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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450681303321

Titolo

Complexity and emergence [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the International Academy of the Philosophy of Science : Bergamo, Italy, 9-13 May 2001 / / editors, Evandro Agazzi & Luisa Montecucco

Pubbl/distr/stampa

River Edge, NJ, : World Scientific, c2002

ISBN

981-277-661-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 210 p. ) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

AgazziEvandro

MontecuccoLuisa

Disciplina

501

Soggetti

Complexity (Philosophy)

Science - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. The notions of complexity and emergence. 1. What is complexity? / E. Agazzi -- 2. On levels and types of complexity and emergence / H. Lenk and A. Stephan -- 3. Formal metatheoretical criteria of complexity and emergence / C.U. Moulines -- 4. Beyond reductionism and holism. The approach of synergetics / B. Kanitscheider -- 5. Kolmogorov complexity / J. Mosterín -- 6. Modèles de structures Émergentes dans les systèmes complexes / J. Petitot -- pt. II. Complexity and emergence in natural science. 7. Emergence in physics: the case of classical physics / R. Omnés -- 8. Classical properties in a quantum-mechanical world / A. Cordero -- 9. Reduction, integration, emergence and complexity in biological networks / J. Ricard -- pt. III. The emergence of the mind. 10. Complexity and the emergence of meaning: toward a semiophysics / F.T. Arecchi -- 11. Complexity and the emergence of intentionality: some misconceptions / M. Casartelli -- 12. Can supervenience save the mental? / L. Montecucco -- 13. From complexity levels to the separate soul / G. Del Re.

Sommario/riassunto

Complexity has become a central topic in certain sectors of theoretical physics and chemistry (for example, in connection with nonlinearity and



deterministic chaos). Also, mathematical measurements of complexity and formal characterizations of this notion have been proposed. The question of how complex systems can show properties that are different from those of their constituent parts has nurtured philosophical debates about emergence and reductionism, which are particularly important in the study of the relationship between physics, chemistry, biology and psychology. This book offers a good presentation of those topics through a truly interdisciplinary approach in which the philosophy of science and the specialized topics of certain sciences are put in a dialogue.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954454103321

Titolo

The golden rule : the ethics of reciprocity in world religions / / edited by Jacob Neusner and Bruce Chilton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2008

ISBN

9786612876691

9781472549440

1472549449

9781282876699

1282876694

9781441190123

1441190120

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 p.)

Disciplina

205/.67

Soggetti

Golden rule

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 (pages [173]-175) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- 1. Introduction: Parsing Reciprocity: Questions for the Golden Rule / William Scott Green, University of Miami, USA -- 2. The Golden Rule in Ancient Israelite Scripture / Baruch A. Levine, New York University, USA -- 3. Alternatives to the Golden Rule: Social Reciprocity and Altruism in Early Archaic Greece / Carolyn Dewald, Bard College,



USA -- 4. The Golden Rule in Graeco-Roman Religion and Philosophy / Robert Berchman, Dowling College, USA -- 5. The Golden Rule in Classical Judaism / Jacob Neusner, Bard College, USA -- 6. The Golden Rule in Zoroastrianism / Mahnaz Moazami, Columbia University, USA -- 7. The Golden Rule and its Application / Bruce D. Chilton, Bard College, USA -- 8. The Golden Rule as the Law of Nature, from Origen to Martin Luther Olivier du Roy, Paris, France -- 9. The Golden Rule in Islam / Th. Emil Homerin, University of Rochester, USA -- 10. The Formulation and Significance of the Golden Rule in Buddhism [I] / Kristen Scheible, Bard College, USA -- 11. The Golden Rule in Buddhism [II] / Charles Hallisey, University of Wisconsin, USA -- 12. A Hindu Golden Rule, in Context / Richard Davis, Bard College, USA -- 13. The Golden Rule in Confucianism / Mark A. Csikszentmihalyi, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA -- 14. "Wired for Reciprocity:" Some Concluding Reflections / William Scott Green, University of Miami, USA.

Sommario/riassunto

"The Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be treated. This ethical dictum is a part of most of the world's religions and has been considered by numerous religious figures and philosophers over the centuries. This new collection contains specially commissioned essays which take a fresh look at this guiding principle from a comparative perspective. Participants examine the formulation and significance of the Golden Rule in the world's major religions by applying four questions to the tradition they consider: What does it say? What does it mean? How does it work? How does it matter? Freshly examining the Golden Rule in broad comparative context provides a fascinating account of its uses and meaning, and allows us to assess if, how and why it matters in human cultures and societies."--Bloomsbury Publishing.