1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910821100403321

Autore

Khalidi Muhammad Ali (Professor)

Titolo

Natural categories and human kinds : classification in the natural and social sciences / / Muhammad Ali Khalidi [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-139-88846-3

1-107-24122-7

1-107-25083-8

1-107-52172-6

1-107-25000-5

1-107-24834-5

1-107-24751-9

0-511-99855-4

1-107-24917-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

001.01/2

Soggetti

Categories (Philosophy)

Classification

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures; Preface; Chapter 1  Metaphysical Realism and essentialism about kinds; 1.1 Kinds of things; 1.2 Kinds and universals; 1.3 Kinds and essences; 1.4 Definability; 1.5 Modal necessity; 1.6 Intrinsicality; 1.7 Microstructure; 1.8 Conclusion; Chapter 2  The naturalness of kinds; 2.1 Natural kinds and epistemic kinds; 2.2 Discoverability by science; 2.3 Scientific kinds and folk categories; 2.4 Fuzzy kinds; 2.5 Crosscutting kinds; 2.6 HPC kinds and causal kinds; 2.7 Conclusion; Chapter 3  Kinds in the special sciences; 3.1 Which sciences are special?

3.2 Multiple realizability and special-science kinds3.3 Causation and special-science kinds; 3.4 Natural laws and special-science kinds; 3.5 Real causal patterns; 3.6 Levels of explanation and crosscutting kinds; 3.7 Conclusion; Chapter 4  Kinds in the biological and social sciences; 4.1 Biological and social kinds; 4.2 Selected kinds and designed kinds;



4.3 Etiological kinds; 4.4 Historical kinds or copied kinds; 4.5 Mind-dependent and interactive kinds; 4.6 Institutional and conventional kinds; 4.7 Normative kinds or evaluative kinds; 4.8 Conclusion; Chapter 5  Kinds of natural kinds

5.1 Introduction5.2 Lithium; 5.3 Polymer; 5.4 Virus; 5.5 Cancer and cancer cell; 5.6 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); 5.7 Conclusion; Chapter 6  Kinds naturalized; 6.1 Naturalism about kinds; 6.2 Properties and kinds; 6.3 Causality and kinds; 6.4 Realism and pluralism; 6.5 Mind-independence and social constructionism; 6.6 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The notion of 'natural kinds' has been central to contemporary discussions of metaphysics and philosophy of science. Although explicitly articulated by nineteenth-century philosophers like Mill, Whewell and Venn, it has a much older history dating back to Plato and Aristotle. In recent years, essentialism has been the dominant account of natural kinds among philosophers, but the essentialist view has encountered resistance, especially among naturalist metaphysicians and philosophers of science. Informed by detailed examination of classification in the natural and social sciences, this book argues against essentialism and for a naturalist account of natural kinds. By looking at case studies drawn from diverse scientific disciplines, from fluid mechanics to virology and polymer science to psychiatry, the author argues that natural kinds are nodes in causal networks. On the basis of this account, he maintains that there can be natural kinds in the social sciences as well as the natural sciences.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910676683503321

Autore

Niemann Philipp

Titolo

Evaluationsmethoden der Wissenschaftskommunikation / / herausgegeben von Philipp Niemann, Vanessa van den Bogaert, Ricarda Ziegler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2023

Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2023

ISBN

3-658-39582-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 350 S. 17 Abb., 12 Abb. in Farbe.)

Classificazione

SOC026000SOC052000

Disciplina

501.4

Soggetti

Communication in science

Communication—Methodology

Communication

Communication in organizations

Science Communication

Media and Communication Methods

Media Reception and Media Effects

Organizational and Strategic Communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Dies ist ein Open-Access-Buch. Akteure und Fördergeber von Wissenschaftskommunikation beschäftigt zunehmend die Frage, welche Wirkungen von ihren Aktivitäten tatsächlich ausgehen und ob sie ihre Ziele damit eigentlich erreichen. Wer liest das Weblog eines Forschungsprojekts? Ändert der Besuch eines Science-Slams nachhaltig den Blick des Publikums auf Wissenschaft? Wie zufrieden sind die Beteiligten mit einer Diskussionsveranstaltung? Der Band bietet einen Überblick über wissenschaftliche Designs und Methoden zur Evaluation von Wissenschaftskommunikation. Er vereint dabei sowohl quantitative als auch qualitative Zugänge, Forschung und Praxis, und beleuchtet das Thema aus unterschiedlichen disziplinären Perspektiven. Die



Herausgeber:innen Dr. Philipp Niemann ist stellvertretender Direktor und wissenschaftlicher Leiter des Nationalen Instituts für Wissenschaftskommunikation (NaWik). Vanessa van den Bogaert ist Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl für Lehr-Lernforschung der Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Ricarda Ziegler leitet bei Wissenschaft im Dialog (WiD) den Bereich Qualität & Transfer in der Wissenschaftskommunikation und verantwortet u. a. die Impact Unit für Wirkung und Evaluation.