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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Information—Consciousness—Reality: How a New Understanding of the Universe Can Help Answer Age-Old Questions of Existence
Book SynopsisThis open access book chronicles the rise of a new scientific paradigm offering novel insights into the age-old enigmas of existence. Over 300 years ago, the human mind discovered the machine code of reality: mathematics. By utilizing abstract thought systems, humans began to decode the workings of the cosmos. From this understanding, the current scientific paradigm emerged, ultimately discovering the gift of technology. Today, however, our island of knowledge is surrounded by ever longer shores of ignorance. Science appears to have hit a dead end when confronted with the nature of reality and consciousness. In this fascinating and accessible volume, James Glattfelder explores a radical paradigm shift uncovering the ontology of reality. It is found to be information-theoretic and participatory, yielding a computational and programmable universe.Table of ContentsPart I Climbing to the Summit.- Deciphering the Rules of Nature.- The Simplicity of Complexity.- Crafting Technology.- Part II The Downfall.- The Truth about Reality.- The Missing Foundations of Science.- Problems with Consciousness.- Part III A New Horizon.- So, How Can You Be Sure?.- A Universe Built of Information.- Fabricating Reality.
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Springer Mythos Determinismus
Book SynopsisStreit um Gehirn und Geist.- Das Buch der Natur entziffern.- Befunde der Hirnforschung.- Das Bewusstsein im Versuchslabor.- Das Rätsel Zeit.- Ursachen und was sie erklären.- Wieviel erklärt uns die Hirnforschung?.- Naturverständnis und Menschenbild.
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Universitatsverlag Winter Am Anfang Schuf Gott Himmel Und Erde: Grundfragen
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transcript Trust Responsibility and Digital Governance
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transcript The Making of Scientific Knowledge
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Brill Vices of the Learned
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Springer The Logical Foundations of the Marxian Theory of Value
Book SynopsisMter the impressive collapseoftheSovietUnionand the Eastern European socialist countries, it is more pertinent than ever to recover the scientific legacy ofKarl Marx. This legacy is mainly (if not exclusively) constituted by his work in the field of eco- nomic theory. Marx's economic theory was intended by his au- thor as a scientific objective theory about the nature ofcapitalist economies, a theory that was going to serve as the foundation ofthe critique ofbourgeois political economy. His "laws" about the demise ofcapitalism, like the tendency ofthe profit rate to fall or the lawofthe cyclical crises, have been shown to hold un- der certain conditions but not in general. At any rate, it is likely that had not the industrialized countries changed the situation ofthe working class, and allowed some intervention ofthe State in the economy (especially after the Great Depression), capital- ism would have hardly survived, even though it is impossible to guess what kind of regime would have been instaurated in its place. The present book is concerned with the very foundations of Marx's economics, hence with the very foundations ofhis scien- tific legacy. I hope that after reading the book the reader will be convinced that Marx's scientific work was indeed serious and that this is the time to recover it as an important paradigm in INTRODUCTION 2 scientific research. I think that the reader will be convinced that Marx's economic theory is no less serious and mathematically tractable than, say, general equilibrium theory.Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. The Prototype of Marx's Theory of Value. 2. The Problem of Foundations. 3. Structures and Representation. 4. The Dialectical Method. 5. Abstract Labor. 6. The General Axioms of the Theory. 7. General Reproducibility. 8. The Prototype Revisited. Notes. Bibliography. Name Index. Subject Index.
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Oxford University Press Richard Rufus of Cornwall In Aristotelis De generatione et corruptione
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Oxford University Press Geoffrey of Aspall Part 1
Book SynopsisGeoffrey of Aspall, who died in 1287 and was master of Arts by 1262, was active at Oxford in the years 1255 to1265. He wrote commentaries on several Aristotelian works, and was certainly a major protagonist of the introduction of Aristotelian learning to Oxford. In particular, he produced a very extensive question-style commentary on Aristotle''s Physics, which contains important discussions of the fundamental topics of Aristotle''s natural philosophy, like matter, form, natural agency, causes, change, the infinite and the continuum, time, the eternity of the world, self-movers. Aspall''s Physics commentary shows the influence of Grosseteste''s metaphysics of light and of Roger Bacon''s view on the physical role of intentional species, as well as a strong inclination to ontological realism.Aspall''s commentary on Aristotle''s Physics is edited here in two volumes, which together form the first critical edition of this work. The Latin text is accompanied by a facing English translation,Trade ReviewThis is an accurate, erudite and stringent translation of Geoffrey of Aspall's question-style commentary of Aristotle's Physics. * Jason Wakefield, Avello Publishing Journal *...a rich and interesting book...This excellent Latin edition and lucid accompanying English translation will undoubtedly serve researchers fro generations to come. * Boaz Faraday Schuman, The Journal of Medieval Latin *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Life and works of Geoffrey of Aspall 2: The Questions on the Physics 3: Manuscript tradition and editorial principles 4: Presentation of the text 5: The main doctrinal points of Geoffrey of Aspall's Questions on the Physics Bibliography QUAESTIONES SUPER PHYSICAM, LIBRI I-IV, VIII (Recensio O) Tabula quaestionum / List of questions LIBER I / BOOK I LIBER II / BOOK II LIBER IV / BOOK IV LIBER III / BOOK III LIBER VIII / BOOK VIII
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Oxford University Press Geoffrey of Aspall Part 2
Book SynopsisGeoffrey of Aspall, who died in 1287 and was master of Arts by 1262, was active at Oxford in the years 1255 to1265. He wrote commentaries on several Aristotelian works, and was certainly a major protagonist of the introduction of Aristotelian learning to Oxford. In particular, he produced a very extensive question-style commentary on Aristotle''s Physics, which contains important discussions of the fundamental topics of Aristotle''s natural philosophy, like matter, form, natural agency, causes, change, the infinite and the continuum, time, the eternity of the world, self-movers. Aspall''s Physics commentary shows the influence of Grosseteste''s metaphysics of light and of Roger Bacon''s view on the physical role of intentional species, as well as a strong inclination to ontological realism.Aspall''s commentary on Aristotle''s Physics is edited here in two volumes, which together form the first critical edition of this work. The Latin text is accompanied by a facing English translation,Trade Review...a rich and interesting book...This excellent Latin edition and lucid accompanying English translation will undoubtedly serve researchers fro generations to come. * Boaz Faraday Schuman, The Journal of Medieval Latin *Table of ContentsAPENDIX
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The University of Chicago Press In Search of Mechanisms Discoveries Across the
Book SynopsisOffers an account of how biologists discover mechanisms. Drawing on examples from across the life sciences and through the centuries, the authors compile a toolbox of strategies that biologists have used and will use again to reveal the mechanisms that produce, underlie, or maintain the phenomena characteristic of living things.Trade Review"Carl F. Craver and Lindley Darden eloquently describe the discovery of mechanisms and reasoning about them and show how mechanisms provide an integrative way of understanding the unity of biology. This book ranges across many areas of biology and is highly readable, with rich examples and a minimum of philosophical jargon. It substantially advances the philosophy and history of science, and can seriously help biologists to understand their own work." (Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo)"
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University of Chicago Press In Search of Mechanisms
Book SynopsisOffers an account of how biologists discover mechanisms. Drawing on examples from across the life sciences and through the centuries, the authors compile a toolbox of strategies that biologists have used and will use again to reveal the mechanisms that produce, underlie, or maintain the phenomena characteristic of living things.Trade Review"Carl F. Craver and Lindley Darden eloquently describe the discovery of mechanisms and reasoning about them and show how mechanisms provide an integrative way of understanding the unity of biology. This book ranges across many areas of biology and is highly readable, with rich examples and a minimum of philosophical jargon. It substantially advances the philosophy and history of science, and can seriously help biologists to understand their own work." (Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo)"
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The University of Chicago Press Lifes Splendid Drama Evolutionary Biology the
Book SynopsisPeter J. Bowler seeks to recover some of the lost history of life on earth in this work, giving an account of evolutionary morphology and its relationships with palaeontology and biogeography.Table of ContentsList of Figures Preface Table of Geological Periods and Eras 1: The First Evolutionary Biology A New Biology A Revolution in Science? Transforming Traditions The Professional Framework 2: The Tree of Life Relationships Redefined Form and Function Convergence and Parallelism Ontogeny and Phylogeny The Base of the Tree 3: Are the Arthropoda a Natural Group? The Problem of Arthropod Origins The Genealogy of the Crustacea Peripatus and the Origin of the Tracheata Limulus an Arachnid The Debate Widens The Fossil Record 4: Vertebrate Origins The Ascidian Theory The Annelid Theory The Arthropod Theories Nemertines and the Actinozoa Balanoglossus and the Echinoderms The Environmental Trigger Later Developments 5: From Fish to Amphibian The Origin of Fish The Fin Problem The Origin of the Amphibians From Water to Land 6: The Origin of Birds and Mammals From Reptile to Bird Taking to the Air Monotremes, Marsupials, and Mammals The Mammal-like Reptiles 7: Patterns in the Past Putting Things Together Adaptive Radiation Laws and Trends Rise and Fall Mass Extinctions 8: The Geography of Life Zoological Provinces Lost Worlds Northern Origins Southern Continents 9: The Metaphors of Evolutions Trees and Ladders The Biology of Imperialism? Phylogeny and Modern Darwinism Biographical Appendix Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Evolution As Entropy Toward a Unified Theory of
Book SynopsisBy combining recent advances in the physical sciences with some of the novel ideas, techniques, and data of modern biology, this book attempts to achieve a new and different kind of evolutionary synthesis.
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The University of Chicago Press Taking the Naturalistic Turn Or How Real
Book SynopsisPhilosophers of science traditionally have ignored the details of scientific research, and the result has often been theories that lack relevance either to science or to philosophy in general. In this volume, leading philosophers of biology discuss the limitations of this tradition and the advantages of the naturalistic turnthe idea that the study of science is itself a scientific enterprise and should be conducted accordingly. This innovative book presents candid, informal debates among scholars who examine the benefits and problems of studying science in the same way that scientists study the natural world. Callebaut achieves the effect of face-to-face engagement through separate interviews with participants. Contributors include William Bechtel, Robert Brandon, Richard M. Burian, Donald T. Campbell, Patricia Churchland, Jon Elster, Ronald N. Giere, David L. Hull, Philip Kitcher, Karin Knorr Cetina, Bruno Latour, Richard Levins, Richard C. Lewontin, Elisabeth Lloyd, Helen Longino, Th
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The University of Chicago Press Michael Polanyi and His Generation
Book SynopsisInvestigates the role that Michael Polanyi and several of his contemporaries played in the emergence of the social turn in the philosophy of science. This title reconstructs Polanyi's scientific and political milieus in Budapest, Berlin, and Manchester from the 1910s to the 1950s.Trade Review"There isn't a lot of current interest in who Polanyi was and how he came to hold the views he did. Mary Jo Nye's excellent and richly researched book aims to tell us and, along the way, uncovers a genealogy for the notion of tacit knowledge that situates it in the force fields shaping much twentieth-century thinking about politics and economics as well as science." (Steven Shapin, London Review of Books) "Mary Jo Nye's rich, impressive book recasts the science wars' barbs of the recent past by illuminating the searing politics, intellectual passions, and spirited debates that drove Polanyi and his generation to think about science in social terms." (David Kaiser, Science)"
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The University of Chicago Press Images of Science Essays on Realism and
Book SynopsisTen papers by prominent philosophers of science which challenge van Fraassen's thesis from a variety of realist perspectives. Together with van Fraassen's extensive reply, the articles provide a comprehensive picture of the current debate in philosophy of science between realists and anti-realists.
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The University of Chicago Press Subjects of the World
Book SynopsisBeing human while trying to scientifically study human nature confronts us with our most vexing problem. What we need to move forward in our understanding of human agency, this book argues, is a reform in the way we study ourselves and a long overdue break with traditional humanist thinking.Trade Review"In Davies's bracing book, we get a resounding manifesto for naturalism, in particular as it pertains to our perceived free will (Davies argues that this concept is otiose). His is not the first naturalistic manifesto, but it is arguably one of the most trenchant.... The gauntlet has been cast and it deserves being picked up. The author reminds us that being a coherent naturalist is a serious and difficult philosophical project; as such, this stimulating book should be read by all philosophers interested in the implications of naturalism." (Quarterly Review of Biology)"
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University of Chicago Press Reforming Philosophy
Book SynopsisBoth John Stuart Mill and William Whewell believed that by reforming philosophy - including the philosophy of science - they could effect social and political change. Situating their debate within the larger context of Victorian society and its concerns, this book shows how two very different men captured the intellectual spirit of the day.Trade Review"Snyder's account of this long-running debate is history of philosophy at its best." (Times Literary Supplement)"
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The University of Chicago Press Thomas Kuhn
Book SynopsisThis work discusses whether Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was revolutionary. Steve Fuller argues that Kuhn held a profoundly conservative view of science and how one ought to study its history.
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The University of Chicago Press Kants Organicism
Book SynopsisOffers you an accessible portrait of Kant's scientific milieu in order to show that his standing interests in natural history and its questions regarding organic generation were critical for the development of his theoretical philosophy. The author provides a new understanding of much that has been otherwise obscure or misunderstood in it.Trade Review"A striking and radical rereading of the first Critique through the concept of 'epigenesis.'... Mensch's reading is bold and innovative, it deserves to be debated at length by Kant scholars." (Radical Philosophy Review)
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The University of Chicago Press Explaining Science A Cognitive Approach Science
Book SynopsisA consideration of whether scientific knowledge is objective and universal or socially mediated, whether scientific truths are independent of human values and beliefs.
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The University of Chicago Press Kuhns Structure of Scientific Revolutions at
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The University of Chicago Press A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1830, this book can be called the first modern work in the philosophy of science, covering an extraordinary range of philosophical, methodological, and scientific subjects. -Herschel's book . . . brilliantly analyzes both the history and nature of science.--Keith Stewart Thomson, American Scientist
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The University of Chicago Press The Good Life in the Scientific Revolution
Book SynopsisAmid the unrest, dislocation, and uncertainty of seventeenth-century Europe, readers seeking consolation and assurance turned to philosophical and scientific books that offered ways of conquering fears and training the mindguidance for living a good life. The Good Life in the Scientific Revolution presents a triptych showing how three key early modern scientists, René Descartes, Blaise Pascal, and Gottfried Leibniz, envisioned their new work as useful for cultivating virtue and for pursuing a good life. Their scientific and philosophical innovations stemmed in part from their understanding of mathematics and science as cognitive and spiritual exercises that could create a truer mental and spiritual nobility. In portraying the rich contexts surrounding Descartes' geometry, Pascal's arithmetical triangle, and Leibniz's calculus, Matthew L. Jones argues that this drive for moral therapeutics guided important developments of early modern philosophy and the Scientific Revolution.
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The University of Chicago Press DataCentric Biology
Book SynopsisIn recent decades, there has been a major shift in the way researchers process and understand scientific data. Digital access to data has revolutionized ways of doing science in the biological and biomedical fields, leading to a data-intensive paradigm for research that uses innovative methods to produce, store, distribute, and interpret huge amounts of data. In Data-Centric Biology, Sabina Leonelli probes the implications of these advancements and confronts the questions they pose. Are we witnessing the rise of an entirely new scientific epistemology? If so, how does that alter the way we study and understand life including ourselves? Leonelli is the first scholar to use a study of contemporary data-intensive science to provide a philosophical analysis of the epistemology of data. In analyzing the rise, internal dynamics, and potential impact of data-centric biology, she draws on scholarship across diverse fields of science and the humanities as well as her own original empirical mat
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The University of Chicago Press Modeling Nature
Book SynopsisA history of population ecology which traces two generations of science and scientists from the opening of the 20th century through to 1970. The text chronicles the careers of key figures and the field's theoretical, empirical and institutional development.
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University of Chicago Press The Road since Structure Philosophical Essays
Book Synopsis"The road since structure", assembled with Kuhn's input before his death in 1996, follows the development of his thought through the later years of his life. Collected here are several essays and an extensive autobiographical interview discussing his life and philosophyTrade Review"The essays fall into three groups, each arranged chronologically. The first shows the development of Kuhn's thought from 1980 through 1990, the second consists of his responses to criticisms of other philosophers, the last is a candid, highly interesting and informative interview Kuhn did a year before his death....His work is central to the question of the relation of science and culture." - Library Journal "It's sometimes claimed that Kuhn toned down his radical views after Structure, but this is a mistake. He did occasionally repudiate earlier ideas, but the bulk of his later work is a significant articulation and defense of his fundamental views, not a retraction.... The Road since Structure ends with a fascinating 68-page interview with Kuhn, recorded a year before his death. This gives a strong sense of his personality and of the development of his ideas and career. It brings out the extent to which the history of science was for him from the start a vehicle for philosophical inquiry." - Peter Lipton, London Review of Books "I wanted it to be an important book; clearly it was being an important book - I didn't like most of the ways in which it was being an important book." - Kuhn on The Structure of Scientific Revolutions from The Road since Structure "Kuhn's masterpiece did not unify science at all. It broke it open, exposing the inner workings of human creativity and starting, along the way, a thousand arguments that not even Kuhn's death will resolve." - Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker
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The University of Chicago Press The One Culture A Conversation about Science
Book SynopsisThis text is a discussion of issues that have been raised by the "Science Wars" (science versus the arts and humanities). The book presents papers for discussion, and then commentaries on those papers, drawing out discussions on central themes, and finally the participants respond to these issues.
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The University of Chicago Press For and Against Method
Book SynopsisThis text reconstructs Lakatos's original counter-arguments from lectures and correspondence previously unpublished in English, allowing us to enjoy the fun two of this century's most eminent philosophers had, matching their wits and ideas on the subject of the scientific method.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: A Dialogue 1. Lectures on Scientific Method, Imre Lakatos Lecture 1. The Demarcation Problem Lecture 2. The Theological Nature of Scientific Standards Lecture 3. Inductivism and Its Historical Myths Lecture 4. Comparing Demarcation Criteria: Verificationism and Conventionalism Lecture 5. The Limits of Conventionalism Lecture 6. Popper and the Rules of the Game of Science Lecture 7. Falsification and Intellectual Honesty Lecture 8. The Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes Editor's Note: The Value of Novelty 2. Theses on Anarchism, Paul Feyerabend 3. The Lakatos-Feyerabend Correspondence (1968-1974) 4. Appendices Appendix A. On Rearing Scholars, Imre Lakatos Appendix B. Letters to the Director of the Department of Philosophy, Paul Feyerabend Appendix C. The Intellectuals' Betrayal of Reason, Imre Lakatos Appendix D. Letter to His Editors, Imre Lakatos Imre Lakatos: Biography Paul Feyerabend: Biography Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Technoscientific Imaginaries Conversations
Book SynopsisHow have shifts in power and in assumptions about knowledge affected scientific practice? Who controls the new technologies, and how are moral and professional issues addressed during a time of global change? This work explores such questions of relevance in the current scientific climate.
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The University of Chicago Press Workers At Risk Voices from the Workplace
Book SynopsisWhat happens when we think? How do people make judgments? While different theories aboundand are heatedly debatedmost are based on an algorithmic model of how the brain works. Howard Margolis builds a fascinating case for a theory that thinking is based on recognizing patterns and that this process is intrinsically a-logical. Margolis gives a Darwinian account of how pattern recognition evolved to reach human cognitive abilities. Illusions of judgmentstandard anomalies where people consistently misjudge or misperceive what is logically implied or really presentare often used in cognitive science to explore the workings of the cognitive process. The explanations given for these anomalous results have generally explained only the anomaly under study and nothing more. Margolis provides a provocative and systematic analysis of these illusions, which explains why such anomalies exist and recur. Offering empirical applications of his theory, Margolis turns to historical cases to show how an
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The University of Chicago Press The Sociology of Science Theoretical and
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The University of Chicago Press Unsimple Truths
Book SynopsisArgues that the long-standing scientific and philosophical deference to reductive explanations founded on simple universal laws, linear causal models, and predict-and-act strategies fails to accommodate the kinds of knowledge that many contemporary sciences are providing about the world.Trade Review"A manifesto in favor of a new epistemology of science premised on a careful assessment of the current state of biological research, Unsimple Truths is accessible, well written, and important. Simply superb." - Jason Scott Robert, Arizona State University"
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The University of Chicago Press On KnowingThe Natural Sciences
Book SynopsisThis text is a transcription of a course, including both lectures and student discussions, taught by McKeon. It provides an introduction to McKeon's conception of pluralism, a central aspect of neo-Pragmatism, while demonstrating how pluralism works in a classroom setting.
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University of Chicago Press Atoms and Alchemy Chymistry and the Experimental
Book SynopsisSince the Enlightenment, alchemy has been viewed as a sort of antiscience, disparaged by many historians as a form of lunacy that impeded the development of rational chemistry. This title exposes the speciousness of these views and challenges widely held beliefs about the origins of the Scientific Revolution.Trade Review"Atoms and Alchemy is the newest installment of Newman's scholarship that continues to challenge scholars to rethink some of their most cherished assumptions concerning the actuality of a clearcut demarcation during the early modern period between so-called 'rational' and 'occult' spheres in the discipline we now refer to as chemistry." - Mordechai Feingold, California Institute of Technology"
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The University of Chicago Press The Discourses of Science Christian Tradition A
Book SynopsisIncorporating a translation of Scienza e Retorica, this text presents Pera's theory of rhetoric and is central to the making of scientific knowledge. A dialectics of science to overcome the tension between normative and descriptive philosophies of science is presented.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: The Cartesian Syndrome 1: The Paradox of Scientific Method 2: From Method to Rhetoric 3: The Rhetoric of Science 4: Scientific Dialectics 5: The Dialectical Model of Science 6: Epistemology and Rhetorical Strategies 7: Rhetoric and Scientific Progress Notes References Index
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The University of Chicago Press The Ovary of Eve Egg Sperm Preformation Egg
Book SynopsisHailed by the Greeks as the mystery of mysteries, the perplexing question of where babies come from, has puzzled men and women throughout history. This book examines the theory of preformation, which proposed that miniature creatures existed inside potential parents, waiting to be born.
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The University of Chicago Press The Ovary of Eve
Book SynopsisHailed by the Greeks as the mystery of mysteries, the perplexing question of where babies come from, has puzzled men and women throughout history. This book examines the theory of preformation, which proposed that miniature creatures existed inside potential parents, waiting to be born.
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The University of Chicago Press The Theory of Evolution
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The University of Chicago Press Why Study Biology by the Sea
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The intriguing title may give you the idea that this is a textbook of marine biology. It is not. It is a historical celebration of what we can learn about biology from studying marine animals and especially of the indispensable role played in that context by marine research stations." * Ocean Challenge *“The essays in this volume would make excellent readings for masters courses in the history, philosophy, and epistemology of biology… The greatest merit of this collection is to frame ‘variety’ as a question, as well as a possible answer, both historically and epistemologically.” * Metascience *"The essays [in this volume] document a rich history of marine laboratories and their research accomplishments and aim at informing readers that marine laboratories, the marine organisms available there, and the scientific interactions afforded by this research environment led to important biological discoveries." * Quarterly Review of Biology *“In dozens of coastal communities across the world, just down the shore from where vacationers enjoy seaside nature, scientists at marine biological stations are investigating fundamental aspects of life. This first-rate collection brings historians and biologists together to present fresh analyses of the institutions, people, ideas, and practices of this seaside enterprise as it has grown up over the past 150 years. Its chapters collectively demonstrate how the combination of lab and field studies at seaside stations, starting at Naples and Woods Hole and then spreading across the globe, have made major contributions to our understanding of life, especially its cellular and subcellular workings. Ultimately, by showing, over and over again, the importance of obscure sea creatures for building basic biological knowledge, this book offers a powerful argument for sustaining the institutions that allow scientists to study them.” -- Lynn K. Nyhart, University of Wisconsin–Madison“Marine biology and marine science in general are increasingly relevant in an age of global climate change. This book is unique in also dealing with these subjects from a historical and philosophical perspective, which provides new insights and approaches to the various epistemic issues that arise regarding the scientific work itself. The authors are all outstanding and well-recognized scholars, and the volume is not only interesting reading but also an important contribution to preserving the marine environment and the institutions (marine biological stations) devoted to studying it.” -- Garland E. Allen, Washington University in St. Louis"A fascinating collection of essays on the historical emergence of marine biological stations, the diversity of work they pursue, and their significant contributions to scientific discovery and knowledge." -- Diana Kenney * Marine Biological Laboratory *Table of ContentsForeword, Nipam H. Patel Introduction, Karl S. Matlin, Jane Maienschein, and Rachel A. Ankeny Part One Marine Places 1 Why Have Biologists Studied at the Seashore? The Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory Jane Maienschein 2 Marine Biology Studies at Naples: The Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Christiane Groeben 3 The First Marine Biological Station in Modern China: Amoy University and Amphioxus Christine Yi Lai Luk 4 The Misaki Marine Biological Station’s Dual Roles for Zoology and Fisheries, 1880s–1930s Kjell David Ericson Part Two Marine Practice 5 Illuminating Animal Behavior: The Impact of Laboratory Structure on Tropism Research at Marine Stations Samantha Muka 6 The Scientific Fishery: Sampling, Dissecting, and Drawing in the Gulf of Naples Katharina Steiner 7 A Dual Mission: Research and Education as Critical Factors for the Scientific Integrity of the Marine Biological Laboratory Kate MacCord 8 Francis O. Schmitt: At the Intersection of Neuroscience and Squid Kathryn Maxson Jones 9 Microscopes and Moving Molecules: The Discovery of Kinesin at the Marine Biological Laboratory Karl S. Matlin 10 Using Repertoires to Explore Changing Practices in Recent Coral Research Rachel A. Ankeny and Sabina Leonelli 11 Why Study Sex by the Sea? Marine Organisms and the Problems of Fertilization and Cell Cleavage Michael R. Dietrich, Nathan Crowe, and Rachel A. Ankeny 12 Hagfish and Vascular Biology: Why the Marine Model Matters Marianne A. Grant and William C. Aird Epilogue: The Future of Biological Research Will Be Found in the Oceans, Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado Acknowledgments List of Contributors Index
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The University of Chicago Press Why Study Biology by the Sea
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The University of Chicago Press When Maps Become the World
Book SynopsisTrade Review"When Maps Become the World deservedly takes its place alongside some of the great philosophical reflections on the unique alchemy of maps. This immensely rich and deeply learned book is about the power and limitations of maps and ‘map thinking’ as a way of understanding cartography as well as scientific theory and practice. Moving beyond the established critique of maps, Winther provides a dazzling route for new ‘map thinking’ in our bewildering digital age. A superb achievement." -- Jerry Brotton, author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps"A tour de force. Philosophers of science have increasingly resorted to analogies with maps and mapping in thinking about the relation of scientific theories and models to the world(s) they are about. Winther interrogates this usage in multiple ways: a historical overview of map-making in the West, a philosophical examination of the assumptions and commitments of map language, and in-depth studies of mapping practices in sciences from cosmology to neuroscience to genetics. Wonderfully enhanced by reproductions of maps from the many domains in which they are used, this book gives welcome philosophical substance to a widely used and increasingly central concept in studies of science." -- Helen Longino, Stanford University"It's only three-hundred pages but When Maps Become the World is a lot of book with a lot of thought-provoking propositions about life and how to live it. Masquerading as a book about maps and science, it's a manual on how to be in the world, a manual on how to live." * Denis Wood, Making Maps: DIY Cartography *"A sound contribution to the transdisciplinary field of map studies. . . . This book succeeds in bringing new theoretical insights into past cartographic materials and processes, encompassing diverse epochs, practices, and key ideas in map thinking. . . . The inclusive stance of this extremely well-written book is genuine, and the effort to bring together a huge amount of writings about cartography is valuable. From the specific angle of map theory, this book is a particularly welcome contribution that endorses a pluralistic style of thinking within the lively arena of map studies. From the point of view of science, it offers a sophisticated reflection on the generative powers of cartographic theorization." * The Holocene *"Convincingly links cartography and philosophy of science. . . . Winther relies on a careful archaeology of the basic or foundational assumptions lying behind every representation, and on 'counter-mappings': mappings that illustrate a minority or outsider point of view and thus show the contextuality of other maps. He illustrates his approach with examples of mapping in cosmology, brain research, and genetics. In doing so, he impressively shows the limitations the mapping of genes and brain functions have, and in which way 'counter maps' can open up new perspectives. . . . [The] book is an unorthodox and passionate plea for a diversity of perspectives—of structures, orders, and summaries—in cartography, science, and the philosophy of science. And at the same time, a convincing treatment of the tendency to confuse maps with the reality they describe." * Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung *"A valuable contribution to the philosophy of scientific representation. . . . Winther's writing and reasoning is clear and engaging. For the most part, this book is widely accessible to non-expert readers. . . . [An] excellent book." * History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences *"[Winther] blends wide-ranging, multidisciplinary perspectives to demonstrate the power of maps, mapping, and the philosophical 'map thinking' that helps explain complex information and relationships through scientific theories and models. Winther's text evaluates the promises, consequences, and perils of map thinking. . . . Winther's provocative, thoughtful treatise expands familiar concepts of cartography. GIS specialists could benefit from his reflections. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice, 2020 Outstanding Academic Title *"An engaging and informative work. . . . I recommend this book to graduate students taking a history and philosophy of geography class, along with anyone else interested in this field." * Cartographic Perspectives *"[Winther] has engaged fundamentally with mapping and cartography in order to show what significance maps play in all areas of science, how the clarification of spatial relationships helps in the formation of theory and representation of ideas in both the natural sciences and the humanities. . . . He never tires of giving hints to the danger of 'pernicious reification', the always erroneous equalization of a model with reality, regardless of whether it is the Mercator projection, the pictorial flattening of Earth in the atlas, gene-driven evolution or a model of Homo sapiens: The theory is never the Living." * Süddeutsche Zeitung *"Winther writes from a wide-ranging, multidisciplinary perspective to show the power of the map, mapping, and ‘map thinking’ to organize and understand complex information. In very clear prose, citing a rich literature, he explores the possibilities of mapping, as well as its limitations and hazards. Professionals in geographic information systems who read this book will expand their conception of mapping and see their work as integral to the entire human enterprise; they will reflect more deeply on what they are doing, how they do it, and why; and be encouraged to look further into the philosophical underpinnings of mapping and GIS." -- Jack Dangermond, founder and president, Esri"An intriguing and often brilliant book, When Maps Become the World raises profound, even fundamental philosophical questions about ‘map thinking.’ The map is considered here as more than simply a scientific model or abstraction but as a kind of ‘metaperspective’ through which the world has been understood scientifically. This is an important book on how the map can be considered philosophically as a heuristic device that has enabled and constrained the development of scientific rationality." -- Michael Heffernan, University of Nottingham"A valuable contribution to the philosophy of scientific representation." * Springer Nature *"Defining what a map is and how it works is a centuries-old exercise. Winther boldly goes where many have gone before and, after settling on a definition that allows for new directions, he explores how ‘map thinking’ operates to organize scientific knowledge and guide social change. Not only do maps represent the world we live in, but they also suggest multiple ways to remake it and, hopefully, improve it." * Imago Mundi *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction: Why Maps? A History and Philosophy of Map Thinking The Nature of Map Thinking—Elements of Map Thinking—Deep Mapping—Five Hundred Years of Western Mapping Maps Today Cartography Meets GIS—A Definition Based on Representation—Characterizations Based on Process and Function Three Maps Waldseemüller’s Map—Guaman Poma’s Countermap—Van Sant’s Ultimate Map? Conclusion Part 1: Philosophy 2. Theory Is to World as Map Is to Territory Analogy Three Types of Analogy—Critical Cautions The Map Analogy A Typology of Map Analogies—Uses of the Map Analogy in Humanistic Inquiry Assumption Archaeology Conclusion 3. From Abstraction to Ontologizing The Abstraction-Ontologizing Account Abstraction Abstraction Stage I: Calibration of Units and Coordinates—Abstraction Stage II: Data Collection and Management—Abstraction Stage III: Generalization OntologizingOntologizing 0: Representation Testing—Ontologizing I: Changing the World—Ontologizing II: Understanding the World—Ontologizing III: Classroom Communication Conclusion 4. Long Live Contextual Objectivity! Pernicious Reification Contextual Objectivity Conformation—The Essential Indexical A History of the Mercator Projection I: Gerardus Mercator Mercator’s Critique of Earlier Projections—Mercator’s New Purpose: Navigation—Mercator’s Clear Presentation of Latitude and Longitude—Mercator’s Awareness of Alternative Projections A History of the Mercator Projection II: Post Mercator Integration Platforms A Beyond-Mercator Integration Platform: Blocking Pernicious Reification and Seeking Contextual Objectivity—Philosophical Aspects of Integration Platforms Conclusion 5. Projecting Maps into Our Worlds Two Canonical Philosophical Accounts of Representation: Isomorphism and Similarity The Isomorphism Account—The Similarity Account The Multiple Representations Account Ontologizing—Merely-Seeing-As—Pluralistic Ontologizing—Climate Change and Multiple Representations Conclusion Part 2: Science 6. Mapping Space Extreme-Scale Maps in Cosmology The Universe’s Baby Portrait—The Universe Growing Up (and Outward)—Cosmic-Scale Maps and the Abstraction-Ontologizing Account Literal Cartographic Maps in Geology State-Space Maps in Physics and Physical Chemistry Analogous Maps in Mathematics Conclusion 7. Mapping Ourselves Migration Maps Arrowized Assumptions—Arrowized Maps—Countermapping Migration Brain Maps Decompositional Assumptions—Phrenological Maps—The Somatosensory and Motor Homunculi—Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)—Countermapping the Brain Statistical Causal Maps Linear Model Assumptions—Correlation and Causation—“Genetic” and “Environmental” Diseases—Path Diagrams as Statistical Causal Maps—When Causal Maps Become the World Conclusion 8. Mapping Genetics Building a Mapping-Genetics Integration Platform Assumptions—Terminology—Map Types The Linear Genetic Map Linear Genetic Maps of Phenotypic Linkage—Linear Genetic Maps of Nucleotides—Assumptions of the Linear Genetic Map The Gene Expression Map The Genotype-Phenotype Map The Literal Cartographic Genetic Map The Comparative Genetic Map The Adaptive Landscape Map An Analogous Genetic Map: The Tree of LifeDarwin’s Hypothesis—Contemporary Phylogenies Future Extensions: Mapping Genetics as a Paradigmatic Integration Platform 9. Map Thinking Science and Philosophy Existence, World Making, and Responsibility Map Thinking Scientific Methodology Map Thinking Philosophical Methodology Assumption Archaeology—Tracking Ethics and Power—Imagining “What If . . . ?” An Invitation to Dream Appendix: Cognitive Map Exercise References Index
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