1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455346703321

Titolo

Reductionism and the development of knowledge [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Terrance Brown, Leslie Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum, 2003

ISBN

1-135-63989-2

1-282-32190-0

9786612321900

1-4106-0695-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

The Jean Piaget Symposium series

Altri autori (Persone)

BrownTerrance

SmithLeslie <1943->

Disciplina

146

Soggetti

Cognition

Knowledge, Theory of

Reductionism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers originally presented at the 29th Annual Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 Reductionism and the Circle of the Sciences; PART I WAYS OF UNDERSTANDING; CHAPTER 2 Understanding, Explanation, and Reductionism: Finding a Cure for Cartesian Anxiety; CHAPTER 3 Evolution, Entrenchment, and Innateness; CHAPTER 4 Reductionism in Mathematics; PART II REPRESENTATION; CHAPTER 5 The Biological Emergence of Representation; CHAPTER 6 The Role of Systems of Signs in Reasoning; CHAPTER 7 The Role of Representation in Piagetian Theory: Changes Over Time; CHAPTER 8 Breathing Lessons: Self as Genre and Aesthetic

PART III LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURECHAPTER 9 From Epistemology to Psychology in the Development of Knowledge; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Among the many conceits of modern thought is the idea that philosophy, tainted as it is by subjective evaluation, is a shaky guide for



human affairs. People, it is argued, are better off if they base their conduct either on know-how with its pragmatic criterion of truth (i.e., possibility) or on science with its universal criterion of rational necessity.Since Helmholtz, there has been increasing concern in the life sciences about the role of reductionism in the construction of knowledge. Is psychophysics really possible? Are biological phenomena just the deducible results of chemical

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910706400903321

Titolo

La nuova Corte dei conti : responsabilità, pensioni, controlli : dottrina, giurisprudenza, normativa, formulario / Vito Tenore (a cura di) ; contributi di Andrea Baldanza ... [et al.] ; presentazione di Guido Carlino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Giuffrè, 2022

ISBN

978-88-288-4041-1

Edizione

[5. ed. aggiornata e ampliata al D.L. n. 76/2020 e alle novità 2022 su PNRR]

Descrizione fisica

LXIII, 1904 p. ; 25 cm

Disciplina

343.450340269

Locazione

FGBC

Collocazione

XIV E 118

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia