Difference between revisions of "Academia"

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Definition

Academia is the institutionalized academic tradition.

See

This brief summary of the academia's development, where the motivation for this definition is made clear.

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-A half-century ago Erich Jantsch issued the above call to action to "the university" as institution. We are resubmitting it to <em>academia</em>, which we define as "institutionalized academic tradition".
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-Our point is to highlight that the contemporary university institution, and not only the university, has been developed on the legacy of the original Academia, and of the Enlightenment where this legacy was rediscovered and developed further.
-The founding fathers of Academia, and the [[giant|<em>giants</em>]] of the Enlightenment, dared to stand up to the [[power structure|<em>power structures</em>]] of the day, and by evolving [[knowledge work|<em>knowledge work</em>]] helped the society evolve further.
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-Our appeal is to institutionalize the academic tradition in a way that preserves its spirit.
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+* [https://polyscopy.wordpress.com/2019/02/07/knowledge-federation-dot-org/#Socrates This brief summary of the <em>academia</em>'s development], where the motivation for this definition is made clear.
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-* This [https://polyscopy.wordpress.com/2019/02/07/knowledge-federation-dot-org/#Socrates brief summary of the <em>academia</em>'s development] in the blog post Knowledge Federation dot Org, where the above point is made clear.