Yearly Archives: 2019

November 27, 20190Comments

Discourse Analysis

Positive Discourse Analysis (PDA)

You as a student, a teacher, or a researcher in the human and social sciences departments, certainly have heard about Critical Discourse Analysis...? It's not surprising if almost everyone has heard about it since, in the Anglo-Saxon world, CDA is not only popular among academics in the said departments, but it seems that knowing it, at…

November 19, 20190Comments

How-to

14 Google Tricks Every Researcher Needs to Know

Researchers today rely heavily on Google (and some of them on Bing). However, most of them use them as-is, just like any other internet user: They have a search bar, they type the keywords of what they wish to find and that's it. If you do that too, then you probably ignore many of the tricks and shortcuts…

November 15, 20190Comments

How-to

How to Cite and Build a Bibliography in Under 10 Minutes!

You are spending hours looking for information just to fill your references and build your bibliography, but you feel like you are wasting your time and you prefer to concentrate more on the most important aspects of your research... You are totally right, that practice belongs to the past. Today, with the power of citation building apps:…

November 3, 20190Comments

David Chalmers: The Extended Mind

David Chalmers is an Australian philosopher and cognitive scientist. He is very well known for his contributions to the areas of philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and epistemology. He is also a professor of philosophy and neural science, and the director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at the University of…

John Searle: The Chinese Room Argument

John Searle is an American philosopher, he is best known for his contributions to the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and social philosophy. In this video, he explains that the Chinese room argument came as a response to the view that says that human minds can be created computationally in a way that you cannot…

Umberto Eco’s Advice to Young Writers

Umberto Eco was an Italian Philosopher, Novelist, Essayist, Literary Critic, Semiotician and Professor emeritus at the University of Bologna. He is very well known as an academic for his contributions to semiotics, philosophy, and linguistics and as a Novelist for his Best-selling novels including 'The Name of The Rose' (1980). In this video, he advises young…

Paul Pangaro: What is Cybernetics?

Paul Pangaro is an Entrepreneur and a Professor of Practice in the human-computer interaction institute, Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests are centered around Cybernetics and Communication. In this video, he answers some questions about Cybernetics. What is Cybernetics? Paul Pangaro starts his explanation with the etymological definition of the word. He explains that its…

Bertrand Russell’s Message to Future Generations

Bertrand Russell was a philosopher, epistemologist, mathematician, logician, historian, essayist, social reformer, political activist, and a Nobel laureate. In this short video, he addresses a message to future generations. He advises them to consider two things: one intellectual and one moral. Intellectual Advice 'When studying any matter or considering any philosophy', one should look for facts…

Professor Hilary Putnam: Theories of Truth

Professor Hilary Putnam was an American philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist. He is one of the very well known figures of analytical philosophy in the second half of the 20th century. During his career, he made significant contributions to various subfields of philosophy, particularly, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language and philosophy of science as…