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Founded in 2007 to fund basic research, the European Research
Council (ERC) has become the most revered instrument in European
science policy and one of the world s most important focal points
for the funding of scientific research. Its grants are much
sought-after by researchers and scholars and it is widely
considered to have had a major impact on research communities and
institutions across Europe. How did this remarkable organization,
the creation of which was widely regarded as a miracle , come into
being, what has it achieved and how is it likely to adapt in the
face of current and future challenges? This book is the first
comprehensive history of the creation and development of the ERC.
Drawing on first-hand knowledge, Thomas Konig gives a detailed
account of how a group of strong-minded European scientists
succeeded in creating the ERC by pushing for a single goal: more
money for scientific research with fewer strings attached. But he
also shows how this campaign would have failed had it not been
taken up by skilful officials of the European Commission, who
recognized the ERC as a way to gain more influence in shaping
European science policy. Once established, the ERC developed a
carefully crafted self-image that emphasized its reliance on peer
review and its differences from all other EU research programmes.
In addition to analysing the creation and development of the ERC,
this book critically examines its achievements and its claims. It
also explores the implications of the rise of the ERC and the
challenges and threats that it faces today, engaging with broader
questions concerning the relationship of politics, science, and
money at the beginning of the 21st century. It will be essential
reading for all scholars and students of science policy, for
decision-makers and administrators across Europe, and for
researchers and academics looking to engage with and understand the
ERC.
The axiological idealism of Georges Bastide, which is itself an
attempt to come to grips with basic philosophical problems in a
form wholly in accord with the preoccupations of our times, offered
a unique opportunity for coming into contact with two new horizons
- critical idealism and axiological personalism. An examination of
the intimate relationship between these two viewpoints promised to
be of special interest and worthy of research. A similar theme is
encountered in the philosophy of R. Le Senne and a number of works
have been devoted to the study of his philosophy. However, in
Bastide's axiological idealism the emphasis is on the relationship
between the problem of spiritual conversion and the problem of the
transfiguration of values and, as far as I know, no major study has
been made of Bastide's philosophy. This study also opened up the
possibility of a deeper understanding of the philosophies of
Descartes and Kant, as well as the philosophies of Brunsch vicg and
Bergson. Bastide's philosophy offers new possibilities for
reflection on the past in the light of contemporary problems, just
as his own work can be understood only in the light of the
philosophies which are the chief inspi ration for his axiological
idealism. In this regard we have devoted three chapters of
historical background in order to introduce the main influences on
Bastide's philosophy."
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