Brazilian Studies in Philosophy and History of Science An account of recent works /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Krause, Décio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Videira, Antonio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Σειρά: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 290
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; History.; Logic.; Philosophy and science.; Philosophy of Science.; History of Science.

This volume in the Brazilian Studies in the Philososophy and History of Science is the first attempt to present to a general audience some works which have been done in Brazil on ths subject. The included papers are original, reaching a remarkable number of relevant topics of philosophy of science,...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface – D. Krause & A. A. P. Videira –
• Introduction by Michel Paty
• 1) Newton and Inverse Problems – André K. T. Assis
• 2) The metaphysics of non individuality – Décio Krause
• 3) Einstein, Gödel, and the mathematics of time – Francisco A. Dória & Manuel Dória
• 4) A contemporary view of population genetics in evolution, João Carlos M. Magalhães & Cedric Gondro
• 5) On the Nature of Mathematical Knowledge, Jairo José da Silva
• 6) The etiological approach to the concept of biological function, Karla Chediak
• 7) Echoes from the past: the persisting shadow of classical determinism in contemporary health sciences, Kenneth Rochel de Camargo, Jr.
• 8) Natural Kinds as Scientific Models, Luiz Henrique Dutra
• 9) Regeneration as a Difficulty for the Theory of Natural Selection: Morgan’s Changing Attitudes, 1897-1932, Lilian Al-Chueyr Pereira Martins
• 10) Sciences in Brazil: an overview from 1870 – 1920, Dantes, Maria Amélia, Figueirôa, Silvia & Lopes, Maria Margaret
• 11) Functional explanations in biology, ecology, and Earth system science: Contributions from philosophy of biology, Nei Freitas Nunes-Neto and Charbel Niño El-Hani
• 12) Continuity and change: charting David Bohm’s evolving ideas on quantum mechanics, Olival Freire Junior
• 13) The Causal Strength of Scientific Advances, Osvaldo Pessoa Jr.
• 14) Galileo and Modern Science, Pablo Rubén Mariconda
• 15) Human Evolution: Compatibilist Approaches, Paulo C. Abrantes
• 16) Isaac Newton, Robert Hook, and the mistery of orbit, Penha Dias & Teresinha J. Stuchi
• 17) Freudian Psychoanalysis as a Model for Overcoming the Duality Between Natrual and Human Sciences, Richard Theisen Simanke
• 18) Henri Becquerel and radioactivity: a critical revision, Roberto de Andrade Martins
• 19) On Darwin, Knowledge and Mirroring, Renan Springer de Freitas
• 20) The qualitative analysis of differential equations and the development of dynamical systems theory, Tatiana Roque . 21) Contextualizing the Contexts od Discovery and Justification: How to do Science Studies in Brazil, Antonio A. P. Videira & André L. de O. Mendonça 22) Quasi-Truth and Quantum Mechanics, Newton da Costa & Otavio Bueno 23) Jean Antoine Nollet’s contributions to the institutionalization of physics during the 18th century, Cibelle Celestino da Silva,.