Reductionism and the development of knowledge [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Terrance Brown, Leslie Smith
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| Titolo: |
Reductionism and the development of knowledge [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Terrance Brown, Leslie Smith
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| Pubblicazione: | Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 146 |
| Soggetto topico: | Cognition |
| Knowledge, Theory of | |
| Reductionism | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
BrownTerrance
SmithLeslie <1943->
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| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Reductionism and the development of knowledge |
| ISBN: | 1-135-63989-2 |
| 1-282-32190-0 | |
| 9786612321900 | |
| 1-4106-0695-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910455346703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Jean Piaget Symposium series.