Core Concepts: Society, Culture, and Knowledge in Philosophy

State and Society Fundamentals

Society: A group of people, peoples, or nations that coexist under common rules.

Definition: Society is a system of usages and procedures of authority and mutual aid, of many groupings and divisions, of controls of human behavior and liberties. This ever-changing complex system, which is called society, is a web of social relationships. —MacIver and Page

  • A collective of people who coexist, share a space, and collaborate with each other to survive.
  • Common standards, which
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Galician Language in Media: History and Current Status

Press

History of the Press in Galicia

  • The Galician press was born in the 19th century with newspapers in Spanish that appeared and disappeared with liberal governments.
  • The first was the weekly El Censor Compostelano (Santiago, 1800).
  • Between 1833-1868, the most representative Galicianist writers of the time collaborated in the press, mainly including literary texts.
  • Between 1868-1874, Galician remained a minority language in the press.
  • In the last quarter of the 19th century, with the publication of
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Humanity’s Symbolic Universe: Language, Signs, and Meaning

The Human Symbolic Universe

Many capacities make human beings unique creatures, but they all share at least the use of a symbolic universe. From the realms of science, morality, art, and more, the human world is not merely a world of physical capabilities. The realities of representation allow us to work in a thousand different ways on reality without having to act directly upon it. The world of representation is not a copy of objective reality but the recreation of a world seen through human eyes;

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Evolutionary Evidence & Theories: Understanding Life’s History

Modern Hypotheses on Life’s Origin

One of the possible locations where living organisms could have originated are deep-sea hydrothermal vents. According to some scientists, these places release inorganic matter, which, along with water and carbon dioxide, formed the first complex molecules. The energy needed for this process could have come from the oxidation of reducing agents.

According to this hypothesis, two possible mechanisms could have led to the formation of the first cell:

  • Self-replication
  • Metabolism

Compelling

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Electrostatics Fundamentals: Charge, Conductors, and Coulomb’s Law

Electrostatics: The Study of Static Electric Charges

Electrostatics is the study of electric charges at rest. Objects can be electrified through three primary methods:

  • Friction
  • Contact
  • Induction

Electric Charges (Q) and Atomic Structure

  • Protons and electrons possess electric charges (positive and negative, respectively).
  • Forces of attraction between these particles form atoms.
  • Every atom consists of a positively charged nucleus surrounded by negatively charged electrons.
  • Electrons across all atoms are identical,
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Optimizing Network Quality of Service for Applications

Application-Level Quality of Service (QoS)

Different applications have varying demands on network performance. Understanding these demands is crucial for implementing effective Quality of Service (QoS) solutions. Common application requirements include:

  • Email: Minimum errors
  • FTP (File Transfer Protocol): Minimum errors, maximum capacity
  • WWW (World Wide Web): Minimum errors, large capacity, low latency
  • VoIP (Voice over IP): Tolerates some errors (up to 20% is often acceptable), minimum latency and jitter,
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Optimizing Speaker Performance: Understanding Audio Technology

Acoustic Short Circuit: Low-Frequency Speaker Issues

What phenomenon attenuates the sound level and causes poor performance at low frequencies? Speakers emit a sound wave from each face of their diaphragm. These waves are in phase opposition. Therefore, when the acoustic wavelength being reproduced is large relative to the speaker’s size, an acoustic short circuit occurs due to diffraction around the cone, leading to sound attenuation and poor low-frequency performance.

Understanding Speaker Baffles

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Corporate Ethics: Shareholder vs. Stakeholder Perspectives

Ethical Business Constituencies

Limitations of Ownership Rights

The traditional economic view of ownership is that it implies control and decision-making power. In the traditional (usually small) business, the owner and the manager were the same person with the same interest – making as much profit as possible. In the modern business corporation, ownership and management are separated. The dispersed shareholders are the owners. But these owners are, for the most part, naturally limited in how much

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Herramientas Esenciales de Gestión de Calidad: Ciclo PDCA, Q7 y M7

Gestión de Calidad: El Ciclo PDCA

El ciclo PDCA (Planificar, Hacer, Verificar, Actuar), también conocido como la Rueda de Deming, es una herramienta fundamental en la gestión de calidad. Ilustra la resolución de problemas y se basa en el principio de mejora continua.

  • Planificar (Plan): Establecer los objetivos y procesos necesarios para obtener los resultados esperados.
  • Hacer (Do): Implementar los procesos planificados.
  • Verificar (Check): Realizar el seguimiento y la medición de los procesos y
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Pakistan’s 1973 Constitution: Features & Significance

Introduction

The 1973 Constitution of Pakistan was adopted on April 12, 1973. This Constitution fully represents the ideology and democratic aspirations of the people of Pakistan. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land and is considered an instrument by which a government can be run. It replaces the basic laws of the state and defines the attributes of both the federal and provincial governments. The Constitution is federal-cum-parliamentary in its characteristics and is based on the principle

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