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The Last Days of Humanism: A Reappraisal of Quevedo's Thought

by Alfonso Rey ...

Francisco de Quevedo (Madrid, 1580-1645) was well known for his rich and dynamic style, achieved through an ingenious and complex manipulation of language. Yet he was also a consistent and systematic thinker, with moral philosophy, broadly understood, lying at the core of his numerous and varied works. Quevedo lived in an age of transition, with the Humanist tradition on the wane, and his writing ... Read more

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Francisco de Quevedo (Madrid, 1580-1645) was well known for his rich and dynamic style, achieved through an ingenious and complex manipulation of language. Yet he was also a consistent and systematic thinker, with moral philosophy, broadly understood, lying at the core of his numerous and varied works. Quevedo lived in an age of transition, with the Humanist tradition on the wane, and his writing
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Organizational Systems

Managing Complexity with the Viable System Model

by Raul Espejo, Alfonso Reyes ...

Series series Business and Management (R0)
Organizational Systems clarifies the application of cybernetic ideas, particularly those of Beer's Viable System Model, to organizational diagnosis and design. Readers learn to appreciate the relevance of seeing the systemic coherence of the world. The book argues that many of the problems we experience today are routed in our practice of fragmenting that needs to be connected as a whole. It ... Read more

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Organizational Systems clarifies the application of cybernetic ideas, particularly those of Beer's Viable System Model, to organizational diagnosis and design. Readers learn to appreciate the relevance of seeing the systemic coherence of the world. The book argues that many of the problems we experience today are routed in our practice of fragmenting that needs to be connected as a whole. It
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Shaping Collaborative Ecosystems for Tomorrow

Edited by Igor Perko, Raul Espejo, Alfonso Reyes ...

The presence of intelligent tools, both in the digital and physical realms, is progressively enhancing our capacities to act on personal, organizational, national, and international levels, leading to both intended and unintended consequences. Collectively, these changes are reshaping our world at a speed and scale that necessitate earnest consideration. In the midst of uncertainty, the ... Read more

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The presence of intelligent tools, both in the digital and physical realms, is progressively enhancing our capacities to act on personal, organizational, national, and international levels, leading to both intended and unintended consequences. Collectively, these changes are reshaping our world at a speed and scale that necessitate earnest consideration. In the midst of uncertainty, the
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Toolkit for history classes

Debunking fake news and fostering critical thinking

by María Sabiote González, Marcos Rebollo Fidalgo, Alfonso Cebrián Rey, Félix González Chicote, Cosme J. Gómez Carrasco, Juan Ramón Moreno Vera, Jairo Rodríguez Medina, Pedro Miralles Martínez ...

In a saturated and complex workd of information, how can students be helped to seek, evaluate and verify information?Over the past two decades, the use of the internet and social media has enabled wider and faster access to information around the world. In doing so, however, it has also opened the door to misinformation, manipulation, fake news and political propaganda. Every industry, institution ... Read more

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In a saturated and complex workd of information, how can students be helped to seek, evaluate and verify information?Over the past two decades, the use of the internet and social media has enabled wider and faster access to information around the world. In doing so, however, it has also opened the door to misinformation, manipulation, fake news and political propaganda. Every industry, institution
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The Evolution of the Chilean-Argentinean Andes

Edited by Andrés Folguera, Eduardo Contreras-Reyes, Nemesio Heredia, Alfonso Encinas, Sofía B. Iannelli, Verónica Oliveros, Federico M. Dávila, Gilda Collo, Laura Giambiagi, Andrei Maksymowicz, María Paula Iglesia Llanos, Martín Turienzo, Maximiliano Naipauer, Darío Orts, Vanesa D. Litvak, Orlando Alvarez, César Arriagada ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This book describes the Mesozoic to Cenozoic evolution of the Chilean and Argentinean Andes. The book is structured from a historical perspective concentrating on specific processes explained in each chapter. The chapters cover dynamic subsidence; neotectonics; magmatism; long and short term deformation; spatial development of ancient orogenic processes that control Andean reactivations; relation ... Read more

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This book describes the Mesozoic to Cenozoic evolution of the Chilean and Argentinean Andes. The book is structured from a historical perspective concentrating on specific processes explained in each chapter. The chapters cover dynamic subsidence; neotectonics; magmatism; long and short term deformation; spatial development of ancient orogenic processes that control Andean reactivations; relation
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Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota

Volume 4, Ecosystem-Based Management

by Hector Alafita Vásquez, Mr. William W. Arzapalo, Donald M. Baltz, Alfonso Banda, Donald F. Boesch, Luis Capurro Filograsso, John F. Caddy, Ernesto A. Chávez, Francisco A. Comin, Michael Dardeau, Alejandro Fierro-Cabo, Lisa González, Gerardo Quiroga Goode, José R. Hernández Santana, Jorge A. Herrera-Silveira, Sergio Jiménez Hernández, Eric Jordan Dahlgren, Ana Laura Lara-Domínguez, L. James Lester, Patricia Méndez-Linares, William J. Mitsch, Maria A. Ortíz-Pérez, Roberto Padilla-Hernández, Jonathan R. Pennock, Gary L. Powell, Hector Reyes Bonilla, John R. Rybczyk, Patricia Sánchez-Gil, Juan Carlos Seijo, Elizabeth H. Smith, Paul H. Templet, John W. Tunnell Jr., Robert R. Twilley, John F. Valentine, Guillermo J. Villalobos, Priscilla A. Weeks, Kim Withers, David Zárate-Lomelí, Bruce Currie-Alder, Kenneth L. Heck Jr., Robert J. Livingston, Christopher J. Madden, Enrique Reyes, Daniel O. Suman, Alfonso J. Cuevas, Dr. Thomas S. Bianchi ...

Series series Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies Series, Sponsored by the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
The fourth volume in the Harte Research Institute’s landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides a comprehensive study of ecosystem-based management, analyzing key coastal ecosystems in eleven Gulf Coast states from Florida to Quintana Roo and presenting case studies in which this integrated approach was tested in both the US and in Mexico. Two overview chapters cover related ... Read more

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The fourth volume in the Harte Research Institute’s landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides a comprehensive study of ecosystem-based management, analyzing key coastal ecosystems in eleven Gulf Coast states from Florida to Quintana Roo and presenting case studies in which this integrated approach was tested in both the US and in Mexico. Two overview chapters cover related
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Big Mind

How Collective Intelligence Can Change Our World

by Geoff Mulgan ...

A new field of collective intelligence has emerged in the last few years, prompted by a wave of digital technologies that make it possible for organizations and societies to think at large scale. This “bigger mind”—human and machine capabilities working together—has the potential to solve the great challenges of our time. So why do smart technologies not automatically lead to smart results? ... Read more

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A new field of collective intelligence has emerged in the last few years, prompted by a wave of digital technologies that make it possible for organizations and societies to think at large scale. This “bigger mind”—human and machine capabilities working together—has the potential to solve the great challenges of our time. So why do smart technologies not automatically lead to smart results?
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Natural Hazards and Human-Exacerbated Disasters in Latin America

Special Volumes of Geomorphology

by Edgardo Latrubesse ...

Series Book 13 - Developments in Earth Surface Processes
The main objective of the book is to offer a vision of the dynamics of the main disasters in South America, describing their mechanisms and consequences on South American societies. The chapters are written by selected specialists of each country. Human-induced disasters are also included, such as desertification in Patagonia and soil erosion in Brazil. The receding of South-American glaciers as a ... Read more

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The main objective of the book is to offer a vision of the dynamics of the main disasters in South America, describing their mechanisms and consequences on South American societies. The chapters are written by selected specialists of each country. Human-induced disasters are also included, such as desertification in Patagonia and soil erosion in Brazil. The receding of South-American glaciers as a
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Translation as Conquest

Sahagún and Universal History of the Things of New Spain

by Victoria Ríos Castaño ...

Series Book 13 - Parecos y Australes. Ensayos de Cultura de la Colonia
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún (1499-1590) directed the composition of an encyclopaedic work on the world of the Nahuas, Universal History of the Things of New Spain (ca. 1577-1579), for which he has received the title of pioneering ethnographer and anthropologist of colonial Mexico. Contextualizing Sahagún and his work in sixteenth-century Spain and America, this study presents him as a cultural ... Read more

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Fray Bernardino de Sahagún (1499-1590) directed the composition of an encyclopaedic work on the world of the Nahuas, Universal History of the Things of New Spain (ca. 1577-1579), for which he has received the title of pioneering ethnographer and anthropologist of colonial Mexico. Contextualizing Sahagún and his work in sixteenth-century Spain and America, this study presents him as a cultural
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E-Research

Transformation in Scholarly Practice

Edited by Nicholas W. Jankowski ...

Series series Routledge Advances in Research Methods
No less than a revolutionary transformation of the research enterprise is underway. This transformation extends beyond the natural sciences, where 'e-research' has become the modus operandi, and is penetrating the social sciences and humanities, sometimes with differences in accent and label. Many suggest that the very essence of scholarship in these areas is changing. The everyday procedures and ... Read more

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No less than a revolutionary transformation of the research enterprise is underway. This transformation extends beyond the natural sciences, where 'e-research' has become the modus operandi, and is penetrating the social sciences and humanities, sometimes with differences in accent and label. Many suggest that the very essence of scholarship in these areas is changing. The everyday procedures and
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Law and Order in Medieval Spain: Alfonsine Legislation and the Cantigas de Santa Maria

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Although their milieu bore striking similarities to the Wild West, the people of medieval Spain were preoccupied with constructing valid laws and learning how best to abide by them. This obsession with legality comes out in epics, songs, stories, and even in miracles of the Virgin Mary. Scholars have largely failed to see the usefulness of considering the different types of text produced under ... Read more

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Although their milieu bore striking similarities to the Wild West, the people of medieval Spain were preoccupied with constructing valid laws and learning how best to abide by them. This obsession with legality comes out in epics, songs, stories, and even in miracles of the Virgin Mary. Scholars have largely failed to see the usefulness of considering the different types of text produced under
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Radical Solutions and Open Science

An Open Approach to Boost Higher Education

Edited by Daniel Burgos ...

Series series Education (R0)
This open access book presents how Open Science is a powerful tool to boost Higher Education. The book introduces the reader into Open Access, Open Technology, Open Data, Open Research results, Open Licensing, Open Accreditation, Open Certification, Open Policy and, of course, Open Educational Resources. It brings all these key topics from major players in the field; experts that present the ... Read more

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This open access book presents how Open Science is a powerful tool to boost Higher Education. The book introduces the reader into Open Access, Open Technology, Open Data, Open Research results, Open Licensing, Open Accreditation, Open Certification, Open Policy and, of course, Open Educational Resources. It brings all these key topics from major players in the field; experts that present the
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