1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910806189103321

Titolo

From a heuristic point of view : essays in honour of Carlo Cellucci / / edited by Emiliano Ippoliti and Cesare Cozzo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-6335-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

146.4

Soggetti

Analysis (Philosophy)

Heuristic

Philosophy

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

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; SECTION I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; SECTION II; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

How do we get new knowledge? Following the maverick tradition in the philosophy of science, Carlo Cellucci gradually came to the conclusion that logic can only fulfill its role in mathematics, science and philosophy if it helps us to answer this question. He argues that mathematical logic is inadequate and that we need a new logic, framed in a naturalistic conception of knowledge and philosophy - the heuristic conception. This path from logic to a naturalistic conception of knowledge and phi...



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910953925103321

Autore

Murphy Denis J

Titolo

People, plants, and genes : the story of crops and humanity / / Denis J. Murphy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

9786611149024

9781281149022

1281149020

9781435621299

1435621298

9780199207138

0199207135

9780191525827

0191525820

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (426 p.)

Collana

Oxford biology

Disciplina

630

Soggetti

Crops

Crops - Genetics

Plant biotechnology

Conreus

Biotecnologia vegetal

Llibres electrònics

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 (p. 288-390) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Early human societies and their plants -- Plant management and agriculture -- How some people became farmers -- Plant genomes -- Fluid genomes, uncertain species, and the genetics of crop domestication -- The domestication of cereal crops -- The domestication of non-cereal crops -- People and the emergence of crops -- Agriculture : a mixed blessing -- Evolution of agrourban cultures : I The Near East -- Evolution of agrourban cultures : II south and east Asia -- Evolution of agrourban cultures : III Africa, Europe, and the Americas -- Crop management in the classical and medieval



periods -- Agricultural improvement and the rise of crop breeding -- Imperial botany and the early scientific breeders -- Agricultural improvement in modern times -- The future of agriculture and humanity.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary overview of human-plant interactions and their social consequences from the hunter-gatherers of the Palaeolithic Era to the 21st century molecular manipulation of crops. It links the latest advances in molecular genetics, climate research and archaeology to give a new perspective on the evolution of agriculture and complex human societies across the world. Even today, our technologically advanced societies still rely on plants forbasic food needs, not to mention clothing, shelter, medicines and tools. This special relationship has tied toget