03928nam 2200697 a 450 991081690780332120240505173440.01-282-44235-X9786612442353981-283-594-6(CKB)2550000000000584(EBL)477117(OCoLC)586163212(SSID)ssj0000342671(PQKBManifestationID)11286391(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342671(PQKBWorkID)10286844(PQKB)10132433(MiAaPQ)EBC477117(WSP)00007066(Au-PeEL)EBL477117(CaPaEBR)ebr10361670(CaONFJC)MIL244235(iGPub)WSPCB0001291(EXLCZ)99255000000000058420081020d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrScience matters humanities as complex systems /Maria Burguete, Lui Lam, editorsSingapore ;Hackensack, NJ World Scientific Pub. Co.c20081 online resource (288 p.)Description based upon print version of record.981-283-593-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface; Contents; 1 Science Matters: A Unified Perspective Lui Lam; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 What Is Science?; 1.3 The Origin and Nature of the Two Cultures; 1.4 Demarcation According to Human and Nonhuman Systems; 1.5 Simple and Complex Systems; 1.6 Science Matters; 1.7 Implications of Science Matters; 1.8 Discussion and Conclusion; References; PART I ART AND CULTURE; 2 Culture THROUGH Science: A New World of Images and Stories Paul Caro; 3 Physiognomy in Science and Art: Properties of a Natural Body Inferred from Its Appearance Brigitte Hoppe4 Has Neuroscience Any Theological Consequence? Alfredo Dinis5 SciComm, PopSci and The Real World Lui Lam; PART II PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF SCIENCE; 6 The Tripod of Science: Communication, Philosophy and Education Nigel Sanitt; 7 History and Philosophy of Science: Towards a New Epistemology Maria Burguete; 8 Philosophy of Science and Chinese Sciences: The Multicultural View of Science and a Unified Ontological Perspective Bing Liu; 9 Evolution of the Concept of Science Communication in China Da-Guang Li; 10 History of Science in Globalizing Time Dun Liu; PART III RAISING SCIENTIFIC LEVEL11 Why Markets Are Moral Michael Shermer12 Towards the Understanding of Human Dynamics Tao Zhou, Xiao-Pu Han and Bing-Hong Wang; 13 Human History: A Science Matter Lui Lam; References; Contributors; IndexAll earnest and honest human quests for knowledge are efforts to understand Nature, which includes both human and nonhuman systems, the objects of study in science. Thus, broadly speaking, all these quests are in the science domain. The methods and tools used may be different; for example, the literary people use mainly their bodily sensors and their brain as the information processor, while natural scientists may use, in addition, measuring instruments and computers. Yet, all these activities could be viewed in a unified perspective - they are scientific developments at varying stages of matuScience and the humanitiesHumanitiesInterdisciplinary approach to knowledgeSystem theorySocial systemsScience and the humanities.Humanities.Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge.System theory.Social systems.001.3Burguete Maria1625044Lam Lui21348MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910816907803321Science matters4119283UNINA