The Two Cultures: Shared Problems

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Carafoli, Ernesto (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Danieli, Gian Antonio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Longo, Giuseppe O. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Milano : Springer Milan, 2009.
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Aesthetics.; Philosophy and science.; Neurobiology.; Philology.; Linguistics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Philosophy, general.; Philosophy of Science.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Language and Literature.

The aim of this book is to offer a profound and unitary discussion of problems of fundamental problems that, although common to the two cultures, have traditionally been considered from different perspectives. Scientists, philosophers, humanists, musicians and artists have gathered with the purpose...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Time, Infinity, Cosmology
• Did Time Have a Beginning? A Meeting Point for Science and Philosophy
• The Flowand the Map: On the Dynamic and Static Views of Time
• The Evolution of the Universe
• And the Eternal Zeno Springs to Mind
• Creating the Physical World ex nihilo? On the Quantum Vacuum and Its Fluctuations
• Worldly Nihilism and Theological Nihilism — A Possible Definition
• General Discussion on the Themes of the First Section
• Intelligence and Emotions
• Original Knowledge and the Two Cultures
• The Many Faces of Intelligence
• Cycles of Re-Creation — A Psychoanalytical Approach to Music
• Beauty and Creativity
• Symmetry: A Bridge Between the Two Cultures
• The Dynamics of Beauty
• Scientific and Artistic Creativity: In Search of Unifying Analogies
• The Artworld and the World of Works of Art
• Architecture Between Science and Art
• The Mirror: An Optical Prosthesis that Multiplies the Reflective Abilities of the Mind.