Philosophy of knowledge

Leonardo da Vinci s constructivist method of developing new ideas and solutions was also a major contribution to the practice of engineering, the advancement of science and the progress of the philosophy of knowledge (LeMoine, 1999). Formulated as a second thought in one of his notebooks, it stated ... 

It is perhaps appropriate that the old premises of the Department of Colloid Science are now occupied by the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science. To the best of my knowledge, there has never been another department of colloid science anywhere in the academic world. 

In manuscript has been added before the title Behmen, Law, other Mystics and after written from a knowledge of the philosophy of Jacob Behmen ... 

The homeland, like the discipline as a whole, is a terrain that is recognized for what it is both by its native members and by outsiders. External recognition is an important element of disciplinary identity. Chemistry can be said to have existed as a clearly defined discipline earlier than physics partly because it was a domain clearly recognized by others as a well-defined body of knowledge and of laboratory practice, useful in medicine, agriculture, and industry. Chemistry was of more immediate interest than natural philosophy or physics to civic and entrepreneurial interests. 

See Gaston Bachelard, La formation de I esprit scientifique (Paris Vrin, 1938), and L activite rationaliste de la physique contemporaine (Paris Vrin, 1951). Also, Simon Schaffer, "Natural Philosophy," 5592, in Rousseau and Porter, eds., The Ferment of Knowledge-, and "Scientific Discoveries and the End of Natural Philosophy," Social Studies of Science 16 (1986) 387420. 

Schaffer, Simon. "Natural Philosophy." In The Ferment of Knowledge Studies in the Historiography of Eighteenth-Century Science. Ed. G. S. Rousseau and Roy Porter. Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 1980. Pp. 5592. 

What role can top management play if front-line knowledge workers make most decisions Surely, managers cannot continue to be the keepers of content as was the case in mass-production environments. At Infosys, it appears that managers are part of a larger process of mutual mentorship, a process that the founders hope will create an institution that survives them. Indeed, the philosophy of Infosys s top management is to recruit people who are brighter than themselves and then mentor them. 

Unexpected Benefits. Of the fifteen responding firms, R D officers from only five firms report tangible benefits that are not directly related to environmental protection. These benefits include better analytical chemists closed system philosophy of plant operation improved knowledge of molecular structure of products and better process instrumentation. 

The high reputation in which the name of Djaber was held by later alchemists seems to be due to the appeal of his metaphysical philosophy of nature and perhaps to its mystical obscurity as well, for there is no evidence of any important achievement of his, either in the direction of theory or in practical advances in chemical knowledge. 

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