The integration of project competences within the post-graduate programme: a case study of the International Masters in Rural Development AGRIS MUNDUS

Experiences relating to the InternationalMasters in Rural Development from the Technical University of Madrid (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, UPM), the first Spanish programme to receive a mention as a Registered Education Programme by InternationalProject Management Association (IPMA) are considered. Backed by an educational strategy based on Project-Based Learning dating back twenty years, this programme has managed to adapt to the competence evaluation requirements proposed by the European Space for Higher Education (ESHE). In order to do this the training is linked to the professional qualification using competences as a reference leading to the qualification in project management as established by the IPMA

Aristotle and the Nature of the Fortunate Person: the Theory of External Goods and the Permanent Character of Good Luck in Eudemian Ethics VIII 2

Indexación: Revista UNABDesde el punto de vista de su investigación sobre la suerte (tychê) y la casualidad (automaton), la filosofía de Aristóteles presenta una sugerente contradicción entre el carácter puntual de lo fortuito en los escritos físicos y la exigencia de una prosperidad externa permanente como condición necesaria de la felicidad (eudaimonia) en los escritos éticos. Este problema entronca directamente con la elucidación de la naturaleza del hombre afortunado (eutychês) en Ética Eudemia VIII 2. El objetivo del presente artículo es aproximarse a este núcleo de problemas desde el tratamiento de Ética a Nicómaco (EN), Ética a Eudemo (EE) y Magna Moralia (MM), centrando la atención en: i) qué papel juegan la fortuna (tychê) y los bienes externos (ta ektos agatha) en la consecución de la felicidad; y ii) en qué consiste la condición de “afortunado” o eutychês atribuida a cierto tipo de individuos. En otras palabras: por qué algunos seres humanos, expuestos a los avatares de la fortuna como cualquier agente racional y moral, parecen verse favorecidos siempre o la mayor parte de las veces por el decurso de los acontecimientos.From the perspective of his research on luck (tychê) and chance (automaton), Aristotle’s philosophy presents an interesting contradiction between the unusual nature of chance in the physical writings and the demand of a permanent external prosperity as necessary condition for happiness (eudaimonia) in the ethics. This problem is related to the elucidation of the nature of the fortunate person (eutychês) in Eudemian Ethics VIII 2. The paper attempts to approach these problems paying special attention to Nicomachean Ethics (NE), Eudemian Ethics (EE) and Magna Moralia and trying to elucidate: i) what is the role of fortune and external prosperity in the fulfillment of happiness; and ii) what does it mean for certain human beings to be “fortunate”. In other words: why certain rational and moral agents, exposed to the vicissitudes of fortune as anybody else, seem to be favored by circumstances always or for the most part.http://revistahumanidades.unab.cl/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/A1.-DE-LOS-RIOS.pd

“…But nothing more terrible than man” : Democracy, Philosophy and tragedy in Castoriadis’s Greece

Indexación: Revista UNAB.La figura de Cornelius Castoriadis y su propuesta de interpretación de la Grecia antigua se enmarcan de manera singular en la historia de una recepción cultural polivalente: la del modelo helénico diseñado en la Alemania del siglo XVIII y su rendimiento sociocultural en la Europa de los siglos XIX y XX. En esta línea, Castoriadis protagoniza una de las tentativas de apropiación crítica del pasado más penetrantes y originales de los últimos tiempos. El presente artículo se propone analizar las posiciones fundamentales de dicha propuesta desde su contextualización en el marco de la recepción crítica del modelo helénico en el pensamiento contemporáneo.Cornelius Castoriadis and his interpretation of ancient Greece belong to the history of a polyvalent cultural reception: the one of the Hellenic paradigm constructed in Germany´s XVIIIth century and its socio-cultural efficiency in Europe during XIXth and XXth centuries. Within these limits, Castoriadis designs one of the most sharp and original attempts of critical appropriation of the past in the last century. This paper aims to analyze the theoretical foundations of this proposal from the perspective of its contextualization within the limits of the critical reception of Ancient Greece in contemporary philosophy

Strong Optomechanical Coupling at Room Temperature by Coherent Scattering

Quantum control of a system requires the manipulation of quantum states faster than any decoherence rate. For mesoscopic systems, this has so far only been reached by few cryogenic systems. An important milestone towards quantum control is the so-called strong coupling regime, which in cavity optomechanics corresponds to an optomechanical coupling strength larger than cavity decay rate and mechanical damping. Here, we demonstrate the strong coupling regime at room temperature between a levitated silica particle and a high finesse optical cavity. Normal mode splitting is achieved by employing coherent scattering, instead of directly driving the cavity. The coupling strength achieved here approaches three times the cavity linewidth, crossing deep into the strong coupling regime. Entering the strong coupling regime is an essential step towards quantum control with mesoscopic objects at room temperature