Handbook of ecological models used in ecosystem and environmental management / / edited by Sven Erik Jorgensen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463900303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , 2011
• ISBN: 0-429-14992-1; 1-4398-1813-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (636 p.)
• Collana: Applied ecology and environmental management
• Altri autori (Persone): JorgensenSven Erik <1934->
• Disciplina: 577
• Soggetti: Ecology - Simulation methods; Pollution - Environmental aspects - Simulation methods; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Rev. ed. of: Handbook of environmental and ecological modeling / edited by S.E. Jorgensen, B. Halling-Sorensen, S.N. Nielsen.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: section 1. Models of ecosystems -- section 2. Models of environmental problems.
• Sommario/riassunto: It is estimated that roughly 1000 new ecological and environmental models join the ranks of the scientific literature each year. The international peer-reviewed literature reports some 20,000 new models spanning the period from 1970-2010. Just to keep abreast of the field it is necessary to design a handbook of models that doesn't merely list them, but rather draws the state-of-the-art development of models for ecosystem and environmental management.Published first in 1996, Handbook of Models Applied in Ecosystem and Environmental Management applies precisely

Decision-making experiments under philosophical analysis : human choice as a challenge for neuroscience / / edited by Gabriel José Corrêa Mograbi and Carlos Eduardo Batista de Sousa

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910137088503321
• Autore: Carlos Eduardo Batista de Sousa
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Frontiers Media SA, 2015; France : , : Frontiers Media SA, , 2015
• ISBN: 9782889196685 (ebook)
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (123 pages) : illustrations, charts
• Collana: Frontiers Research Topics
• Disciplina: 153.8/3
• Soggetti: Neuroscience
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Sommario/riassunto: This introduction just aims to be a fast foreword to the special topic now turned into an e-book. The Editorial "Decision-Making Experiments under a Philosophical Analysis: Human Choice as a Challenge for Neuroscience" alongside with my opinion article "Neurophilosophical considerations on decision making: Pushing-up the frontiers without disregarding their foundations" play the real role of considering in more details the articles and the whole purpose of this e-book. What I must highlight in this foreword is that our intention with such a project was to deepen into the very foundations of our current paradigms in decision neuroscience and to philosophically moot its foundations and repercussions. Normal Science (a term coined by Philosopher Thomas Kuhn) works under a research consensus among a scientific community: A shared paradigm, consolidated methods, widespread convictions. Pragmatically, winning formulas must be kept, although, not at any cost. What differentiates a gifted and revolutionary scientist from a more bureaucratic colleague is the capacity and willingness of constantly reevaluating, depurating and refining his/her own paradigm. That is best strategy to avoid that a paradigm itself would gradually come under challenge. In my view, some achievements, in this sense, were brought about in our project. ; The e-book will be inspiring and informative for both neuroscientists that are concerned with the very foundations of their works and for philosophers that are not blind to empirical evidence. Kant once said: “Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind”. Paraphrasing Kant we could say: Philosophy without science is empty, science without philosophy is blind.