Herrera's 'Plasmogenia' and Other Collected Works [[electronic resource] ] : Early Writings on the Experimental Study of the Origin of Life / / by Henderson James Cleaves, Antonio Lazcano, Ismael Ledesma Mateos, Alicia Negrón-Mendoza, Juli Peretó, Ervin Silva |
Autore | Cleaves Henderson James |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
Disciplina | 570.92 |
Soggetto topico |
Evolutionary biology
History Astrobiology Biology—Philosophy Evolutionary Biology History of Science Philosophy of Biology |
Soggetto genere / forma | History |
ISBN | 1-4939-0736-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Notes -- 2. Foreword by Professor James Strick -- 3. Introduction -- 4. Nociones de Biologia ("Concepts in Biology") -- 5. Plasmogeny -- 6. La Plasmogenia, Una Nueva Ciencia de la Vida ("Plasmogeny, A New Science of Life”). |
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Homo sapiens: die Krone der Schöpfung [[electronic resource] ] : Herausforderungen der Evolutionstheorie und die Antwort der Philosophie / / von Martin Rhonheimer |
Autore | Rhonheimer Martin |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer VS, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Disciplina | 100 |
Collana | Das Bild vom Menschen und die Ordnung der Gesellschaft |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy
Philosophy of nature Biology—Philosophy Philosophy of Man Philosophy of Nature Philosophy of Biology |
ISBN | 3-658-12075-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Nota di contenuto | Einleitung -- 1. Die moderne Evolutionstheorie: eine Naturgeschichte des Lebens -- 2. Was die heutige Evolutionstheorie nicht zu erklären vermag -- 3. Impliziert die moderne Evolutionstheorie Materialismus und Atheismus? -- 4. Irrwege der Evolutionskritik: Kreationismus und Intelligent Design -- 5. Evolution, Schöpfung und die Frage der „Beweisbarkeit“ Gottes -- 6. Der Mensch: Produkt der Evolution und „Krone der Schöpfung“ -- 7. Anthropozentrik und Menschenwürde: Der Mensch als Ziel der Evolution. |
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Rhonheimer Martin | ||
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The Hypothetical Species [[electronic resource] ] : Variables of Human Evolution / / by Michael Charles Tobias, Jane Gray Morrison |
Autore | Tobias Michael |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 pages) |
Disciplina | 573.2 |
Soggetto topico |
Evolutionary biology
Nature Environment Environmental sciences - Philosophy Biology - Philosophy Philosophy of nature Ecology Evolutionary Biology Popular Science in Nature and Environment Environmental Philosophy Philosophy of Biology Philosophy of Nature Ecology |
ISBN | 3-030-11319-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introdution -- Between the Theoretical and the Hypothetical -- Taxonomic Uncertainties -- A Biosphere in Flux -- As Far as the Microscope Reveals -- Human Contradictions -- Varieties of Social Contracts -- Biological Consensus Mechanisms: The Future of Co-Existence. |
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Tobias Michael | ||
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Information and Life [[electronic resource] /] / by Gérard Battail |
Autore | Battail Gérard |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | xiv, 260 p |
Disciplina | 570 |
Soggetto topico |
Life sciences
Biology—Philosophy Information theory Biomathematics Life Sciences, general Philosophy of Biology Information and Communication, Circuits Mathematical and Computational Biology |
ISBN | 94-007-7040-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. What is information? 2.1 Information in a usual meaning. 2.2 Features of information as a scientific entity. 2.3 Comments on the definitions of information. 2.4 An information as a nominable entity. 2.5 Short history of communication engineering. 2.6 Communication over space or over time -- 3. Basic principles of communication engineering. 3.1 Physical inscription of a single symbol. 3.2 Physical inscription of a sequence. 3.3 Receiving a binary symbol in the presence of noise. 3.4 Communicating sequences in the presence of noise -- 4. Information theory for literal communication. 4.1 Shannon’s paradigm and its variants. 4.2 Quantitative measures of information. 4.3 Source coding -- 5. Channel capacity and channel coding. 5.1 Channel models. 5.2 Capacity of a channel. 5.3 Channel coding needs redundancy. 5.4 On the fundamental theorem of channel coding. 5.5 Error-correcting codes -- 6. Information as a fundamental entity. 6.1 Algorithmic information theory. 6.2 Emergent information in populations. 6.3 Physical entropy and information. 6.4 Information bridges the abstract and the concrete -- 7. An introduction to the second part. 7.1 Relationship with biosemiotics. 7.2 Content and spirit of the second part -- 8. Heredity as a communication problem. 8.1 The enduring genome. 8.2 Consequences meet biological reality. 8.3 A toy living world. 8.4 Identifying genomic error-correcting codes -- 9. Information is specific to life. 9.1 Information and life are indissolubly linked. 9.2 Semantic feedback loops. 9.3 Information as a fundamental entity. 9.4 Nature as an engineer -- 10. Life within the physical world. 10.1 A poorly understood divide. 10.2 Maxwell’s demon in physics and in life -- 10.3 A measurement as a means for acquiring information -- 11. Conclusion. |
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Battail Gérard | ||
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Intangible Life [[electronic resource] ] : Functorial Connections in Relational Biology / / by A.H. Louie |
Autore | Louie A.H |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXIII, 264 p. 4 illus.) |
Disciplina | 574.01 |
Collana | Anticipation Science |
Soggetto topico |
Biomathematics
Biology—Philosophy Category theory (Mathematics) Homological algebra Life sciences Physics Mathematical and Computational Biology Philosophy of Biology Category Theory, Homological Algebra Life Sciences, general Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks |
ISBN | 3-319-65409-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | PART I: Potestas: The Power Set Functor -- Chapter 1. Prooemium: Relations -- Chapter 2. Solus: Mappings -- Chapter 3. Congeries: Set-Valued Mappings -- Chapter 4. Coniunctio: Functorial Connections -- Part II: Sicut: Natural Law and the Modelling Relation -- Chapter 5. Modus: Rational Nature -- Chapter 6. Opera: By-Products and Side-Effects -- Chapter 7. Metabolism and Repair -- Chapter 8. Replication -- PART III: Dimissio: From Invertibility to Adjunction -- Chapter 9. Equivalence -- Chapter 10. Adjunction -- Chapter 11. Descartes and Galois -- Chapter 12. Free and Forgetful -- Chapter 13. Power and Riches -- Acknowledgment -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Louie A.H | ||
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Investigations into the Trans Self and Moore's Paradox [[electronic resource] /] / by Linda A. W. Brakel |
Autore | Brakel Linda A. W |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 176 pages) |
Disciplina | 306.768 |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy of mind
Psychology Biology—Philosophy Philosophy of Mind Psychology, general Philosophy of Biology |
ISBN | 3-030-44645-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- Section One: Extant Philosophical Views of Self -- 2. Four Classical Philosophical Views of Self -- 3. Modern Philosophical Views of Self -- 4. Selected Contemporary Gender-Theorists' Views: Where is the Self? 5 -- Section Two: Biological Considerations -- 6. A Proper-Function Account of Gender and Trans-Gender: From Philosophical Views to Biological Matters -- 7. Brain Studies: Trans Persons and Fish -- 8.Section Three: Future Investigations -- 9. Experimental Philosophy (X-Phi) Studies -- 10. Summary and Conclusions. . |
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Brakel Linda A. W | ||
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Jakob von Uexküll [[electronic resource] ] : The Discovery of the Umwelt between Biosemiotics and Theoretical Biology / / by Carlo Brentari |
Autore | Brentari Carlo |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (259 p.) |
Disciplina | 016.57 |
Collana | Biosemiotics |
Soggetto topico |
Biology—Philosophy
Modern philosophy Animal ecology Ecosystems Philosophy of Biology Modern Philosophy Animal Ecology |
ISBN | 94-017-9688-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgments Introductory Chapter -- The Life and Education of Jakob von Uexküll. The Basis of the Environmental Theory -- The Subjective World of the Umwelt -- The Structure of the Umwelt -- Environment and Meaning -- Influences and Interpretations of the Work of Uexküll -- Conclusion. References -- Index. |
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Brentari Carlo | ||
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Language and Reality from a Naturalistic Perspective [[electronic resource] ] : Themes from Michael Devitt / / edited by Andrea Bianchi |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XI, 466 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 401 |
Collana | Philosophical Studies Series |
Soggetto topico |
Analysis (Philosophy)
Knowledge, Theory of Biology - Philosophy Language and languages - Philosophy Life sciences Linguistics Analytic Philosophy Epistemology Philosophy of Biology Philosophy of Language Life Sciences Llenguatge i llengües Filosofia del llenguatge Filosofia analítica |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 3-030-47641-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Introduction – Michael Devitt at Eighty (Andrea Bianchi) -- Part I: Philosophy of linguistics -- Chapter 2. Invariance as the mark of the psychological reality of language (John Collins) -- Chaprer 3. Priorities and diversities in language and thought (Elisabeth Camp) -- Part II: Theory of reference -- Chapter 4. Theories of reference: What was the question? (Panu Raatikainen) -- Chapter 5. Multiple grounding (François Recanati) -- Chapter 6. Reference and causal chains (Andrea Bianchi) -- Chapter 7. The qua-problem for names (dismissed) (Marga Reimer) -- Chapter 8. Language from a naturalistic perspective (Frank Jackson). Chapter 9. Michael Devitt, cultural evolution and the division of linguistic labour (Kim Sterelny) -- Part III: Theory of meaning -- Chapter 10. Still for direct reference (David Braun) -- Chapter 11. Naming and non-necessity (Nathan Salmon) -- Chapter 12. Against rigidity for general terms (Stephen P. Schwartz) -- Chapter 13. Devitt and the case for narrow meaning (William G. Lycan) -- Chapter 14. Languages and idiolects (Paul Horwich) -- Part IV: Methodology -- Chapter 15. Explanation first! The priority of scientific over “commonsense” metaphysics (Georges Rey) -- Chapter 16. Experimental semantics, descriptivism and anti-descriptivism. Should we endorse referential pluralism? (Genoveva Martí) -- Part V: Metaphysics -- Chapter 17. Scientific realism and epistemic optimism (Peter Godfrey-Smith) -- Chapter 18. Species have historical not intrinsic essences (Marion Godman and David Papineau) -- Part VI: Michael Devitt’s Responses -- Chapter 19. Stirring the possum: Responses to the Bianchi papers (Michael Devitt). |
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Language, Biology and Cognition [[electronic resource] ] : A Critical Perspective / / by Prakash Mondal |
Autore | Mondal Prakash |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (253 pages) |
Disciplina | 401 |
Soggetto topico |
Cognitive grammar
Cognitive psychology Biology—Philosophy Biological psychology Language acquisition Cognitive Linguistics Cognitive Psychology Philosophy of Biology Biological Psychology Language Acquisition and Development |
ISBN | 3-030-23715-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Biological Foundations of Linguistic Cognition -- Chapter 3: Cognition from Language or Language from Cognition? -- Chapter 4: Linguistic Structures as Cognitive Structures -- Chapter 5: Conclusion. . |
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Mondal Prakash | ||
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Life and Evolution [[electronic resource] ] : Latin American Essays on the History and Philosophy of Biology / / edited by Lorenzo Baravalle, Luciana Zaterka |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (249 pages) |
Disciplina | 576.801 |
Collana | History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Biology—Philosophy
Biology—History Evolutionary biology Philosophy of Biology History of Biology Evolutionary Biology |
ISBN | 3-030-39589-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Weldon’s unpublished Manuscript: An Attempt at Reconciliation between Mendelism and Biometry? -- Chapter 3. Blood, Transfusions and Longevity -- Chapter 4. Factum Ergo Est! Performative Epistemology and the Philosophy of Experimental Biology -- Chapter 5. Life on Earth is not a Passenger, but a Driver: Explaining the Transition from a Physicochemical to a Life-Constrained World from an Organizational Perspective -- Chapter 6. Cooperation and the Gradual Emergence of Life and Teleonomy -- Chapter 7. Evolutionary Debunking Arguments and Moral Realism -- Chapter 8. The Darwinian Naturalization of Teleology -- Chapter 9. Drift as a Force of Evolution: A Manipulationist Account -- Chapter 10. Laws, Models, and Theories in Biology: A Unifying Interpretation -- Chapter 11. Systemic Analysis and Functional Explanation:Structure and Limitations. |
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