11 articles in this issue
Joaquín Barceló
The author examines the past and present of the Humanities, objectives,situation vis-a-vis progress and practica utility. He points out their social andpolitical responsibiiities as sources to orient the incessant structuring of aworld with human dimensio... see more
Jorge Estrella
The author characterizes scientific knowledge through a series of reflexionsleading to a confrontation between empiricism and metaphysics. Science embodies the risk of being amended by facts and of being submitted to logicalcoherence. Scientific language,... see more
Roberto Munizaga
The author examines sorne trends in Chilean education at the beginningof this century, analysing the later impact of European ideas and orientationsunder the influence of two world wars. He centers his work on the relationsbetween culture, humanism and ed... see more
Hugo Montes
The author presents an analysis of Andrés Bello as a defender of classicalhumanism, within the scope of his vast labours in Latín America. He points outhis exceptional capacities as a teacher, based on his faith in man, whom hewanted to see advancing towa... see more
Rodolfo Oroz
The author outlines the highlights of his academical life as a contemporaryof outstanding professors at the University of Chile. He mentions his effortswithin the fields of investigation and teaching of Philology and Linguistics,emphasizing the relation b... see more
Rolando Mellafe
Professor Mellafe shows some of the clear advances in Chilean historiography, as a result of the strengthening of some specialties such as Social and Econornic History, which has taken place within the last years. On the other hand, he takes note of the r... see more
Günter Böhm
After sorne observations conceming Jews and non-Catholic foreigners living in Chile during the nineteenth century the author specifies problems dealing with historical investigation of Jewish inmigration in Chile. He mentions and comments on the sources o... see more
Manuel Dannemann
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Carlos Munizaga
Jorge Kaltwasser, Alberto Medina, Juan Munizaga
These three investigators summarize the most relevant consequences deriving from the discovery of a pre-Hispanic cemetery in the region called Cuchipuy, near the town of San Vicente de Taguatagua, in the central part of Chile. This burying-place has four ... see more
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