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Volume 3 Issue 2 Part 2

Education Isn’t Education: The Creativity Response or How to Improve the Learning Curve in Our Society
Most existing educational programs do not tap into the full creative potential of our minds. .. Read more
Disruptive Technologies, A Critical Yet Hopeful View
Financial profitability is a one-dimensional, reductionist metric unable to provide the right incentives to cope with the multi- or infinite dimensionality of the complexc hallenges we face. .. Read more
The Role of Presuppositions in the Social Sciences
There is no real progress in any domain of sciencewithout acquiring consciousness of the provisional nature of knowledge and the imperative to increase our present understanding. .. Read more
Anticipation in Law and Social Science*
The central issues are how to sustain a responsible process, to enhance the productive capacity of society including the full utilisation of its human capital. .. Read more
Peace, Security, Globalisation & Cultural Diplomacy
World peace is an essential condition for the survival and development of international organizations. .. Read more

Peace, Security, Globalisation & Cultural Diplomacy
Ashok Natarajan
 Get Full Text in PDF Abstract This article argues for a positive, comprehensive conception of peace that goes beyond the mere absence of war and a more integrated conception of human security that encompasses a wider range of issues than threats of physical violence. Education is one of humanity’s most effective social institutions for redirecting the violent physical energies of... Read more
Anticipation in Law and Social Science*
Winston P. Nagan, Megan Weeren
 Get Full Text in PDF Abstract This article explores a particular aspect of the role of anticipation in social and legal processes. The program begins by recognizing that social interaction happens within a time-space manifold of events. This means that society functions in terms of events located on the plane of time and the situation of space. This means that social process is a dynamic... Read more
The Role of Presuppositions in the Social Sciences
Carlos Blanco
 Get Full Text in PDF Abstract 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... Read more
Disruptive Technologies, A Critical Yet Hopeful View
Carlos Alvarez Pereira
 Get Full Text in PDF Abstract A new perspective is attempted on the role played by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the evolution of human societies in the last few decades. Particular attention is paid to their (lack of) relationship with the challenges of sustainable development, presenting the view contrary to mainstream perception that for now ICTs have a negative... Read more
Education Isn’t Education: The Creativity Response or How to Improve the Learning Curve in Our Society
Stefan Brunnhuber
 Get Full Text in PDF Abstract Despite rising expenditure and general enrolment rates on a global level, educational output is stagnating, if not declining. There is increasing empirical evidence that we need a completely different approach to enhancing the learning curve; this holds true for early childhood, primary education, secondary education and higher education. Most existing... Read more
Volume 3 Issue 2 Part 2
Peace, Security, Globalisation & Cultural Diplomacy
Ashok Natarajan
Anticipation in Law and Social Science*
Winston P. Nagan, Megan Weeren
The Role of Presuppositions in the Social Sciences
Carlos Blanco
Disruptive Technologies, A Critical Yet Hopeful View
Carlos Alvarez Pereira
Education Isn’t Education: The Creativity Response or How to Improve the Learning Curve in Our Society
Stefan Brunnhuber