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- Year 2020
Year 2020
Ongoing research projects
- 2017-2020. Divine Providence: Perspectives from Latin AmericaFunded by the John Templeton Foundation (USD 207.681). Director: Ignacio Silva
- 2019-2021. 'Hero' and 'Little Hero': Two technological applications to encourage prosocial behavior in children and adolescents. Funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation (USD 425.839). Director: Belén Mesurado. URL: Link.
- 2020-2023. Launch of postgraduate programs in Philosophy and the Foundations of Science for Latin AmericaFunded by the John Templeton Foundation (USD 510.112). Director: Claudia Vanney
- 2020-2021. Irreplaceability of Persons. Funded by Fuller Theological Seminary – Blueprint 1543 (USD 10.200). Director: Juan F. Franck
- 2020-2021. Debunking arguments in the Cognitive Science of Religion significance debateFunded by the University of Houston (USD 9.000). Director: Mariano Asla
- 2019-2021. Intertheoretical relations between quantum mechanics and other theoretical domainsFunded by the Institute of Philosophy ($180.000). Director: Olimpia Lombardi
- 2019-2021. Transhumanism, ethics and human natureFunded by the Institute of Philosophy ($180.000). Director: Mariano Asla
- 2019-2021. Philosophical and psychological study of the individuality of the personal beingFunded by the Institute of Philosophy ($180.000). Director: Juan F. Franck
- 2019-2021. Epistemology of interdisciplinary research between philosophy and scienceFunded by the Institute of Philosophy ($180.000). Director: Claudia Vanney
- 2019-2021. The ontological argument as an argument for the existence of GodFunded by the Institute of Philosophy ($180.000). Director: Ignacio Garay
Publications
Books
- B. MESURADO (ed.). 2020. Ten psychological foundations of helping behavior. Pamplona: EUNSA.
- JJ SANGUINETI. 2020. Knowledge and the physical world in Leonardo Polo. Madrid: Sindéresis.
- JJ SANGUINETI. Philosophical Writings (2 vols.). Rome: Edusc.
- I. SILVA – S. KOPF (eds). 2020. Human and Divine Providence: Philosophical, Psychological and Theological Approaches. London: Routledge.
Book chapters
- M. ASLA, “Noam Chomsky: The Linguist, the Chimpanzee, and Human Nature,” in Juan Arana Cañedo-Arguelles and Francisco Rodríguez Valls (eds.), Great Scientists of the 20th Century, Ed. Tecnos: Madrid, pp. 329-335 (2020).
- I. DEL CARRIL, “The Worldview of Pascual Jordan”, in Juan Arana Cañedo-Arguelles and Francisco Rodríguez Valls (eds.), Great Scientists of the 20th Century, Ed. Tecnos: Madrid, pp. 160-171 (2020).
- S. IDROVO CARLIER – B. MESURADO – P. DEBELJUH, “Caring for the home in Iberoamerica: a cross-country comparison”, in M. Gamal Abdelmonem and A. Argandoña (eds), People, Care and Work in the Home, Routledge: London, pp. 219 – 234 (2020).
- ME OÑATE – B. MESURADO. “Validation of the Children's Questionnaire of Positive Emotions in Argentine Adolescents”, in M. Tezón (ed.), Well-being and Positive Emotions: A Research Perspective on Adverse and Diverse Social Contexts, Comfenalco Technological Institute: Cartagena (2020).
- B. MESURADO. “Prosociality. What makes us generous?”, in Belén Mesurado (eds.), Ten Psychological Foundations of Helping Behavior, EUNSA: Pamplona (2020).
- JJ SANGUINETI, “La giustificazione del pensiero vero in Antonio Livi”, in G. Covino and F. Renzi Unidos), Il sistema di logica aletica, Editrice Leonardo da Vinci: Rome (2020).
- I. SILVA, “Divine providence and natural contingency”, in I. Silva and S. Kopf (eds), Divine and Human Providence – Philosophical, Psychological and Theological Approaches, London, Routledge, pp. 59-74 (2020).
- I. SILVA – S. KOPF, “Introduction”, in I. Silva and S. Kopf (eds), Divine and Human Providence – Philosophical, Psychological and Theological Approaches, Routledge: London, pp. 1-13 (2020).
- I. SILVA, “Divine Providence and Natural Contingency”, in I. Silva and S. Kopf (eds), Human and Divine Providence: Philosophical, Psychological, and Theological PerspectivesLogos Editions (translation): Rosario, pp. 117-145 (2020).
- I. SILVA – S. KOPF, “Introduction”, in I. Silva and S. Kopf (eds), Human and Divine Providence: Philosophical, Psychological, and Theological PerspectivesLogos Editions (translation): Rosario, pp. 9-31 (2020).
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
- M. ASLA. “Me, My Brain, and My Other (Digital) Self,” reprint, Temas de I y C (Spanish version of Scientific American) 100, April-June (2020), https://www.investigacionyciencia.es/revistas/temas/filosofa-de-la-ciencia-801
- M. ASLA – P. MUSSO et al. “L'Esperienza del Dialogo Interculturale nell'Università Amazzonica UCSS-Nopoki e le Sue Implicazioni per il SETI e la Big History”, Journal of Big History, 4 2 (2020): 145-154.
- S. FORTIN – M. GADELLA – F. HOLIK – M. LOSADA, “Gamow vectors formalism applied to the Loschmidt echo”, European Physical Journal Plus, 135 (2020), article 738. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140%2Fepjp%2Fs13360-020-00756-3 https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.10928
- B. MESURADO – ME OÑATE – LM RODRIGUEZ – N. PUTRINO – P. GUERRA – C. VANNEY, “Study of the efficacy of the Hero program: cross-national evidence”, Plos One (2020). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238442
- JJ SANGUINETI, “Can the Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas Be Compared to Modern Science?”, Studium. Philosophy and Theology, 23 45 (2020), 103-126.
- FS SCHÖNFELD – B. MESURADO, “Adaptation of the Psychological Capital Questionnaire to the educational field in an Argentine sample”, Purposes and Representations, 8 1 (2020), 315.
- FS SCHÖNFELD – B. MESURADO, “Adaptation to Spanish of the Personal Growth Initiative Scale in the adolescent population of Entre Ríos, Argentina”, Perspective in Psychology, 17 (2020) 80-91.
- C. TORTUL – FT DAURA – B. MESURADO. “Factor, internal consistency, and convergence analysis of the Grit-O and Grit-S scales in Argentine university students. Implications for guidance in higher education,” Spanish Journal of Guidance and Psychopedagogy, 31 3 (2020), 109 – 128.
Articles in peer-reviewed journals in the press
- F. DE SANCTIS – B. MEASURADO. “Attachment Style and Empathy: A Meta-analytic Review”, Current Psychology.
- A. DI VITTA – F. DAURA – Ma. I. MONTSERRAT, “University tutoring between Latin America and Europe: the case of the Universidad Austral (Argentina) and the one from the University of Palermo Studies (Italy)”, Pan-American Journal of Pedagogy.
- S. PALADINO, “Transhumanism”.Philosophica: Online philosophical encyclopedia.
- S. PALADINO, "Bellocq, A.: Desiderare e agire. La razionalità pratica alla base della Teologia Morale", Scripta Theologica.
- S. PALADINO, “Massini Correas, I.: Alternatives to contemporary ethics. Constructivism and ethical realism”, Acta Philosophica.
Publications bearing the seal of the Institute of Philosophy of the Universidad Austral
Collection “From Science to Philosophy” – Directed by Claudia Vanney and Juan F. Franck
http://www.austral.edu.ar/filosofia/publicaciones/coleccion-de-las-ciencias-a-la-filosofia/
- I. SILVA – S. KOPF (eds). 2020. Human and Divine Providence: Philosophical, Psychological, and Theological Perspectives. Rosario: Logos Editions.
Articles from the Southern Interdisciplinary Dictionary. Science, Philosophy, and Theology.
Claudia E. Vanney, Ignacio Silva, Juan F. Franck (eds.). ISSN 2524-941X http://dia.austral.edu.ar/
- M. ASLA. "Transhumanism." In Austral Interdisciplinary Dictionary, edited by Claudia E. Vanney, Ignacio Silva, and Juan F. Franck. (2020) http://dia.austral.edu.ar/Transhumanismo
Participation in conferences or scientific meetings
Articles in peer-reviewed scientific conferences published
- M. ASLA. 2020- “Extraterrestrial civilizations as a thought experiment”, Proceedings of the Conference “Life in the Universe: Origin, Nature and Meaning”, Organized by the UCSS of Lima and the Ian Ramsey Centre of the University of Oxford, April 28, 2017, Lima, pp. 189-207.
- ME OÑATE, “Description of religiosity in emerging adults from Entre Ríos”, Proceedings of the 12th International Congress on Research and Professional Practice in Psychology, 27th Research Conference of the Faculty of Psychology, 16th Meeting of Psychology Researchers of MERCOSUR. University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 25, 2020, pp. 42-45. Retrieved from: http://jimemorias.psi.uba.ar/
Congresses and conferences
- S. FORTIN – F. HOLIK – M. PASQUALINI. Conference organizers 1st Conference on the Foundations, Philosophy and History of Physics, via videoconference. December 17, 2020. Registrants: 75. Maximum number of people connected simultaneously: 34.
- M. LABARCA – S. FORTIN – F. ALASSIA. Congress organizers I Conference on Fundamentals of Chemistry, via videoconference. December 15, 2020. Registrants: 138. Maximum number of people connected simultaneously: 69.
- M. LABARCA – S. FORTIN – H. ACCORINTI. Conference organizers II Conference on History, Philosophy and Didactics of Chemistry in the Southern Cone, via videoconference. From December 26 to 28, 2020. Registrants: 138. Maximum number of people connected simultaneously: approximately 70.
Conferences and seminars given
- O. LOMBARDI, “The Multiple Worlds of Science”, Lecture in the seminar series History and Philosophy of Science, National University of San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 21, 2020.
- O. LOMBARDI, “The Modal-Hamiltonian Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics”, Lecture in the series Philosophical Problems of Quantum Mechanics, Ibero-American Seminar on Philosophy of Science, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 28, 2020.
- C. VANNEY, “Is it possible a dialogue between science, philosophy and theology?”, Dawliffe Hall Educational Foundation, London (United Kingdom), February 8, 2020.
- C. VANNEY, “The relevance of intellectual humility in the dialogue between science and religion,” Stowarzyszenie Podnoszenia Kwalifikacji Kobiet, Warsaw (Poland), February 22, 2020.
- C. VANNEY, "Science and religion. The challenge of interdisciplinarity", Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun (Poland), February 27, 2020.
- C. VANNEY, “Interdisciplinarity and Intellectual Virtues,” Pontifical University of Santa Croce, Rome (Italy), October 17, 2020.
Communications presented
- S. FORTIN – JA JAIMES ARRIAGA, “DFT and the independence of quantum chemistry”, I Conference on Fundamentals of Chemistry, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 15, 2020.
- S. FORTIN – H. ACCORINTI, “In defense of the existence of phonons”, 1st Conference on the Foundations, Philosophy and History of Physics, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 17, 2020.
- I. GARAY, “Crusius and the pre-critical Kant on the principle of determining reason and the ontological argument”, Leuven Kant Conference International Congress, UK Leuven, Belgium, May 28-29, 2020.
- I. GARAY, “Deconstructing the Deconstructor. The Challenge of Post-Truth in Darío Sztajnszrajber”, II SOFIC Conference, Catholic University of Valencia, Spain, September 25-26, 2020.
- F. HOLIK, “Geometrical aspects of quantum probability theory”, 1st Conference on the Foundations, Philosophy and History of Physics, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 17, 2020.
- JA JAIMES ARRIAGA – S. FORTIN, “The dispositional nature of electron density”, II Conference on History, Philosophy and Didactics of Chemistry in the Southern Cone, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 26-28, 2020.
- JP JORGE, “Truth-functional semantics and the Kochen-Specker theorem”, 1st Conference on the Foundations, Philosophy and History of Physics, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 17, 2020.
- M. LABARCA, “Electronegativity, FSGO and Polarizability”, I Conference on Fundamentals of Chemistry, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 15, 2020.
- S. LANTERNA – M. LABARCA, “Alternative pH scales: Giribaldo and the concept of pR”, II Conference on History, Philosophy and Didactics of Chemistry in the Southern Cone, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 26-28, 2020.
- O. LOMBARDI, “Models in quantum chemistry”, I Conference on Fundamentals of Chemistry, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 15, 2020.
- O. LOMBARDI, “The Modal-Hamiltonian Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics”, 1st Conference on the Foundations, Philosophy and History of Physics, Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 17, 2020.
- FT DAURA, "How to Develop Authentically Happy Schools? Implementing Character Education in Daily School Management," International Congress on Comprehensive Education of the Person, San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, November 10, 2020.
- FT DAURA, “The school community as a means for socio-emotional development in times of COVID-19. 5th International Symposium on Educator Training. SIFORED 2020 (Virtual Mode). Challenges and opportunities of remote and technology-mediated education in the face of the health emergency: Research and successful experiences framed in learning outcomes.2nd International Congress of the Network of Basic Science Departments: Innovation and Implementation in Virtual Resources and Tools. Technological Mediations in Basic Sciences and Science Education. 5th Meeting on Basic Sciences. Challenges Facing Student Dropouts and University Teacher Training. (virtual mode), Colombia, November 13, 2020.
- FT DAURA, "How to foster children's desire to learn? 6 Relevant conversations for your family during quarantine (and afterward)." Conversation with Dr. Juan Asirio. Catholic University of La Plata, Faculty of Humanities, La Plata, Argentina, July 18, 2020.
- P. GUERRA – B. MESURADO – MC RICHAUD DE MINZI, Inequality aversion in children and socio-economic levels. IV International Congress of Psychology and VII National Congress of Psychology, Córdoba, Argentina, November 10-14, 2020.
- ME OÑATE – B. MESURADO, Preliminary psychometric analysis of the modified Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale, IV International Congress of Psychology and VII National Congress of Psychology, Córdoba, Argentina, November 10-14, 2020.
- B. MESURADO – ME OÑATE, Hero Program a virtual intervention for adolescents: the case of Uruguay, IV International Congress of Psychology and VII National Congress of Psychology, Córdoba, Argentina, November 10-14, 2020.
- B. MESURADO – ME OÑATE – C. VANNEY, “Promoting Psychological Well-being in Adolescents Through a Virtual Program During the Coronavirus Crisis.” Inter-American Psychological Society Virtual Congress: Contributions of Psychology to COVID-19, October 21-23, 2020.
- MC RICHAUD – R. MUZIO – J. VARGAS RUBILAR – B. MESURADO – V. LEMOS – M. RODRIGUEZ – C. SALAS – L. EIDMAN – C. KLOS, “Factors influencing the worsening of psychological distress in healthcare personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic”. Virtual Congress of the Inter-American Psychological Society: Contributions of Psychology to COVID-19, October 21-23, 2020.
- MC RICHAUD – R. MUZIO – J. VARGAS RUBILAR – B. MESURADO – V. LEMOS – M. RODRIGUEZ – C. SALAS – L. EIDMAN – C. KLOS, “Concerns, perceived threats and their influence on the psychological state of health workers on the front lines of the response to COVID-19 in Argentina”. Virtual Congress of the Inter-American Psychological Society: Contributions of Psychology to COVID-19, October 21-23, 2020.
Other relevant information from the investigation
- M. ASLA. Member of the Editorial Committee of the Ethics Council in Medicine of the National Academy of Medicine. Argentina. 2020-2022.
- M. ASLA. Coordinator of the philosophical research area of InCosmicon: Centro di Ricerca “Intelligence in the Cosmic Context”, Universita Degli Studi dell'Insubria (Italy) and Sedes Sapient Universityiae (Lima, Peru). 2020.
Knowledge transfer to the environment
Dissemination articles
- M. ASLA 2020. “Coronavirus: Philosophizing in Times of Uncertainty””, Reporter Laboratory of Communication UM – ISSN: 2393-7807, April 27. Reprint in Sowing values.
- M. ASLA – P. BRUMOVSKY, “Chronic pain in times of quarantine”, Clarín, August 25 (2020).
- M. ASLA – E. PITTARO, “Enough violence!” a cry after the crime that keeps Argentina awake at night., Aleteia, February 18 (2020).
- B. MEASURED (interview), “Teens in Quarantine: An Online Sensei Helps Them Overcome the Challenge of Isolation”, Clarin, July 26, 2020. Reprint in: DNA Daily, Be Informed, MSN News, buenavibra.es, Head Topics Argentina. In English: Web24 News.
- B. MEASURED (interview),"93% of positive results from a program promoting psychological well-being among adolescents in isolation", Radio X Pilar web, July 27, 2020.
- S. PALADINO, “The gospel of life is a refuge for humanity,” Aceprensa, March 20 (2020).
- I. SILVA (interview), “The Origin of Life (Border between Science and Religion)” The RadioNet Vision, August 11, 2020.
- I. SILVA (interview), “Does God act in the black holes of nature?”, Philosophical Theology (YouTube channel), November 25, 2020.