Augustine Farinola
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Augustine Farinola's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month ago
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Augustine Farinola deposited FACTS AGAINST SPECULATIONS: UNDERSTANDING PATRICIA CHURCHLAND’S NEUROPHILOSOPHY on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month ago
This essay focuses on Patricia Churchland contribution to this interdisciplinary approach towards gaining a holistic understanding of our human nature and realities surrounding us, with specific reference to the perceived framework needed for the development of a unified theory of the mind-brain. A critical engagement with Churchland’s ideas s…[Read more]
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Augustine Farinola deposited THE QUESTION CONCERNING SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS AND RATIONALITY: KITCHER’S RESPONSE on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month ago
Philip Kitcher is one of the most influential philosophers of science of the past two decades. In “The Advancement of Science (1993)”, he endeavor to probe the notions of progress and rationality in science. His position, in line with his teacher, Thomas Kuhn, was a critique of what he called ‘a legendary view of science’. Thus, he gave new int…[Read more]
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Augustine Farinola deposited A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF KARL MARX’S MATERIALISTIC INTERPRETATION OF HISTORY on Humanities Commons 5 years, 1 month ago
This paper is a critical appraisal of Karl Marx’s theory of historical materialism and a deployment of its emphasis on economic factor in addressing Nigeria’s socio-economic situation. As we applaud Marx’s materialistic approach to history as an account that is rich enough to promote contextual understanding of past events in various part of the w…[Read more]
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Augustine Farinola deposited DIGITAL HUMANITIES SCHOLARSHIP IN AFRICA: Prospects and Challenges in the group
Network for Digital Humanities in Africa on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoThis research addresses the issues surrounding the low level of Digital Humanities (DH) technological consciousness among students and academics in the humanities discipline in Africa (Nigeria). The study, using online questionnaires, shows that despite the wide acceptance of DH Technological tools among some African scholars in the humanities,…[Read more]
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Augustine Farinola deposited Towards an African Indigenous Model of Communication for Software Development in Digital Humanities in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoDrawing insight from Toyin Falola’s call for African scholars to Africanize knowledge, this paper is an attempt to Africanize digital technological tools being used for research in African studies. Our aim is to address the challenges confronting scholars in African Studies, especially across the disciplines in the Arts and Humanities, in their d…[Read more]
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Augustine Farinola deposited Towards an African Indigenous Model of Communication for Software Development in Digital Humanities in the group
Network for Digital Humanities in Africa on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoDrawing insight from Toyin Falola’s call for African scholars to Africanize knowledge, this paper is an attempt to Africanize digital technological tools being used for research in African studies. Our aim is to address the challenges confronting scholars in African Studies, especially across the disciplines in the Arts and Humanities, in their d…[Read more]
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Augustine Farinola deposited Towards an African Indigenous Model of Communication for Software Development in Digital Humanities in the group
Global Digital Humanities Symposium on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoDrawing insight from Toyin Falola’s call for African scholars to Africanize knowledge, this paper is an attempt to Africanize digital technological tools being used for research in African studies. Our aim is to address the challenges confronting scholars in African Studies, especially across the disciplines in the Arts and Humanities, in their d…[Read more]
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Augustine Farinola deposited DIGITAL HUMANITIES SCHOLARSHIP IN AFRICA: Prospects and Challenges on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months ago
This research addresses the issues surrounding the low level of Digital Humanities (DH) technological consciousness among students and academics in the humanities discipline in Africa (Nigeria). The study, using online questionnaires, shows that despite the wide acceptance of DH Technological tools among some African scholars in the humanities,…[Read more]
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Augustine Farinola deposited Digital Humanities Scholarship in Africa: Prospects and Challenges in the group
Textual Scholarship on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoThis research addresses the issues surrounding the low level of Digital Humanities (DH) technological consciousness among students and academics in the humanities discipline in Africa (Nigeria). The study, using online questionnaires, shows that despite the wide acceptance of DH Technological tools among some African scholars in the humanities,…[Read more]
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Augustine Farinola deposited Digital Humanities Scholarship in Africa: Prospects and Challenges in the group
Public Humanities on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoThis research addresses the issues surrounding the low level of Digital Humanities (DH) technological consciousness among students and academics in the humanities discipline in Africa (Nigeria). The study, using online questionnaires, shows that despite the wide acceptance of DH Technological tools among some African scholars in the humanities,…[Read more]
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Augustine Farinola deposited DIGITAL HUMANITIES SCHOLARSHIP IN AFRICA: Prospects and Challenges on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months ago
This research addresses the issues surrounding the low level of Digital Humanities (DH) technological consciousness among students and academics in the humanities discipline in Africa (Nigeria). The study, using online questionnaires, shows that despite the wide acceptance of DH Technological tools among some African scholars in the humanities,…[Read more]
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Augustine Farinola started the topic Benefit of Digital Data from Africa to DH Global Communities in the discussion
Global Digital Humanities Symposium on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoWhat more can we do to make the different stakeholders, such as language communities, benefit from the huge amount of digital data that has been produced for African and other languages?
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Augustine Farinola started the topic Benefit of Digital Data from Africa to DH Global Communities in the discussion
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoWhat more can we do to make the different stakeholders, such as language communities, benefit from the huge amount of digital data that has been produced for African and other languages?
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Augustine Farinola started the topic Benefit of Digital Data from Africa to DH Global Communities in the discussion
African Philosophy on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoWhat more can we do to make the different stakeholders, such as language communities, benefit from the huge amount of digital data that has been produced for African and other languages?
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Augustine Farinola started the topic Benefit of Digital Data from Africa to DH Global Communities in the discussion
Network for Digital Humanities in Africa on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoWhat more can we do to make the different stakeholders, such as language communities, benefit from the huge amount of digital data that has been produced for African and other languages?
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Augustine Farinola started the topic Participation of African scholars in Global DH community in the discussion
Global Digital Humanities Symposium on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoHow can we increase participation by scholars from the DH community, especially Africa and ensure that collaborations continued beyond DH events?
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Augustine Farinola started the topic Participation of African scholars in Global DH community in the discussion
Digital Humanists on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoHow can we increase participation by scholars from the DH community, especially Africa and ensure that collaborations continued beyond DH events?
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Augustine Farinola started the topic Participation of African scholars in Global DH community in the discussion
African Philosophy on Humanities Commons 5 years, 6 months agoHow can we increase participation by scholars from the DH community, especially Africa and ensure that collaborations continued beyond DH events?
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