Описание: Of Minds and Molecules is the first anthology of its kind devoted exclusively to work in the philosophy of chemistry. The essays, written by both chemists and philosophers, adopt distinctive philosophical perspectives on chemistry and collectively offer both a conceptualization of and a justification for the emerging field of philosophy of chemistry.
Описание: Individuals are things that everybody knows--or thinks they do. Yet even scholars who practice or analyze the biological sciences often cannot agree on what an individual is and why. One reason for this disagreement is that the many important biological individuality concepts serve very different purposes--defining, classifying, or explaining living structure, function, interaction, persistence, or evolution. Indeed, as the contributors to Biological Individuality reveal, nature is too messy for simple definitions of this concept, organisms too quirky in the diverse ways they reproduce, function, and interact, and human ideas about individuality too fraught with philosophical and historical meaning.
Bringing together biologists, historians, and philosophers, this book provides a multifaceted exploration of biological individuality that identifies leading and less familiar perceptions of individuality both past and present, what they are good for, and in what contexts. Biological practice and theory recognize individuals at myriad levels of organization, from genes to organisms to symbiotic systems. We depend on these notions of individuality to address theoretical questions about multilevel natural selection and Darwinian fitness; to illuminate empirical questions about development, function, and ecology; to ground philosophical questions about the nature of organisms and causation; and to probe historical and cultural circumstances that resonate with parallel questions about the nature of society. Charting an interdisciplinary research agenda that broadens the frameworks in which biological individuality is discussed, this book makes clear that in the realm of the individual, there is not and should not be a direct path from biological paradigms based on model organisms through to philosophical generalization and historical reification.
Автор: T. Chapman Название: Time: A Philosophical Analysis ISBN: 9400979061 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789400979062 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 18866.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is intended as an exposition of a particular theory of time in the sense of an interrelated set of attempted solutions to philosophical problems about it.
Описание: This is a collection of some works of Polish philosophers and physicists on philosophical problems of time and spacetime. The paper discusses the properties of spacetime we study by analyzing the phenomenon of motion. the spacetime structures and the ontological status of spacetime.
Автор: Sven Ove Hansson Название: The Role of Technology in Science: Philosophical Perspectives ISBN: 9402406921 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789402406924 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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This edited volume explores the interplay between philosophies in a wide-ranging analysis of how technological applications in science inform our systems of thought. Beginning with a historical background, the volume moves on to explore a host of topics, such as the uses of technology in scientific observations and experiments, the salient relationship between technology and mechanistic notions in science and the ways in which today's vast and increasing computing power helps scientists achieve results that were previously unattainable.
Technology allows today's researchers to gather, in a matter of hours, data that would previously have taken weeks or months to assemble. It also acts as a kind of metaphor bank, providing biologists in particular with analogies (the heart as a 'pump', the nervous system as a 'computer network') that have become common linguistic currency. This book also examines the fundamental epistemological distinctions between technology and science and assesses their continued relevance. Given the increasing amalgamation of the philosophies of science and technology, this fresh addition to the literature features pioneering work in a promising new field that will appeal both to philosophers and scientific historiographers.
Автор: Sven Ove Hansson Название: The Role of Technology in Science: Philosophical Perspectives ISBN: 9401797617 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789401797610 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Role of Technology in Science: Philosophical Perspectives
Описание: The informational nature of biological organization, at levels from the genetic and epigenetic to the cognitive and linguistic.
Автор: Wenceslao J. Gonzalez Название: New Perspectives on Technology, Values, and Ethics ISBN: 3319343890 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319343891 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book focuses on a key issue today: the role of values in technology, with special emphasis on ethical values. This topic involves the analysis of internal values in technology (as they affect objectives, processes, and outcomes) and the study of external values in technology (social, cultural, economic, ecological, etc.).
Автор: Mohammad Hashim Kamali; Osman Bakar; Daud Abdul-Fa Название: Islamic Perspectives on Science and Technology ISBN: 9812877770 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789812877772 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 20962.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book presents 25 selected papers from the International Conference on "Developing Synergies between Islam & Science and Technology for Mankind`s Benefit" held at the International Institute for Advanced Islamic Studies Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, in October 2014.
Автор: Wenceslao J. Gonzalez Название: New Perspectives on Technology, Values, and Ethics ISBN: 3319218697 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319218694 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book focuses on a key issue today: the role of values in technology, with special emphasis on ethical values. This topic involves the analysis of internal values in technology (as they affect objectives, processes, and outcomes) and the study of external values in technology (social, cultural, economic, ecological, etc.).
Автор: J.J. Gracia; E. Rabossi; Enriq Villanueva; Marcelo Название: Philosophical Analysis in Latin America ISBN: 9400963777 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789400963771 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 32144.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Historians of Latin American philosophy have paid relatively little attention to the development of philosophical analysis in Latin America. philosophical analysis did not become a noticeable philosophical trend in Latin America until recent years.
Автор: J.J. Gracia; E. Rabossi; Enriq Villanueva; Marcelo Название: Philosophical Analysis in Latin America ISBN: 9027717494 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789027717498 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 32144.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Historians of Latin American philosophy have paid relatively little attention to the development of philosophical analysis in Latin America. philosophical analysis did not become a noticeable philosophical trend in Latin America until recent years.
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