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In this blog post, we will compare the revenue structures and advertising platform strategies of Google and Facebook to take an in-depth look at who their real competitors are.   Google (holding company Alphabet) is the world’s largest company by market capitalization. Who can compete with this giant, whose market capitalization easily exceeds that of an average country? Would you...

In this blog post, we will look at how educational assessment affects the direction and quality of classes, along with changes in the roles of teachers and students.   What is educational assessment? With interest in evaluation at an all-time high, evaluation is now used in a variety of ways in almost every field. Evaluation is undoubtedly one of the universal behaviors that humans engage in...

In this blog post, we will examine how advertising goes beyond a simple sales strategy to promote market competition, change consumer culture, and shape social values.   Advertising is planned as a means for advertisers to pursue profits, but it can also influence the market regardless of the advertiser’s intentions. First, advertising can promote competition among sellers in a...

In this blog post, we will examine the logical similarities between value judgments, ethical inquiries, and science based on Karl Popper’s methodology of science.   Many philosophers of science have put forward their own theories on how science progresses and what the nature of science is. Among them, Karl Popper is perhaps the most widely known philosopher of science. In his book...

In this blog post, we will explore whether science is truth or merely a convincing belief system through the history of science, the evolution of scientific theories, and the subjectivity of the analytical process.   The future of human society Let’s imagine the future of human society. What comes to mind first? Most people probably imagine a world where science and technology have...

In this blog post, based on Feyerabend’s argument and the criticism thereof, we explore whether scientific methodology suppresses individual freedom or, on the contrary, guarantees it.   There was a time when “philosophy of science” referred to scientific methodology that attempted logical analysis of scientific methods such as induction and deduction, as well as hypotheses, theories...

In this blog post, we explore the necessity and limitations of scientific methodology through the theories of Feyerabend and Lakatos.   While Popper, Kuhn, and others offered various explanations about the methodology of science, comparisons and changes between theories in science, and the superiority of scientific knowledge, and various debates arose about this methodology and its...

In this blog post, we will examine the benefits that science and technology have brought to humanity and the side effects behind them, and reconsider their value.   Since humans first began living on Earth, science has been constantly evolving, ranging from the development of primitive tools to today’s advanced technologies. In particular, the 20th century saw remarkable advances in...

In this blog post, we will examine the historical relationship between science and religion and explore whether the two fields can go beyond coexistence and merge in the future.   When did the history of science and religion begin? That question goes back to prehistoric times. Primitive people living in tribes began to use fire and make various tools through scientific thinking. They also...

In this blog post, we will examine how the objectivity of scientific knowledge can vary depending on the era and perspective through Popper’s falsificationism and Kuhn’s paradigm theory.   The heliocentric theory and the theory of relativity are scientific theories that we often encounter in science class. So how are these scientific theories established and developed, and how...