世上最通人话的两只动物,走了

1 THERE IS, IN THE END, no telling what tales they had to tell, the two greatest nonhuman linguists of our day: Washoe, the sign-language-wielding chimpanzee with an intense footwear fetish; and Alex, the wildly outspoken parrot, an African gray known to regularly order about his human researchers and to purposely give them the wrong answers to their questions just to alleviate his boredom. After all, we only ever gave them our own words to work with.     

Under the Name of Method: On Jacques Rancière's Presumptive Tautology

This paper investigates the philosophical method of Jacques Rancière, with special attention to use of the 'presumptive tautology'. It distinguishes between the Enlightenment conception of method as universally applicable technique, and the philosophical conception of method as a certain style that has been invented by a certain person. Ultimately, the paper puts the methodology of Rancière's The Ignorant Schoolmaster under scrutiny .     

Strengthening Human Resources for Technologies of the Twenty-first Century: UNESCO Engineering Education and Training Programme

UNESCO's Engineering Education and Training programme is concerned with the growing demand for clean and economical energy. For the power/energy engineer of today the need for up-to-date information in engineering and technologies of renewables has never been greater. Increasing global demand and safety, environmental implications of cleanliness, health and safety, the economic viability of natural energy resources and renewable energy technologies, the ethical responsibility of engineers towards society and conservation are all components of UNESCO's interdisciplinary approach to advanced college students, postgraduates and practising engineers. Priority actions in the various energy fields are addressed, including the assessment of specific education and training needs and the capabilities of existing institutions to meet these needs.     

The Adequacy of Privacy: The European Union Data Protection Directive and the North American Response

The recently passed European Directive on the Protection of Personal Data aims to harmonize European data protection law at a higher level of protection than exists now. It represents a European consensus on a standard for personal privacy and a model for countries without data protection laws. The protracted process for agreement and ratification, however, has produced a document with many derogations and ambiguities, reflecting the wider moves towards ''subsidiarity'' within the European Union. Of concern to North America is the stipulation that transborder data flow may not be permitted unless the receiving country can demonstrate an ''adequate'' level of protection. While the process through which this provision will be interpreted and applied is so far found to be complicated and unclear, nevertheless European authorities will be reluctant to tolerate ''data havens,'' a fact that should concern North American business that relies on the unimpeded flows of personal data from and to Europe. Neither Canada nor the United States can claim ''adequate'' data protection according to the European standard. However, Canadian efforts through the Canadian Standards Association and the Federal Information Highway Advisory Council signal an attempt to fashion a more comprehensive policy framework for privacy than the more incremental and reactive approach of the United States. This divergence is explained by key cultural, economic, and political factors within Canada, which have caused a different reaction to the extraterritorial effects of the European Union's Data Protection Directive.