Rudi Darson

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Is there a code for development?

Is there a code for development, certain things you must do to develop and sustain a system, an economic area, for instance? And if there is a code, what does it look like? Is there an algorithm...

12 November 2023 8,609 5 View

What do the Research Interest Score, citation, and h-index as indicators on Research Gate stand for?

Research Interest Score, citations and h-index as scientific indicators on RG Now the three most important scientific indicators on Research Gate are the Research Interest Score, citation, and...

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Which according to you are the drivers for funding university projects?

According to Neil deGrasse Tyson, astro physicist, if you want to do something expensive and it doesn’t fulfill one of these three drivers it’s not going to be funded: a. I don’t wanna die: when...

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What are the consequences of the outbreak of the coronavirus and where can we find reliable information about how to deal with the virus?

In the twenty first century we already had to deal with SARS and ebola and now there is the coronavirus pandemic. What can we do to stop a further outbreak and where can we find reliable...

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What are the characteristics of rural and urban development? What are the differences and similarities?

Since 2000 I have been involved in two projects, one in Suriname to help revitalize a small city, Moengo (Mungo) in Suriname (since 2000) and a shopping street in Rotterdam, the Netherlands (since...

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Where do we have to expect the next scientific revolutions?

According to Thomas Kuhn, the growth of science depends not only on the linear progression of knowledge creation but also on scientific revolutions, which he called paradigm shifts (The Structure...

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What is the philosophy of your scientific field of study?

Philosophy of the sciences The hypothesis I make here is that if you understand the philosophical background of your scientific field of study, it will help you in doing better research, in the...

02 August 2019 8,163 98 View

Which Internet sources are available to consult for research purposes and which platforms are there to publish your scientific work except for RG?

In the past when you wanted to do research you had to rely on books (hard copies) and on the library or libraries. You had to spend your time there, digging in books. While libraries and books are...

02 August 2019 6,553 5 View

Which handbooks, guidelines or platforms do you use to improve your research and writing? Which would you recommend to other researchers and writers?

In science, scientific writing as a tool to produce, communicate and preserve scientific results is important and so are books and other sources that show us how to do it. The Chicago Manual of...

31 July 2019 7,519 24 View

Is there a theory of the composition of successful shopping streets in inner cities or important literature about it?

Urban Sociology deals very much with the development of inner cities. The Chicago School of Urban Sociology is famous for its approach about the subject. Aspects such as social alienation, class...

06 August 2015 8,524 8 View

Is there a credible case to be made against education?

Education is often seen as an important instrument for civilization and for the building of human capital for development. But there is also criticism. Bryan Kaplan has written a book called ‘The...

01 January 1970 700 13 View

Measuring the scientific character of a theory

'When should a theory be ranked as scientific?' This question was put forward by Sir Karl Popper in his contribution to the book 'Philosophy of Science' (Martin Curd & J.A. Cover, ed. 2012)...

01 January 1970 6,347 20 View

What is Islamic Philosophy about and how does it differ from Western Philosophy and Eastern Philosophy?

Western Philosophy has its foundation in the Greek world and Greek philosophers such as Aristotle, Plato and Aristotle were its founders and it deals with idea's such as epistemology (knowledge),...

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What is the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

All of a sudden everybody is talking about ChatGTP as an application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and about AI. Governments and all sorts of businesses are delighted but also concerned about...

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The importance of open source and open access publishing for science

There is a growing number of open source platforms for scientific publishing such as Mendeley, Academia.edu and Research Gate entering the market. Researchers and scientists are now bypassing the...

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