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Multiple Analogies in Science and Philosophy. [[electronic resource]]
| Multiple Analogies in Science and Philosophy. [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Shelley Cameron |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, PA, USA, : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 20030601 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
| Disciplina | 169 |
| Collana | Human cognitive processing Multiple analogies in science and philosophy |
| Soggetto topico |
PSYCHOLOGY
Cognitive Psychology & Cognition Analogy - Philosophy Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy Archaeology Speculative Philosophy Philosophy Philosophy & Religion |
| ISBN |
1-282-16129-6
9786612161292 90-272-9658-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782356203321 |
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Multiple analogies in science and philosophy / / Cameron Shelley
| Multiple analogies in science and philosophy / / Cameron Shelley |
| Autore | Shelley Cameron |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
| Disciplina | 169 |
| Collana | Human cognitive processing |
| Soggetto topico |
Analogy
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy Archaeology - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
1-282-16129-6
9786612161292 90-272-9658-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Multiple Analogies in Science and Philosophy -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The problem of multiple analogies -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Analogy as induction -- 1.3. Analogy as shared structure -- 1.4. Overview -- 2. Multiple analogies and ``old fourlegs'' -- 2.1. Analogies in science -- 2.2. Single analogies in the Multiconstraint theory -- 2.3. Analogies in evolutionary biology -- 2.4. Coelacanth: The living fossil -- 2.5. Implications for multiple analogies -- 2.5.1. Structural consistency -- 2.5.2. Corroboration -- 2.5.3. Abstraction and exemplification -- 2.5.4. Supplementation -- 2.5.5. Disanalogy and extension -- 2.6. Summary -- 3. Multiple analogies from the Mesozoic -- 3.1. Analogies and evolutionary theory -- 3.2. Ceratopsians: The horned dinosaurs -- 3.3. Archaeopteryx: The first bird -- 3.4. Implications for multiple analogies -- 3.4.1. Visual representations -- 3.4.2. Evolutionary scenarios -- 3.4.3. Fecundity -- 3.5. Summary -- 4. Multiple analogies in archaeology -- 4.1. Analogies in archaeology -- 4.2. Peruvian pots -- 4.3. Greek figurine legs -- 4.4. Clovis mammoth harvesting -- 4.5. Implications for multiple analogies -- 4.5.1. Visual imagery -- 4.5.2. Specificity -- 4.5.3. Supplementation -- 4.6. Analogies in archaeological inference -- 4.7. Summary -- 5. Multiple analogies in Plato's Republic -- 5.1. Analogies in Plato's philosophy -- 5.2. The function of the soul -- 5.3. Health and justice -- 5.4. Plato's condemnation of the poet -- 5.5. Implications for multiple analogies -- 5.5.1. Complementation and narrative representation -- 5.5.2. Specificity -- 5.5.3. Supplementation -- 5.6. Plato on multiple analogies -- 5.7. Summary -- 6. Modelling multiple analogies -- 6.1. Multiple analogies in perspective.
6.2. Structural consistency and independence -- 6.3. Purpose and planning -- 6.4. Representational modalities -- 6.4.1. Verbal -- 6.4.2. Visual -- 6.4.3. Narrative -- 6.5. Processes -- 6.5.1. Abstraction and exemplification -- 6.5.2. Supplementation -- 6.5.3. Specificity -- 6.6. Philosophy of science -- 6.6.1. Disanalogy and extension -- 6.6.2. Fecundity and theory change -- 6.6.3. Evolutionary scenarios -- 6.6.4. Archaeological scenarios -- 6.6.5. Discovery versus justification -- 6.7. Concluding remarks -- Historical review -- a.1. Plato -- a.2. Aristotle -- a.3. Bacon -- a.4. Mill -- a.5. Shared structure theory -- Notes -- -24pt -- References -- Index -- The series HUMAN COGNITIVE PROCESSING. |
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Shelley Cameron
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2003 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Order and disorder [[electronic resource] /] / David Z. Rich
| Order and disorder [[electronic resource] /] / David Z. Rich |
| Autore | Rich David Z |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
| Disciplina | 003 |
| Soggetto topico |
Order (Philosophy)
Crises (Philosophy) Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy Social evolution |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-313-00074-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Illusion of a Paradox; 2 Complexity Theory Comments and Critique; 3 Chaos Theory Comments and Critique; 4 Rene Thom's Catastrophe Theory Comments and Critique; 5 Introduction to the Dynamics of Crisis Theory; 6 Comments on Game Theory; 7 Introduction to Crisis Theory; 8 Order and Disorder I Crisis Theory; 9 Order and Disorder II Dynamics and Discontinuity; 10 Acceptance and Rejection The Critical Test; 11 Introduction to Order and Disorder; 12 Crisis Theory and the Strategy of Evolution; 13 Order and Disorder in Our Contemporary Era
14 Order and Disorder in Our Contemporary Era: The Paradox of Industrialization15 Concluding Comments The Ethical Imperative Dollo's Law and Crisis Theory; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454896803321 |
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Rich David Z
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| Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Order and disorder [[electronic resource] /] / David Z. Rich
| Order and disorder [[electronic resource] /] / David Z. Rich |
| Autore | Rich David Z |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
| Disciplina | 003 |
| Soggetto topico |
Order (Philosophy)
Crises (Philosophy) Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy Social evolution |
| ISBN | 0-313-00074-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Illusion of a Paradox; 2 Complexity Theory Comments and Critique; 3 Chaos Theory Comments and Critique; 4 Rene Thom's Catastrophe Theory Comments and Critique; 5 Introduction to the Dynamics of Crisis Theory; 6 Comments on Game Theory; 7 Introduction to Crisis Theory; 8 Order and Disorder I Crisis Theory; 9 Order and Disorder II Dynamics and Discontinuity; 10 Acceptance and Rejection The Critical Test; 11 Introduction to Order and Disorder; 12 Crisis Theory and the Strategy of Evolution; 13 Order and Disorder in Our Contemporary Era
14 Order and Disorder in Our Contemporary Era: The Paradox of Industrialization15 Concluding Comments The Ethical Imperative Dollo's Law and Crisis Theory; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779850603321 |
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Rich David Z
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| Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Order and disorder / / David Z. Rich
| Order and disorder / / David Z. Rich |
| Autore | Rich David Z |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (265 p.) |
| Disciplina | 003 |
| Soggetto topico |
Order (Philosophy)
Crises (Philosophy) Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy Social evolution |
| ISBN |
979-84-00-69373-1
0-313-00074-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 The Illusion of a Paradox; 2 Complexity Theory Comments and Critique; 3 Chaos Theory Comments and Critique; 4 Rene Thom's Catastrophe Theory Comments and Critique; 5 Introduction to the Dynamics of Crisis Theory; 6 Comments on Game Theory; 7 Introduction to Crisis Theory; 8 Order and Disorder I Crisis Theory; 9 Order and Disorder II Dynamics and Discontinuity; 10 Acceptance and Rejection The Critical Test; 11 Introduction to Order and Disorder; 12 Crisis Theory and the Strategy of Evolution; 13 Order and Disorder in Our Contemporary Era
14 Order and Disorder in Our Contemporary Era: The Paradox of Industrialization15 Concluding Comments The Ethical Imperative Dollo's Law and Crisis Theory; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806874203321 |
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Rich David Z
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| Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2001 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Productive evolution [[electronic resource] ] : on reconciling evolution with intelligent design / / Nicholas Rescher
| Productive evolution [[electronic resource] ] : on reconciling evolution with intelligent design / / Nicholas Rescher |
| Autore | Rescher Nicholas |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Frankfurt ; ; New Brunswick, : Ontos Verlag, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (137 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy
Intelligent design (Teleology) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 3-11-032014-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- Chapter One: EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES -- Chapter 2: HOMO SAPIENS AND THE EVOLUTION OF INTELLIGENCE -- Chapter Three: AMPHIBIOUS MAN: THE EVOLUTION OF IMAGINATION -- Chapter 4: THE CULTURAL EVOLUTION OF COMMUNAL PRACTICES IN INQUIRY -- Chapter 5: RATIONAL SELECTION: THE CASE OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD -- Chapter 6: MIND/MATTER COORDINATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE WILL -- Chapter 7: EVOLUTION AND INTELLIGENT DESIGN -- Chapter 8: MEETING THEOLOGICAL OBJECTIONS TO EVOLUTION -- Chapter 9: MEETING SCIENTISTIC OBJECTIONS TO INTELLIGENT DESIGN -- References -- Name Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452675703321 |
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Rescher Nicholas
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| Frankfurt ; ; New Brunswick, : Ontos Verlag, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Productive evolution [[electronic resource] ] : on reconciling evolution with intelligent design / / Nicholas Rescher
| Productive evolution [[electronic resource] ] : on reconciling evolution with intelligent design / / Nicholas Rescher |
| Autore | Rescher Nicholas |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Frankfurt ; ; New Brunswick, : Ontos Verlag, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (137 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy
Intelligent design (Teleology) |
| ISBN | 3-11-032014-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- Chapter One: EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES -- Chapter 2: HOMO SAPIENS AND THE EVOLUTION OF INTELLIGENCE -- Chapter Three: AMPHIBIOUS MAN: THE EVOLUTION OF IMAGINATION -- Chapter 4: THE CULTURAL EVOLUTION OF COMMUNAL PRACTICES IN INQUIRY -- Chapter 5: RATIONAL SELECTION: THE CASE OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD -- Chapter 6: MIND/MATTER COORDINATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE WILL -- Chapter 7: EVOLUTION AND INTELLIGENT DESIGN -- Chapter 8: MEETING THEOLOGICAL OBJECTIONS TO EVOLUTION -- Chapter 9: MEETING SCIENTISTIC OBJECTIONS TO INTELLIGENT DESIGN -- References -- Name Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779870703321 |
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Rescher Nicholas
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| Frankfurt ; ; New Brunswick, : Ontos Verlag, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Productive evolution : on reconciling evolution with intelligent design / / Nicholas Rescher
| Productive evolution : on reconciling evolution with intelligent design / / Nicholas Rescher |
| Autore | Rescher Nicholas |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Frankfurt ; ; New Brunswick, : Ontos Verlag, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (137 p.) |
| Disciplina | 110 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy
Intelligent design (Teleology) |
| ISBN | 3-11-032014-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Table of Contents -- PREFACE -- Chapter One: EVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES -- Chapter 2: HOMO SAPIENS AND THE EVOLUTION OF INTELLIGENCE -- Chapter Three: AMPHIBIOUS MAN: THE EVOLUTION OF IMAGINATION -- Chapter 4: THE CULTURAL EVOLUTION OF COMMUNAL PRACTICES IN INQUIRY -- Chapter 5: RATIONAL SELECTION: THE CASE OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD -- Chapter 6: MIND/MATTER COORDINATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE WILL -- Chapter 7: EVOLUTION AND INTELLIGENT DESIGN -- Chapter 8: MEETING THEOLOGICAL OBJECTIONS TO EVOLUTION -- Chapter 9: MEETING SCIENTISTIC OBJECTIONS TO INTELLIGENT DESIGN -- References -- Name Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823755603321 |
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Rescher Nicholas
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| Frankfurt ; ; New Brunswick, : Ontos Verlag, 2011 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The runes of evolution : how the universe became self-aware / / Simon Conway Morris
| The runes of evolution : how the universe became self-aware / / Simon Conway Morris |
| Autore | Conway Morris S (Simon) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania : , : Templeton Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (525 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy
Convergence (Biology) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-59947-465-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Dinner on the Lagoon; 2. Consider the Octopus; 3. Convergence: How Clear Is the Signal?; 4. The Inevitability of Form; 5. Swallowing Convergence; 6. Biting Convergence; 7. Walking (and Swimming) to Convergence; 8. Sticking to Convergence; 9. When Evolution Begins to See; 10. The Color of Evolution; 11. The Smell and Taste of Evolution; 12. (In)tangible Evolution; 13. The Road to Mushrooms; 14. The Road to Plants; 15. The Arthropods Show the Way; 16. Converging on the Farm; 17. The Road to the Sky; 18. The Birds Converge
19. Sexual Convergence 20. The Road to Mammals; 21. The Roots of Sentience; 22. Convergent Brains; 23. The Road to "King Cortex"; 24. Convergent Minds; 25. Playing with Convergence; 26. The Final Steps; 27. Back to the Lagoon; Notes; General Index; Index of General |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460753603321 |
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Conway Morris S (Simon)
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| West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania : , : Templeton Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The runes of evolution : how the universe became self-aware / / Simon Conway Morris
| The runes of evolution : how the universe became self-aware / / Simon Conway Morris |
| Autore | Conway Morris S (Simon) |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania : , : Templeton Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (525 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy
Convergence (Biology) |
| ISBN | 1-59947-465-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Dinner on the Lagoon; 2. Consider the Octopus; 3. Convergence: How Clear Is the Signal?; 4. The Inevitability of Form; 5. Swallowing Convergence; 6. Biting Convergence; 7. Walking (and Swimming) to Convergence; 8. Sticking to Convergence; 9. When Evolution Begins to See; 10. The Color of Evolution; 11. The Smell and Taste of Evolution; 12. (In)tangible Evolution; 13. The Road to Mushrooms; 14. The Road to Plants; 15. The Arthropods Show the Way; 16. Converging on the Farm; 17. The Road to the Sky; 18. The Birds Converge
19. Sexual Convergence 20. The Road to Mammals; 21. The Roots of Sentience; 22. Convergent Brains; 23. The Road to "King Cortex"; 24. Convergent Minds; 25. Playing with Convergence; 26. The Final Steps; 27. Back to the Lagoon; Notes; General Index; Index of General |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797217503321 |
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Conway Morris S (Simon)
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| West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania : , : Templeton Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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