Artifacts are probably our most obvious everyday encounter with technology. Therefore, a good understanding of the nature of technical artifacts is a relevant part of technological literacy. In this article we draw from the philosophy of technology to develop a conceptualization of technical artifacts that can be used for educational purposes. Furthermore we report a small exploratory empirical study to see to what extent teachers’ intuitive ideas about artifacts match with the way philosophers write about the nature of artifacts. Finally, (...) we suggest a teaching and learning strategy for improving teachers’ concepts of technical artifacts through practical activities. (shrink)

We present our personal view on W.J. Blok's contribution to modal logic.

El uso de los Salmos en el NT refleja los desarrollos en la tradición judía del segundo tem- plo en la que surgió el movimiento de Jesús. En particular la conside- ración de los Salmos como escri - tura, la “Davidización” del “libro” de Salmos y la visión de David dotado de inspiración profética, que hace que los Salmos adquieran la condición de profecía de propó- sitos divinos. Sin embargo, compa- rar el uso de ciertos Salmos en el NT con (...) el uso de Salmos en otros escritos judíos del segundo templo revela un patrón distintivo y una interpretación que refleja las expe- riencias y convicciones novedosas del naciente movimiento de Jesús. (shrink)

A scholarly edition of a work by Adam Smith. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.

In The Retreat to Commitment , Professor W. W. Bartley III argues for a certain theory of rationality and contends that by this criterion it is not possible for a christian theist to be rational. His theory of rationality has already aroused considerable criticism, but his application of it to religious belief in particular, has not hitherto been widely considered.