Special Sciences and the Unity of Science
Science is a dynamic process in which the assimilation of new phenomena, perspectives, and hypotheses into the scientific corpus takes place slowly. The apparent disunity of the sciences is the unavoidable consequence of this gradual integration process. Some thinkers label this dynamical circumstan...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2012.
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Σειρά: | Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science ;
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 1. Introduction
- 2.Pragmatic continuities in Empirical Science. Some Examples from the History of Astronomy; Maria de la Concepcion Caamaño Alegre
- 3. The Principle of Eurhythmy. A Key to the Unity of Physics; J.R. Croca
- 4. Unifying Science through Computation: Reflection on Computability and Physics; Edwin J. Beggs; José Félix Costa; John V. Tucker
- 5. Looking at Water through Paradigms; A. Perera; F. Sokolić
- 6. Introducing Universal Symbiogenesis; Nathalie Gontier
- 7. The Symbiotic Phenomenon in the Evolutive Context; Francisco Carrapiço
- 8. Plant Neurobiology: Lessons for the Unity of Science; Paco Calvo Garzón
- 9. Computer Science meets Evolutionary Biology: Pure Possible Processes and the Issue of Gradualism; Philippe Huneman
- 10. Evolutionary Phsychology and the Unity of Sciences – Towards an Evolutionary Epistemology; Luís Moniz Pereira
- 11. Unity of Science and Pluralism: Cognitive Neurosciences of Racial Prejudice as a Case Study; Luc Faucher
- 12. Sciences as Open Systems: The Case of Economics; Vítor Neves
- 13. Plurality of Science and Rational Integration of Knowledge; Catherine Laurent
- 14. A Physicalist Reconstruction of a Theory: the Case of the Freudian Theory of Hysteria; César Lorenzano
- 15. The Cultural Sciences and their Basis in Life. On Ernst Cassirer’s Theory of the Cultural Sciences; Christian Möckel
- 16. Appearance on Existence of the Entity Realism ‘Sense’ or Mind; A. Yazdini
- 17. Fiction, Counterfactuals: The Challenge for Logic; Brian Hill.-.