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Carlos Blanco
Blanco, Carlos
Blanco, CarlosProfessor, Comillas Pontifical University, Spain; Fellow, World Academy of Art & Science |
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Professor, Comillas Pontifical University, Spain; Fellow, World Academy of Art & Science
Senior Assistant at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Philosophy, Humanities and Communication, Comillas Pontifical University, Spain; Philosopher; Egyptologist
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
Artificial Intelligence
( Knowledge, Science & Values )
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"The development of technology must run in parallel with the growth of our ethical conscience”
I think that one of the most important topics about which we all need to reflect is the future role of Artificial Intelligence. AI must be at the service of human beings, not the other way around. The same ethical conscience that we have developed in connection with nuclear weapons and other alarming results of scientific progress, capable of destroying humanity, must help us to...
Educating for the Future: Empowering the Human Mind and Redefining Values and Citizenship in the Age of Technological Disruption*
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What are the goals of education, and how should they be interpreted in our time? The challenges posed by the emergence of technologies like Artificial Intelligence demand a renewed reflection on the nature and scope of the educational process, in order to address the question of how to educate the human mind to cope with these problems and opportunities. The aim of this paper is to explore a framework for the relationship between education, values and new...
On the Principles of a Social Theory
( Transdisciplinary theory ), ( Social Science )
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This paper addresses the problem of how to identify a small and parsimonious set of principles or “postulates” that may help us understand the great theoretical foundations of the social sciences. From a philosophical point of view, it presents ten premises that are perhaps essential for any attempt at elaborating a social theory.
When one tries to elaborate a theory of society based on the principles of reason and experience, first it is essential to...
The Role of Presuppositions in the Social Sciences
( Education ), ( Transdisciplinary theory ), ( Social Science ), ( Knowledge, Science & Values )
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Any expression of rationality is based upon premises, many of which cannot be ultimately justified. The role of these presuppositions becomes particularly important in the domains of the social sciences and the humanities. A philosophical reflection on the foundations and methodologies of these disciplines can shed valuable light on how to overcome the rigidity of many present conceptual systems in order to fully grasp the richness and complexity of human...
The Integration of Knowledge
( Education ), ( Mind, Thinking & Creativity ), ( Knowledge, Science & Values )
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The exponential growth of knowledge demands an interdisciplinary reflection on how to integrate the different branches of the natural sciences and the humanities into a coherent picture of world, life, and mind. Insightful intellectual tools, like evolutionary Biology and Neuroscience, can facilitate this project. It is the task of Philosophy to identify those fundamental concepts whose explanatory power can illuminate the thread that leads from the most...