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Descargar Libro Completo 2013 2014 2015 2016 Barcelona, 2018 2017 ACTOS INTERNACIONALES EN BARCELONA Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras DESAFÍOS DE LA NUEVA SOCIEDAD SOBRECOMPLEJA: HUMANISMO, TRANSHUMANISMO, DATAÍSMO Y OTROS ISMOS CHALLENGES OF THE NEW OVERCOMPLEX SOCIETY: HUMANISM, TRANSHUMANISM, DATAISM AND OTHER ISMS XIII ACTO INTERNACIONAL DE LA REAL ACADEMIA DE CIENCIAS ECONÓMICAS Y FINANCIERAS Barcelona, 15 y 16 de noviembre de 2018 DESAFÍOS DE LA NUEVA SOCIEDAD SOBRECOMPLEJA: HUMANISMO, TRANSHUMANISMO, DATAÍSMO Y OTROS ISMOS XIII Acto Internacional de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras La realización de esta publicación ha sido posible gracias a con la colaboración de con el patrocinio de 27 de mayo de 2014 DESAFÍOS DE LA NUEVA SOCIEDAD SOBRECOMPLEJA: HUMANISMO, TRANSHUMANISMO, DATAÍSMO Y OTROS ISMOS XIII Acto Internacional de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras Publicaciones de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras Desafíos de la nueva sociedad sobrecompleja: humanismo, transhumanismo, dataísmo y otros ismos. XIII Acto Internacional / Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras. Bibliografía ISBN- 978-84-09-08674-0 I. I. Título II. Gil Aluja, Jaime III. Colección 1. Economía mundial. 2. Tecnología e innovación 3. Biología humana 4. Bigdata La Academia no se hace responsable de las opiniones científicas expuestas en sus propias publicaciones. (Art. 41 del Reglamento) Editora: © Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras, Barcelona, 2019 Académico Coordinador: Dra. Anna Maria Gil-Lafuente ISBN- 978-84-09-08674-0 Depósito legal: B 4985-2019 Esta publicación no puede ser reproducida, ni total ni parcialmente, sin permiso previo, por escrito de la editora. Reservados todos los derechos. Imprime: Ediciones Gráficas Rey, S.L.—c/Albert Einstein, 54 C/B, Nave 12-14-15 Cornellà de Llobregat—Barcelona Esta publicación ha sido impresa en papel ecológico ECF libre de cloro elemental, para mitigar el impacto medioambiental REAL ACADEMIA DE CIENCIAS ECONÓMICAS Y FINANCIERAS BARCELONA ECONOMICS NETWORK (BEN) XIII ACTO ACADÉMICO INTERNACIONAL 15 - 16 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2018 “DESAFÍOS DE LA NUEVA SOCIEDAD SOBRECOMPLEJA: HUMANISMO, TRANSHUMANISMO, DATAÍSMO Y OTROS ISMOS” Acto Académico Apertura y Presentación Excmo. Dr. Jaime Gil Aluja Presidente de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras Sesión Académica Excmo. Dr. Jean Askenasy Universidad de Tel Aviv (Israel) y Miembro de Honor de la Barcelona Economics Network (BEN) de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras “Transient living forms of intelligent life: Primates, Homo Sapiens, Cyborgs, Homo Galacticus” Excmo Dr. Janusz Kacprzyk Académico Correspondiente para Polonia y Miembro de Honor de la Barcelona Economics Network (BEN) de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras “Artificial intelligence:A new technological change which can change technology, economy and society” Excmo. Dr. Abderraouf Mahbouli Académico Correspondiente para Túnez y Miembro de Honor de la Barcelona Economics Network (BEN) de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras “Humanisme et économie : quelle conciliation possible aujourd’hui?” PROGRAMA Excmo. Dr. Federico González Santoyo Académico Correspondiente para México y Miembro de Honor de la Barcelona Economics Network (BEN) de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras “Determinación de los factores que afectan el desempeño de la competitividad en las MIPYME en Michoacán, México: Un acercamiento a la teoría de los efectos olvidados” Excmo. Dr. Mohamed Laichoubi Académico Correspondiente para Argelia y Miembro de Honor de la Barcelona Economics Network (BEN) de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras “Les Technologies du Futur, Progrès ou Miroir des Obsessions Humaines” Excmo. Dr. Kormakz Imanov Académico Correspondiente para Azerbaiyán y Miembro de Honor de la Barcelona Economics Network (BEN) de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras “Assessment level of humanism in national sustainable development” Excmo. Dr. Valeriu Ioan Franc Miembro de la Academia Rumana y Miembro de Honor de la Barcelona Economics Network (BEN) de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras “Les «-ismes» et leurs racines” Excmo. Dr. Michael Metzeltin Académico Correspondiente para Austria y Miembro de Honor de la Barcelona Economics Network (BEN) de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras “Denotaciones y connotaciones del sufijo –ismo” Excmo. Dr. Corneliu Gutu Presidente del Consejo Científico de la Academia de Estudios Económicos de Moldavia y Miembro de Honor de la Barcelona Economics Network (BEN) de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras “The concept of dataism and the challenges of the digital economy” 8 DESAFÍOS DE LA NUEVA SOCIEDAD SOBRECOMPLEJA: HUMANISMO, TRANSHUMANISMO, DATAÍSMO Y OTROS ISMOS Excmo. Dr. Carlo Morabito Vicerrector de Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad Mediterránea de Reggio Calabria “Deep Learning as a Data-Driven Alternative to Models” Excmo. Dr. Domenico Marino Universidad Mediterránea de Reggio Calabria “Measuring complementarities among policies in the regional development process” Excmo. Dr. Yuriy Kondratenko Universidad Estatal del Mar Negro Petro Mohyla y Miembro de Honor de la Barcelona Economics Network (BEN) de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras “The role of big data and industrial lnternet of things in society transformation” Excmo. Dr. Maurizzio Campolo Universidad Mediterránea de Reggio Calabria “The New Babel of scientific philosophies” Excmo. Dr. Vladimir G. Gusakov Presidente de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bielorrusia y Miembro de Honor de la Barcelona Economics Network (BEN) de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras “Anthropological challenges in the century of new technological opportunities” Clausura del xiii Acto Internacional Excmo. Dr. Jaime Gil Aluja Presidente de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras 9 ÍNDICE REAL ACADEMIA DE CIENCIAS ECONÓMICAS Y FINANCIERAS BARCELONA ECONOMICS NETWORK (BEN) XIII ACTO ACADÉMICO INTERNACIONAL 15 - 16 de noviembre de 2018 “DESAFÍOS DE LA NUEVA SOCIEDAD SOBRECOMPLEJA: HUMANISMO, TRANSHUMANISMO, DATAÍSMO Y OTROS ISMOS” Acto Académico Apertura Y Presentación Dr. Jaime Gil Aluja Las revoluciones tecnológicas frente al mandato biológico. Conferencia inaugural ........................................... 15 Sesión Académica Dr. Jean Askenasy Transient living forms of intelligent life: Primates, Homo Sapiens, Cyborgs, Homo Galacticus ............................................... 25 Dr. Janusz Kacprzyk Artificial intelligence:A new technological change which can change technology, economy and society .................................. 41 Dr. Abderraouf Mahbouli Humanisme et économie : quelle conciliation possible aujourd’hui? ...... 59 Dr. Federico González Santoyo Determinación de los factores que afectan el desempeño de la competitividad en las MIPYME en Michoacán, México: Un acercamiento a la teoría de los efectos olvidados ........................................... 67 Dr. Mohamed Laichoubi Les Technologies du Futur, Progrès ou Miroir des Obsessions Humaines ... 105 11 ÍNDICE Dr. Kormakz Imanov Assessment level of humanism in national sustainable development ...... 119 Dr. Valeriu Ioan Franc Les «-ismes» et leurs racines ..................................... 135 Dr. Michael Metzeltin Denotaciones y connotaciones del sufijo –ismo ...................... 151 Dr. Carlo Morabito Deep Learning as a Data-Driven Alternative to Models ............... 175 Dr. Domenico Marino Measuring complementarities among policies in the regional development process ........................................... 185 Dr. Yuriy Kondratenko The role of big data and industrial lnternet of things in society transformation ............................................... 201 Dr. Maurizzio Campolo The New Babel of scientific philosophies ........................... 217 Dr. Vladimir G. Gusakov Anthropological challenges in the century of new technological opportunities .. 227 Clausura del xiii Acto Internacional Dr. Jaime Gil Aluja En el horizonte del poshumanismo Conferencia de clausura ........................................ 235 Otras Aportaciones Académicas Dr. José María Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado El poder de las sociedades complejas .............................. 241 Fotografías del Acto Académico Internacional . ............... 247 Publicaciones Publicaciones de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras .. 251 12 APERTURA Y PRESENTACIÓN SEMINARIO INTERNACIONAL DE BARCELONA XIII EDICIÓN (15-16 NOVIEMBRE 2018) LAS REVOLUCIONES TECNOLÓGICAS FRENTE AL MANDATO BIOLÓGICO Conferencia inaugural Dr. Jaime Gil Aluja Presidente de la Real Academia de Ciencias Económicas y Financieras Seguramente, la mayor y más radical forma de desigualdad es la que existe entre la vida y la muerte. Luchar contra ella no es solo el deseo de quienes se resisten a ser mortales, sino que constituye el defi- nitivo corolario de nuestra liberación del mandato biológico de nacer, reproducirse y morir, como cualquier otro ser vivo. Esa lucha no es un supremo esfuerzo de una mente hiperimagi- nativa, no es un capricho de un guionista de ciencia ficción, no es una frivolidad de adinerados ociosos. Es la batalla suprema del humano 15 APERTURA Y PRESENTACIÓN de hoy por seguir avanzando desde la idea del rechazo de ese mandato biológico por el camino de ir formando
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