The present study assessed university students’ views on human nature according to a standard set of theoretical dimensions, namely free will vs. determinism, causality vs. teleology, uniqueness vs. similarity, conscious vs. unconscious, pessimism vs. optimism, and biological vs. social influences. Based on the responses from 618 introductory and personality psychology students, results showed ...

Sixty 2nd, 5th, and 8th graders were interviewed on their moral and ecological reasoning about the 1990 Exxon Valdez oil spill that occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Results showed that children understood that the oil spill negatively affected the local Alaskan shoreline, marine life, fishermen, recreationists, and the oil company. Children cared that harm occurred to the shoreline and...

According to both cybernetics and general system theory, a subject develops and uses an adequate model of a system to widen his/her knowledge about the system. Models are then the interface between a subject and a real-world system to solve a problem and to construct knowledge. Hence, evaluating these models is crucial to ensure the quality of the constructed knowledge. We propose here an evalu...

Although contemporary historical novels share a number of features with the traditional historical novel, as analysed by Lukács (1981), they display a fundamental change in the perception of history, evident in the disappearance of the omniscient narrator, in their choice of significant and representative figures, and scepticism regarding teleology of history or the world-historical role of war...

In this article, we propose some fundamental requirements for the appearance of adaptivity. We argue that a basic metabolic organization, taken in its minimal sense, may provide the conceptual framework for naturalizing the origin of teleology and normative functionality as it appears in living systems. However, adaptivity also requires the emergence of a regulatory subsystem, which implies a c...

The article is structured around one of the questions that has been at forefront controversies in orthodox church recent years: why ecumenical dialogue necessary and “must” we engage it? answer can be simple: because it will Saviour Jesus Christ, who prays to Father “that they may all one” (John 17:21). Nevertheless, some Christians reject or even condemn dialogue. To explain presence movement,...

We argue that taxonomical concept development is vital for planetary science as in all branches of science, but its importance has been obscured by unique historical developments. The literature shows the planet developed scientists during Copernican Revolution was theory-laden and pragmatic science. It included both primaries satellites planets due to their common intrinsic, geological charact...

Epistemological obstacles are modes of reasoning that influence the learning science. The pedagogical work on them implies development a metacognitive vigilance in order to pay attention each time scientific model is constructed or used. In this we will characterize regulation arose during teaching sequence teach evolution three junior high school courses. particular propose examples teleology,...

This essay explores the development of Tillich’s writings on relationship between divine providence and suffering, his approach to theodicy. First, I attend various stations early life earliest in genres. Here we see instrumental-pedagogical theodicies student days preaching give way an increased emphasis suffering God. However, unlike many twentieth century theologies Tillich retains a strong ...