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Carla Cordua
Carla Cordua (born 25 December 1925) is a Chilean philosopher. Life Cordua was born in Los Ángeles, Chile on Christmas Day, 1925. She entered the University of Chile in 1948 and studied under Bogumil Jasinowski and Oscar Marín. In 2006 she received the Jorge Millas Award for academic merit from the Austral University of Chile. She was married to Roberto Torretti Roberto Torretti (February 15, 1930 - November 12, 2022) was a Chilean philosopher, author and academic who is internationally renowned for his contributions to the history of philosophy, philosophy of physics and philosophy of mathematics. Biog ... who was also a philosopher. During the period of military dictatorship the two left Chile.Philosophy in Chile Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, Retrieved 26 October 2015 In 2011 they were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Ángeles, Chile
Los Ángeles () is the capital of the province of Bío Bío, in the commune of the same name, in Bío Bío, in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 186,671 inhabitants (census 2012). The municipality ("comuna") of Los Ángeles has the highest absolute rural population of any Chilean municipality. To the north of the city is Salto del Laja ( Laja Falls), and roughly 100 kilometers to the east is the high Antuco volcano, in the Andes mountain range. The city is a gateway for tourists visiting the nearby Laguna del Laja National Park, the location of the volcano. Los Ángeles is served by María Dolores Airport. History Founded as Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles (Our Lady of the Angels) in 1739 by José Antonio Manso de Velasco, it was originally a Spanish fort as an outpost in the War of Arauco. It received the title of ''villa'' in 1748. The city underwent numerous rebuildings, due to the Spanish military campa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Chile
The University of Chile ( es, Universidad de Chile) is a public research university in Santiago, Chile. It was founded on November 19, 1842, and inaugurated on September 17, 1843.Fuentes documentales y bibliográficas para el estudio de la historia de Chile. Capítulo III: "La Universidad de Chile 1842 – 1879". 1. La ley orgánica de 1842 www.uchile.cl It is the oldest in the country. It was established as the continuation of the former colonial |
Chilean People
Chileans ( es, Chilenos) are people identified with the country of Chile, whose connection may be residential, legal, historical, ethnic, or cultural. For most Chileans, several or all of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their Chilean identity. Chile is a multilingual and multicultural society, but an overwhelming majority of Chileans have Spanish as their first language and either are Christians or have a Christian cultural background. Therefore, many Chileans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizenship and allegiance to Chile. The overwhelming majority of Chileans are the product of varying degrees of admixture between European ethnic groups (predominantly Spaniards and Basques) with peoples indigenous to Chile's modern territory (predominantly Mapuche). Although the historic mestizaje of Europeans and Amerindians is evident across all social strata in the Chilean population, there is a strong correlation between the ratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Millas Award
The Jorge Millas Award ( es, Premio Jorge Millas, links=no) was instituted in 1996 to remember the work of the distinguished intellectual (1917–1982), an academic at the University of Chile and dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Austral University of Chile. The recognition consists of an economic stimulus, a commemorative medal with the effigy of the philosopher, and an official diploma. It is given by the Austral University of Chile on a biennial basis. For the 2010 edition, the jury was made up of the 2008 winner, the former rector of the University of Chile, , the former rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso, Alfonso Muga, and the rector of the Austral University, Víctor Cubillos. They resolved unanimously to present the award to . Awardees *1996: Humberto Giannini Humberto Giannini Íñiguez (25 February 1927 – 25 November 2014) was a Chilean philosopher of Italian descent. A disciple and continuator of , he was a me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Prize For Humanities And Social Sciences (Chile)
The National Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences ( es, Premio Nacional de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales) was created in Chile in 1992 under Law 19169. It is granted "to the humanist, scientist, or academic, who has distinguished himself for his contribution in the field of Human science, Human Sciences" (Article 8 of the aforementioned law). The history field has its own Chilean National History Award, National Award. The prize, which is awarded every two years, consists of a diploma, the sum of 6,576,457 Chilean peso, pesos () which is adjusted every year, according to the previous year's consumer price index, and a pension of 20 (approximately US$1,600). It is part of the National Prize of Chile, awarded by the President of Chile, President of the Republic. Winners * 1993, (philosophy) * 1995, Aníbal Pinto Santa Cruz (economics) * 1997, (law and philosophy) * 1999, Humberto Giannini (philosophy) * 2001, (law) * 2003, José Zalaquett (law) * 2005, Ricardo Ffrench-Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogumil Jasinowski , an ancient Gnostic religious community which is thought to have originated in Bulgaria
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Oscar Marín (philosopher)
} Oscar Marín Parra FMedSci FRS (born 31 March 1971) is a Spanish and British neuroscientist. He is married to neuroscientist Beatriz Rico. Education Oscar Marín was born in Madrid and received his undergraduate degree in Biology from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and later his PhD in neuroscience. He then undertook postdoctoral training with M. Angela Nieto at the Instituto Cajal and John L. Rubenstein and Marc Tessier-Lavigne at the University of California in San Francisco. Research and career Before being appointed Professor of Neuroscience at King's College London in 2014, Marín started his career at the Instituto de Neurociencias in Alicante (Spain) between 2003 and 2014. Marín is known for his discoveries concerning the specification., migration and wiring of neurons in the cerebral cortex, with special reference to the development of inhibitory interneurons. These discoveries have provided a novel conceptual paradigm that illuminates current research on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austral University Of Chile
Austral University of Chile ( es, Universidad Austral de Chile or UACh) is a Chilean research university based primarily in Valdivia, with a satellite campus in Puerto Montt. Founded on September 7, 1954, it is one of the eight original Chilean Traditional Universities. It operates as a nonprofit self-owned corporation under private law, and receives significant state-funding. History Foundation and early years (1942-1968) In 1942, the ''Sociedad de Amigos del Arte (Society of friends of art)'' was formed in the city of Valdivia. Aside from promoting culture, one of the society's main goals was to establish a university in the city. The idea of creating a university was presented to the national congress in the 1950s by the senator for Valdivia, Carlos Acharán Pérez de Arce, who later succeeded in consolidating the project. In a meeting held on 16 February 1954 supporters of installing a university created a directory and proclaimed Eduardo Morales Miranda as president o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universia
Universia is a network that consists of 1,401 universities in 20 countries: Andorra, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Dominican Republic and Uruguay. It has 20 internet sites, one for each country, and a global site which offers information and contents from across the network. Universia network represents 10.1 million students, 8 million users and 850,000 university teaching staff (75% of the total number of students and staff in these countries); the network is sponsored by Santander Bank. Objectives The goal of Universia is to: * promote change and innovation in products and services linked to the academic community, helping universities to develop shared projects and create new opportunities. * help universities build the future, which, under the name of Web 2.0, presents the user with challenges linked to interactivity, the creation of communities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Torretti
Roberto Torretti (February 15, 1930 - November 12, 2022) was a Chilean philosopher, author and academic who is internationally renowned for his contributions to the history of philosophy, philosophy of physics and philosophy of mathematics. Biography Torretti received a doctorate from the University of Freiburg under the supervision of Wilhelm Szilasi in 1954. Shortly after he began lecturing in philosophy and psychology at the Institute of Education of the University of Chile in Valparaíso. He also worked for the United Nations before commencing an academic career that lasted for more than forty years, during which he taught philosophy in the University of Puerto Rico and the University of Chile. Torretti was professor emeritus of the University of Puerto Rico, and a member of the ''Institut International de Philosophie''. In April 2005 Torretti was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona in Spain. Torretti resided in Santiago, Chile and was marr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Mercurio
''El Mercurio'' (known online as ''El Mercurio On-Line'', ''EMOL'') is a Chilean newspaper with editions in Valparaíso and Santiago. Its Santiago edition is considered the country's newspaper of record and it is considered the oldest daily in the Spanish language currently in circulation. ''El Mercurio'' is owned by El Mercurio S.A.P. (''Sociedad Anónima Periodística'' 'joint stock news company'), which operates a network of 19 regional dailies and 32 radio stations across the country. History The Valparaíso edition of ''El Mercurio'' was founded by Pedro Félix Vicuña ( Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna's father) on September 12, 1827, and was later acquired by Agustín Edwards Ross in 1880. The Santiago edition was founded by Agustín Edwards Mac Clure, son of Edwards Ross, on June 1, 1900. In 1942 Edwards Mac Clure died and his son Agustín Edwards Budge took over as president. When Edwards Budge died in 1956, his son, Agustín Edwards Eastman, took control of the company. Edwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 Births
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