1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910556899103321

Autore

Usherwood Rebecca

Titolo

Political Memory and the Constantinian Dynasty : Fashioning Disgrace / / by Rebecca Usherwood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022

ISBN

9783030879303

9783030879297

Edizione

[1st ed. 2022.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 pages)

Collana

New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture, , 2730-9371

Disciplina

930

937.080922

Soggetti

Europe - History - 476-1492

Collective memory

History, Ancient

Europe - History - To 476

History of Medieval Europe

Memory Studies

Classical Studies

History of Ancient Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction  -- 1. Maximian  -- 2. Licinius  -- 3. Crispus  -- 4. Magnentius  -- 5. Epilogue  -- 6. Appendices.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is an exploration of political memory and disgrace in the reigns of Constantine and his sons. It uses the conditions of the early to mid-fourth century to argue that the deconstruction of political legitimacy should be viewed, first and foremost, as a collective phenomenon, the result of the actions of a diverse range of people responding to political change. It also challenges many positivist and teleological narratives of the 'Age of Constantine'. Shifting the focus from the emperor and his sons onto their rivals and opponents, the Constantinian dynasty is placed back into the messy and ambiguous political environment from which it emerged. .



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484838703321

Titolo

Science Between Truth and Ethical Responsibility : Evandro Agazzi in the Contemporary Scientific and Philosophical Debate / / edited by Mario Alai, Marco Buzzoni, Gino Tarozzi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-16369-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Disciplina

10

120

170

501

530.01

Soggetti

Philosophy and science

Ethics

Knowledge, Theory of

Physics

Philosophy of Science

Epistemology

History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics

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

An overview of Agazzi’s work -- Scientific objectivity -- Philosophy of physics -- Philosophical anthropology -- Science and operationality -- Science and historicity -- The issue of scientific realism -- Artificial intelligence -- Metaphysics and ontology -- Education The contribution to Latin American philosophy -- Epistemology and history of science -- History of Science and technology -- Epistemology of psychology -- Science and hermeneutics -- A perspectivist conception of scientific theories -- Ethics of science and technology -- Bioethics Philosophy of the social sciences -- Science and religion -- The Issue of alethic logic Realism and scientific progress System’s theory and complexity -- Philosophy of language -- Philosophy of mathematics and logic --



Logic and philosophy of logic Replies and reflections.

Sommario/riassunto

 This book offers the most complete and up-to-date overview of the philosophical work of Evandro Agazzi, presently the most important Italian philosopher of science, and one of the most influential in the world. Scholars from seven countries explore  his contributions in areas ranging from philosophy of physics and general philosophy of science to bioethics, philosophy of mathematics and logic, epistemology of the social sciences and history of science, philosophy of language and artificial intelligence, education and anthropology, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion. Agazzi developed a complete and coherent  philosophical system, anticipating some of the turns in the philosophy of science after the crisis of logical empiricism and exerting an equal influence on continental hermeneutic philosophy. His work is characterized by an original synthesis of contemporary analytic philosophy, phenomenology, and classical philosophy, including the scholastic tradition, and these threads are reflected in the different backgrounds of the contributors to this book. While upholding the epistemological value of science against scepticism and relativism, Agazzi eschews scientism by stressing the equal importance of non-scientific forms of thought, such as metaphysics and religion. While defending the freedom of research as a cognitive enterprise, he argues that as a human and social practice it must nonetheless respect ethical constraints.