1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463940003321

Autore

Brice Robert Greenleaf

Titolo

Exploring certainty : Wittgenstein and wide fields of thought / / Robert Greenleaf Brice

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-7567-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (133 p.)

Disciplina

121/.63

Soggetti

Certainty

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Common Sense Propositions; 2 Recognizing Targets; 3 Mistakes and Mental Disturbances; 4 "Aesthetic Scaffolding"; 5 "Hinge Propositions"; 6 "The Whole Hurly-Burly"; 7 The Peculiar Inexorability of Mathematics; 8 Exceeding a Different Scope; 9 "A Sketch of the Landscape"; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Exploring Certainty: Wittgenstein and Wide Fields of Thought considers how, where, and to what extent the thoughts and ideas found in Wittgenstein's On Certainty can be applied to other areas of thought, including: ethics, aesthetics, religious belief, mathematics, cognitive science, and political theory. Robert Greenleaf Brice opens new avenues of thought for scholars and students of the Wittgensteinian tradition, while introducing original philosophies about human knowledge and cognit



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465172503321

Autore

Vijg Jan

Titolo

Aging of the genome [[electronic resource] ] : the dual role of DNA in life and death / / Jan Vijg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

9786611145255

1-281-14525-4

0-19-856922-X

0-19-152458-1

1-4294-6993-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Disciplina

571.878

Soggetti

Aging - Genetic aspects

Genomes

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction: the coming of age of the genome; 1.1 The age of biology; 1.2 From genetics to genomics; 1.3 A return to function; 1.4 The causes of aging: a random affair; 2 The logic of aging; 2.1 Aging genes; 2.2 Pleiotropy in aging; 2.3 Interrupting the pathways of aging; 2.4 Longevity-assurance genes; 2.5 Somatic damage and the aging genome; 3 Genome structure and function; 3.1 DNA primary structure; 3.2 Higher-order DNA structure; 3.3 Nuclear architecture; 3.4 Transcription regulation; 3.5 Conclusions; 4 Genome maintenance; 4.1 Why genome maintenance?

4.2 DNA-damage signaling and cellular responses4.3 DNA-repair mechanisms; 4.4 Genome maintenance and aging; 5 Genome instability and accerated aging; 5.1 Premature aging; 5.2 Validity of accelerated-aging phenotypes; 5.3 Genome maintenance and accelerated aging in mice; 5.4 Conclusions; 6 The aging genome; 6.1 DNA damage; 6.2 DNA-sequence changes; 6.3 Changes in DNA modification and conformation; 6.4 Summary and conclusions: a DNA damage report of aging; 7 From genome to phenome; 7.1 The causes of cancer; 7.2



Genome instability and tissue dysfunction

7.3 Testing the role of genome instability in aging8 A genomic limit to life?; 8.1 Aiming for immortality; 8.2 SENS, and does it make sense?; EPILOGUE; GLOSSARY; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; X; Y; Z; REFERENCES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Aging has long been ascribed to the gradual accumulation of mutations in the genome. However, it is only recently that the necessary sophisticated technology has been developed to begin testing this theory and its consequences. This book reviews the concept of genomic instability as a possible universal cause of aging in complex organisms resulting from recent advances in functional genomics and systems biology. - ;Aging has long since been ascribed to the gradual accumulation of DNA mutations in the genome of somatic cells. However, it is only recently that the necessary sophisticated technol