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From antiquity to the early modern period, many philosophers also studied anatomy and medicine, or were medical doctors themselves -- yet the history of philosophy and of medicine are pursued as separate disciplines. This book departs from that practice, gathering...
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Oxford University Press
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2018-12-03
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Recent startling successes in machine intelligence using a technique called ‘deep learning’ seem to blur the line between human and machine as never before. Are computers on the cusp of becoming so intelligent that they will render humans obsolete? Harry Collins argues...
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Polity
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2018-11-30
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Genome Editing Techniques are seen to be at the frontier of current research in the field of emerging biotechnologies. The latest revolutionary development, the so-called CRISPR technology, represents a paradigmatic example of the ambiguity of such techniques and has...
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Springer VS
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2018-11-15
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Dieses essential bietet eine verständliche Einführung in die philosophischen Grundprinzipien der Wissenschaften. Beantwortet werden Fragen wie: Was bedeutet eigentlich „logisch“? Was ist Deduktion, was ist Induktion? Welche Wissenschaften sind rein deduktiv? Kann ein...
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Springer Spektrum
Parution :
2018-11-11
Collection :
essentials
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During the past few decades, a radical shift has occurred in how philosophers conceive of the relation between science and philosophy. A great number of analytic philosophers have adopted what is commonly called a "naturalistic" approach, arguing that their inquiries...
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Oxford University Press
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2018-11-07
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Die vorliegende Hommage-Schrift hat das Ziel, Hans Albert – einen der bedeutendsten Wissenschaftsphilosophen und der Hauptvertreter des Kritischen Rationalismus im deutschen Sprachraum – durch biographisch-intellektuelle Zeugnisse zu ehren und die Bedeutung seines...
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Springer VS
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2018-10-26
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Dieser Band bietet eine umfassende Einführung in die geschichtliche Entwicklung von Wissenschaft seit der Antike. Menschen sind historische Wesen, d.h. ihr Denken und Handeln sind durch ihre historische Gewordenheit bestimmt. Dies gilt besonders für die Wissenschaft,...
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Springer VS
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2018-10-22
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What things count as individuals, and how do we individuate them? It is a classic philosophical question often tackled from the perspective of analytic metaphysics. This volume proposes that there is another channel by which to approach individuation -- from that of...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-10-19
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As humans continue to degrade and destroy our planet’s resources, leading to predictions of total ecological collapse, some (such as the entrepreneur Elon Musk) now suggest that a human colony elsewhere may be our species’ best hope for survival. Adam Morton examines...
Editeur :
Polity
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2018-10-15
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New Human Frontiers
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China is in the midst of transitioning from a manufacturing-based economy to one driven by innovation and knowledge. This up-to-date analysis evaluates China's state-led approach to science and technology, and its successes and failures. In recent decades,China has seen...
Editeur :
Polity
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2018-10-15
Collection :
China Today
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Dieses Lehrbuch wendet sich vordringlich an die Studierenden und Lehrenden an den deutschen Universitäten, um die Heranbildung von Forschern an den deutschen Universitäten im Geiste des Humboldtschen Bildungsideals der Einheit von Forschung und Lehre ebenso zu...
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Springer VS
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2018-09-10
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This new study provides a refreshing look at the issue of exceptions and shows that much of the problem stems from a failure to recognize at least two kinds of exception-ridden law: ceteris paribus laws and ideal laws. Billy Wheeler offers the first book-length...
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Springer
Parution :
2018-08-28
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We think we know what healers do: they build on patients’ irrational beliefs and treat them in a ‘symbolic’ way. If they get results, it’s thanks to their capacity to listen, rather than any influence on a clinical level. At the same time, we also think we know what...
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Polity
Parution :
2018-08-08
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Can only science deliver genuine knowledge about the world and ourselves? Is science our only guide to what exists? Scientism answers both questions with yes. Scientism is increasingly influential in popular scientific literature and intellectual life in general, but...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-08-01
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Gibt es Elemente, Bestandteile, Strukturen, die in allen Wissenschaftsbereichen, Disziplinen und Theorien fast gleich sind? Dieses Buch stellt ein neues und originelles Modell für Theorien, Theoriennetze und dynamische Entwicklungen vor, das für empirische...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2018-07-30
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In Explaining Cancer, Anya Plutynski addresses a variety of philosophical questions that arise in the context of cancer science and medicine. She begins with the following concerns:
· How do scientists classify cancer? Do these classifications reflect nature's "joints"?...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-07-18
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Erstmals wird mit diesem Band in einer Wissenschaftstheorie auch umfassend die Verantwortung der Wissenschaften thematisiert. Die Wissenschaften sind für die Organisation des Zusammenlebens und der Bewältigung der Überlebensprobleme der Menschen unentbehrlich geworden....
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Springer VS
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2018-06-28
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Philosophy of science studies the methods, theories, and concepts used by scientists. It mainly developed as a field in its own right during the twentieth century and is now a diversified and lively research area. This book surveys the current state of the discipline by...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-06-28
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Andrew Steane reconfigures the public understanding of science, by drawing on a deep knowledge of physics and by bringing in mainstream philosophy of science. Science is a beautiful, multi-lingual network of ideas; it is not a ladder in which ideas at one level make...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-06-28
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This book presents a novel approach to the analysis of interdisciplinary science based on the contemporary philosophical literature on scientific representation. The basic motivation for developing this approach is that epistemic issues are insufficiently dealt with in...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-06-25
Collection :
New Directions in the Philosophy of Science
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