2011 - 11:00am
- Complexity And Postmodernism
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In my previous post, I defended a 'post-modern' stance in science, as I consider quest for singular concepts to explain all kinds of things to be somewhat outdated. Or, to be more precise, it is rather stupid to consider oneself a 'complexi ...
Article - Kees Pieters - Feb 27 2013 - 10:20pm
- Obama's "Gainful Employment" Rules For Colleges And What It Means For Science
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You've seen the advertisements on television; schools that market heavily with dubious promises of how wonderful the job market is, but then students who incur student loan debt to get those degrees- loans which are unlimited since the government in t ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 14 2011 - 6:21pm
- Complexity And Rationality
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Now we've covered the relationships with postmodernity in the previous post, (I promise not to bring it up again, but I have recently been accused quite often to be 'almost postmodern', which-being an engineer myself- I find rather absurd) ...
Article - Kees Pieters - Jun 20 2011 - 2:45pm
- The Singularity Hypothesis: A Scientific and Philosophical Assessment
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Springer has commissioned an edited volume about the singularity hypothesis and related questions, intelligence explosion, acceleration, transhumanism, and whole brain emulation. “The book examines answers to central questions which reformulate the singul ...
Blog Post - Sascha Vongehr - Jun 17 2011 - 11:40pm
- Complexity And Professionalism
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According to Karl Popper, there are two contexts at work when trying to understand science. One is called 'the context of discovery', the other 'context of justification'. In many ways all human cognitive activities share similar divisi ...
Article - Kees Pieters - Feb 27 2013 - 10:19pm
- Performing Research On Complex Themes
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The last posts in this series will discuss some of the practical issues of performing research on complex themes. ...
Article - Kees Pieters - Feb 27 2013 - 10:20pm
- So What’s The Deal With The Singularity Again?
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The Dutch translation of Ray Kurzweil's 2005 bestseller “ The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology ” (the title says it all!) is about to be released, so this post on 'practical PAC' will be a summary of my objections to this ...
Article - Kees Pieters - Feb 27 2013 - 10:20pm
- Interaction Patterns
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Those who have been following my blogs, may have noticed that I develop certain patterns, which I then use to 'think through' certain issues or habits in science, or other intellectual endeavours. This blending between science and philosophy has ...
Blog Post - Kees Pieters - Feb 27 2013 - 10:20pm
- Still Think Girls Can't Do Science? Females Sweep The Google Science Fair
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Militant progressives in academia are determined to fix a problem that does not exist- how to get more females in science. Despite there being no gender difference in math scores for the first time in history and more Ph.D.'s for females than men a ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 19 2011 - 10:59am
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