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Arne M. Weber bietet eine interdisziplinär anwendbare Theorie über die Abhängigkeit von Kognition vom sich bewegenden Körper und damit neue Einsichten in den Aufbau unseres Geistes. Es wird seitens der Philosophie eine begriffliche Analyse gegenwärtiger Auffassungen mit...
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J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2017-02-18
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The question of the proper role of metaphysics in philosophy of science is both significant and contentious.The last few decades have seen considerable engagement with philosophical projects aptly described as "the metaphysics of science:" inquiries into natural laws...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-02-01
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Moderne Naturwissenschaft lässt sich methodisch und inhaltlich nicht ohne ihre vielfältigen Bezüge zur Philosophie verstehen. Vor dem Hintergrund einer Theorie einer Begriffsgeschichte naturwissenschaftlicher Begriffe stellt Wolfgang Neuser in diesem Buch historische...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2017-01-17
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'After a lifetime of dabbling in philosophy without tackling logic, I bought a couple of books on the subject and was soon totally lost. This book saved me.' - Amazon 5 star review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Unlike so many logic books, this one is easy...
Editeur :
Teach Yourself
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2017-01-12
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This book reconsiders the major current topics in the philosophy of perception using olfaction as the paradigm sense. The author reveals how many of the most basic concepts of philosophy of perception are based on peculiarities of visual perception not found in other...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2017-01-05
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Modern immunology traditionally conceives of the immune system as providing defense against pathogens. Alfred I. Tauber criticizes this conception of immunity as too narrow, because it discounts much of the immune system's other normal functions. These include active...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-01-02
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This book explores the dispositional and categorical debates on the metaphysics of properties. It defends the view that all fundamental properties and relations are contingently categorical, while also examining alternative accounts of the nature of properties. Drawing...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-12-19
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New Directions in the Philosophy of Science
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This volume contains seventeen papers that were presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/La Société Canadienne d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Mathématiques, held in Washington, D.C. In addition to...
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Birkhäuser
Parution :
2016-12-15
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We find “vertical” relations in many different realms, whether between atoms and molecules, words and sentences, neurons and brains, or individuals and societies. This book is the first to bring together, and comparatively assess, the exciting array of philosophical...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-11-07
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New Directions in the Philosophy of Science
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Scientific thinking must be understood as an activity. The acts of interpretation, representation, and explanation are the cognitive processes by which scientific thinking leads to understanding. The book explores the nature of these processes and describes how...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2016-10-15
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Philosopher, physicist, and anarchist Paul Feyerabend was one of the most unconventional scholars of his time. His book Against Method has become a modern classic. Yet it is not well known that Feyerabend spent many years working on a philosophy of nature that was...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2016-09-26
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This book is focused on the examination of the particular relationship between developments in neuroscience and commonsense concepts, such as free will, personal identity, privacy, etc., which feature prominently in moral discourse. In the book common sense is...
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Springer
Parution :
2016-09-23
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The aim of this work is to provide a preliminary analysis of a much more far-reaching investigation into the relationship between technology and philosophy. In the context of the contemporary German thought, the author compares the different positions of Karl Marx,...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-09-21
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This book studies Hume’s scepticism and its roots, context, and role in the philosopher’s life. It relates how Hume wrote his philosophy in a time of tumult, as the millennia-old metaphysical tradition that placed humans and their cognitive abilities in an ontological...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-09-20
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This last one out of four volumes by Richard Ned Lebow in this book series focuses on various fields of social sciences and their connection to international politics. The author writes about topics in psychology, tragedy, and ethics. All of these fields are being put...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-09-19
Collection :
Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice
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Science occupies an ambiguous space in contemporary society. Scientific research is championed in relation to tackling environmental issues and diseases such as cancer and dementia, and science has made important contributions to today’s knowledge economies and...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2016-09-12
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Neuroscience, with its astounding new technologies, is uncovering the workings of the brain and with this perhaps the mind. The 'neuro' prefix spills out into every area of life, from neuroaesthetics to neuroeconomics, neurogastronomy and neuroeducation. With its...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2016-09-06
Collection :
New Human Frontiers
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Since Hilary Putnam offered multiple realization as an empirical hypothesis in the 1960s, philosophical consensus has turned against the idea that mental processes could be identified with brain processes, and multiple realization has become the keystone of the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2016-09-02
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This book about the philosophy of science is the second out of four volumes by Richard Ned Lebow in this book series. It not only provides a useful overview of this broad topic, but also provides deeper insight into specific topics like the philosophy of science...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2016-09-01
Collection :
Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice
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