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The political regime of global capitalism reduces the world to an endless network of numbers within numbers, but how many of us really understand what numbers are? Without such an understanding, how can we challenge the regime of number? In Number and Numbers Alain...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2018-05-18
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24,30€
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Psychological terms are widely used to describe the biological world: plants, insects, bacteria colonies, even single cells are described as making decisions, anticipating rewards, and communicating with language. Carrie Figdor presents a comprehensive critical...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-04-26
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Here is a universal biology that draws upon the contributions of Aristotle, Kant, and Hegel to unravel the mystery of life and conceive what is essential to living things anywhere they may arise. The book develops a philosopher’s guide to life in the universe,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2018-04-25
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Psychological terms are widely used to describe the biological world: plants, insects, bacteria colonies, even single cells are described as making decisions, anticipating rewards, and communicating with language. Carrie Figdor presents a comprehensive critical...
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OUP Oxford
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2018-04-24
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Winner of the 2018 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title!PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS EDITIONS "This is a brilliantly clear introduction (and indeed reframing) of the history and philosophy of science in terms of worldviews and their elements…. In addition, the book is...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2018-04-16
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31,95€
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Learning is the soul of our species. From our first steps to our last words, we are what we learn. But for all its obvious importance, learning has lost touch with human progress. We live in an information age, work in a knowledge economy, yet our schools are relics of...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2018-04-12
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This book explores how the technical upheavals of the 21st century have changed the structures and architecture of the creation, sharing and regulation of knowledge. From the new economic and technical models of production and dissemination of knowledge, the book deals...
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Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2018-03-15
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154,95€
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This book is the first comprehensive critical study of the work of Paul Feyerabend, one of the foremost twentieth-century philosophers of science. The book traces the evolution of Feyerabend's thought, beginning with his early attempt to graft insights from...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2018-03-08
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Key Contemporary Thinkers
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In this book Irving Zeitlin re-examines the work of this important philosopher and considers how we should assess Nietzsche's claims today.
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2018-03-08
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This book argues that if we consider the ubiquity of small effect sizes in medicine, the extent of misleading evidence in medical research, the thin theoretical basis of many interventions, and the malleability of empirical methods, and if we employ our best inductive...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-03-08
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Anyone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer or knows someone who has been diagnosed with breast cancer recognizes that cancer raises a host of questions concerning its nature and how we treat it. Such questions frame the difficult decisions that patients must make...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2018-03-06
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Bruno Latour is among the most important figures in contemporary philosophy and social science. His ethnographic studies have revolutionized our understanding of areas as diverse as science, law, politics and religion. To facilitate a more realistic understanding of the...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2018-02-12
Collection :
Key Contemporary Thinkers
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20,40€
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Theoretical physics and foundations of physics have not made much progress in the last few decades. Whether we are talking about unifying general relativity and quantum field theory (quantum gravity), explaining so-called dark energy and dark matter (cosmology), or the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-02-09
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Theoretical physics and foundations of physics have not made much progress in the last few decades. Whether we are talking about unifying general relativity and quantum field theory (quantum gravity), explaining so-called dark energy and dark matter (cosmology), or the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2018-02-02
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Like fast food, fast science is quickly prepared, not particularly good, and it clogs up the system. Efforts to tackle our most pressing issues have been stymied by conflict within the scientific community and mixed messages symptomatic of a rushed approach. What is...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2018-01-16
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The publication presents research results on a multitude of knowledge exchange processes in post-enlightenment Europe. These focus on the question in how far deeply rooted processes of knowledge exchange by transnational intellectual discourses and international expert...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2018-01-10
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Leona Litterst vereint in systematischer Weise die Frage, ob mittels Techniken der Synthetischen Biologie „neues Leben“ hergestellt werden kann, mit der ethischen Dimension, ob dieses hergestellt werden soll und welche Regeln dabei gelten. Hierzu stellt sie fünf...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2018-01-03
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Daniel C. Dennett began publishing innovative philosophical research in the late 1960s, and he has continued to do so for the past 45 years. He has addressed questions about the nature of mind and consciousness, the possibility of freedom, and the significance of...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-12-26
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Explanatory reasoning is ubiquitous. Not only are rigorous inferences to the best explanation used pervasively in the sciences, this kind of reasoning is common in everyday life. Despite its widespread use, inference to the best explanation is still in need of precise...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2017-12-01
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Making Sense of the World offers original work on the nature of understanding by a range of distinguished philosophers. Although some of the essays are by scholars well known for their work on understanding, many of the essays bring entirely new figures to the...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2017-10-23
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