A school of thought refers to a collection of people who share similar opinions or a similar point of view in philosophy, in their academic discipline, in their beliefs, in a social movement, in a cultural movement or in an artistic movement. Also, there are several schools of economic thought. The same discipline, the same religion or the same movement can maintain several competing schools of thought.
Schools of thought are often named after the initiator of them. They can also be named according to where they were founded: the Ionian school of philosophy, which is said to have originated in Ionia in ancient Greece, the Chicago school of architecture, which originated in Chicago in the United States, the Prague School, named after the Prague Linguistics Circle or the Toronto School founded in Toronto by Harold Innis.
Isaac Newton on the action at a distance in gravity: With or without God?
The interpretation of Isaac Newton’s texts has sparked controversy to this day. One of the most heated debates relates to the action between two bodies distant from each other (the gravitational attraction), and to what extent Newton involved God in … Read More
Emotions and Emotional Intelligence in Organizations
An argumentation for the dualistic importance of emotions in society, individually and at community level. The current tendency of awareness and control of emotions through emotional intelligence has a beneficial effect in business and for the success of social activities but, … Read More
Causal Theories of Reference for Proper Names
Presentation and comparison of the main causal theories of reference for proper names, and a proposal of a new approach based on the analogy of the causal chain of reference with the block chain from blockchain technology and Paul Ricœur’s … Read More
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