Life and Mind [[electronic resource] ] : New Directions in the Philosophy of Biology and Cognitive Sciences / / edited by José Manuel Viejo, Mariano Sanjuán |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (330 pages) |
Disciplina | 153 |
Collana | Interdisciplinary Evolution Research |
Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Biology - Philosophy Cognition in animals Cognitive science Evolutionary developmental biology Evolutionary Biology Philosophy of Biology Animal Cognition Cognitive Science Evolutionary Developmental Biology |
ISBN | 3-031-30304-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Life and Mind: An Introduction -- Part I: Embodiment, Perception and Cognition -- Animal Understanding and Animal Self-Awareness -- A Methodological Response to the Motley Crew Argument. Explaining Cognitive Phenomena through Enactivism and Ethology -- Causal Closure, Synaptic Transmission, and Emergent Mental Properties -- Color and Competence: A New View of Color Perception -- Menstrual Cycles as Key to Embodied Synchronisation -- Part II: Evolution, Language and Culture -- Is Cultural Selection Creative? -- Incommensurability in Evolutionary Biology: The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis Controversy -- Ontologies in Evolutionary Biology: The Role of The Organism in The Two Syntheses -- Tree Thinking and The Naturalization of Language -- Part III: Gene and Genotype Metaphysics -- A New Perspective on Type-Token Distinction in The Genotype and Phenotype Concepts -- The Gene as a Natural Kind -- Part IV: Teleology in Biology and Cognitive Sciences -- Evolutionary Causation and Teleosemantics -- Teleological Explanations and Selective Mechanisms. Biological Teleology Beyond Natural Selection. . |
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Macroevolution [[electronic resource] ] : Explanation, Interpretation and Evidence / / edited by Emanuele Serrelli, Nathalie Gontier |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (407 p.) |
Disciplina | 576.8 |
Collana | Interdisciplinary Evolution Research |
Soggetto topico |
Evolutionary biology
Biodiversity Paleontology Biology—Philosophy Evolutionary Biology Paleontology Philosophy of Biology |
ISBN | 3-319-15045-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part 1: Macroevolutionary Explanations and Interpretations -- Can Modern Evolutionary Theory Explain Macroevolution? -- Evolution as a Largely Autonomous Process -- Visualizing Macroevolution: From Adaptive Landscapes to Compositions of Multiple Spaces -- Toward a Natural Philosophy of Macroevolution -- Networks and Hierarchies: Approaching Complexity in Evolutionary Theory -- Uniting Micro - with Macroevolution into an Extended Synthesis: Reintegrating Life’s Natural History into Evolution Studies -- Part 2: Evidencing Macroevolution with Case Studies -- Using Microevolution to Explain the Macroevolutionary Observations for the Evolution of Sex -- Speciation: Expanding the Role of Biogeography and Niche Breadth in Macroevolutionary Theory -- Morphological Misfits and the Architecture of Development -- Macroevolution In and Around the Hominin Clade -- Facing the Big Sixth: From Prioritizing Species to Conserving Biodiversity. |
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Mathematical Grammar of Biology [[electronic resource] /] / by Michel Eduardo Beleza Yamagishi |
Autore | Yamagishi Michel Eduardo Beleza |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XII, 82 p. 19 illus., 17 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina |
576.58
577.88 |
Collana | SpringerBriefs in Mathematics |
Soggetto topico |
Biomathematics
Bioinformatics Biology—Philosophy Genetics and Population Dynamics Computational Biology/Bioinformatics Philosophy of Biology |
ISBN | 3-319-62689-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 01- Introduction -- Chapter 02- Modeling Human Nucleotide Frequencies -- Chapter 03- Expanding the Grammar of Biology -- Chapter 04 - "In God We Trust; All Others, Bring Data."- References. |
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Yamagishi Michel Eduardo Beleza | ||
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Meanings & Co [[electronic resource] ] : The Interdisciplinarity of Communication, Semiotics and Multimodality / / edited by Alin Olteanu, Andrew Stables, Dumitru Borţun |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VI, 270 p. 56 illus., 40 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 401.4 |
Collana | Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress |
Soggetto topico |
Semiotics
Communication Language and languages—Philosophy Biology—Philosophy Political communication Communication Studies Philosophy of Language Philosophy of Biology Political Communication |
ISBN | 3-319-91986-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- The problem of code in semiosis and communication -- Modelling Human Communication: Mediality and semiotics -- Exploring a semiotic conceptualisation of modelling in digital humanities practices -- Rationality and Reasobleness in Textual Interpretation -- The Body/Tongue Analogue: mimesis, embodiment, and the coevolution of language in biosemiotic perspective -- Multimodal propositions and metaphors in the movie Submarine: an application of Peirce’s doctrine of Dicisigns -- The ‘Multi-mode transitional practice’ of storytelling while work is done -- Performer as Meaning-Generator: An Application of Gino Stefani’s Theory of Musical Competence -- Translation of Culture-Specific Items in Menus -- Food politics and the metalevels of carnism -- Semiotic Approach to Communication. The Secondary Game and the Secret of Power on People -- Semiotic Practices in TV Debates -- Racism and Classisim in Mexican Advertising. An Exhibition of Visual Messaging. |
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Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Hsiang-Ke Chao, Szu-Ting Chen, Roberta L. Millstein |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
Disciplina | 570.1 |
Collana | History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Biology—Philosophy
Economic history Evolutionary biology Philosophy of Biology History of Economic Thought/Methodology Evolutionary Biology |
ISBN | 94-007-2454-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Towards the Methodological Turn in the Philosophy of Science; Hsiang-Ke Chao, Szu-Ting Chen, and Roberta L. Millstein -- Part 1. Defining Mechanism and Causality -- Chapter 2. Mechanisms versus Causes in Biology and Medicine ; Lindley Darden -- Chapter 3. Identity, Structure, and Causal Representation in Scientific Models; Kevin D. Hoover -- Part 2. Models and Representation -- Chapter 4. The Regrettable Lost of Mathematical Molding in Econometrics; Marcel Boumans -- Chapter 5. Models of Mechanisms: The Case of the Replicator Dynamics; Till Grüne-Yanoff -- Chapter 6. Experimental Discovery, Data Model, and Mechanisms in Biology: An Example from Mendel’s Work; Ruey-Lin Chen -- Part 3. Reconsidering Biological Mechanisms and Causality -- Chapter 7. Mechanisms and Laws: Clarifying the Debate; Carl F. Craver and Marie I. Kaiser -- Chapter 8. Natural Selection and Causal Productivity: A Reply to Glennan; Roberta L. Millstein -- Chapter 9. Is Natural Selection a Population-Level Causal Process?; Rong-Lin Wang -- Part 4. Across Boundaries between Biology and Economics -- Chapter 10. Mechanisms and Extrapolation in the Abortion-Crime Controversy; Daniel Steel -- Chapter 11. Causality, Impartiality and Evidence-Based Policy; David Teira and Julian Reiss -- Chapter 12. Explaining the Explanations of 100 Million Missing Women; Hsiang-Ke Chao and Szu-Ting Chen.Models of Mechanisms: The Case of the Replicator Dynamics; Till Grüne-Yanoff -- Chapter 6. Experimental Discovery, Data Model, and Mechanisms in Biology: An Example from Mendel’s Work; Ruey-Lin Chen -- Part 3. Reconsidering Biological Mechanisms and Causality -- Chapter 7. Mechanisms and Laws: Clarifying the Debate; Carl F. Craver and Marie I. Kaiser -- Chapter 8. Natural Selection and Causal Productivity: A Reply to Glennan; Roberta L. Millstein -- Chapter 9. Is Natural Selection a Population-Level Causal Process?; Rong-Lin Wang -- Part 4. Across Boundaries between Biology and Economics -- Chapter 10. Mechanisms and Extrapolation in the Abortion-Crime Controversy; Daniel Steel -- Chapter 11. Causality, Impartiality and Evidence-Based Policy; David Teira and Julian Reiss -- Chapter 12. Explaining the Explanations of 100 Million Missing Women; Hsiang-Ke Chao and Szu-Ting Chen. |
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The Mechanization of Natural Philosophy [[electronic resource] /] / by Sophie Roux ; edited by DAN GARBER |
Autore | Roux Sophie |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 p.) |
Disciplina | 509.03 |
Collana | Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy and science
Biology—Philosophy Philosophy Philosophy of nature Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Biology History of Philosophy Philosophy of Nature |
ISBN |
1-283-64079-1
94-007-4345-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- List of Contributors -- Introduction Daniel Garber and Sophie Roux -- 1. The Construction of Historical Categories Remarks on the Pre-History of the Mechanical Philosophy Daniel Garber -- How Bacon Became Baconian Guido Giglioni -- An Empire Divided: French Natural Philosophy (1670–1690) Sophie Roux -- 2. Matter, Motion, Physics and Mathematics Matter and Form in Sixteenth-Century Spain: Some Case Studies Victor Navarro Brotons -- The Isomorphism of Space, Time and Matter in Seventeenth-Century Natural Philosophy Carla Rita Palmerino -- Beeckman, Descartes and Physico-mathematics Frédéric de Buzon -- Between Mathematics and Experimental Philosophy: Hydrostatics in Scotland about 1700 Antoni Malet -- 3. Mechanical Philosophy Applied From a Metaphysical to a Scientific Object: Mechanizing Light in Galilean Science Susana Gómez -- Causation in Descartes’ Les Météores and Late Renaissance Aristotelian Meteorology Craig Martin -- Descartes’ Healthy Machines and the Human Exception Gideon Manning -- Mechanism and Surgery: Dionis' Anatomy (1690) Jacques Lambert -- Du Clos and the Mechanization of Chemical Philosophy Rémi Franckowiak -- Bibliography -- Author Index. . |
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Multiculturalism as Multimodal Communication [[electronic resource] ] : A Semiotic Perspective / / by Alin Olteanu |
Autore | Olteanu Alin |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (155 pages) |
Disciplina | 302.2 |
Collana | Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress |
Soggetto topico |
Semiotics
Intercultural communication Biology—Philosophy Philosophy and social sciences Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary Intercultural Communication Philosophy of Biology Philosophy of Education |
ISBN | 3-030-17883-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. A Peircean framework for Multiculturalism -- Chapter 3. Biosemiotics and Cultural Plurality -- Chapter 4. Ecosemiotics, learning and sharing -- Chapter 5. A Semiotic Theory of Multiculturalism -- Chapter 6. Practical implications -- Chapter 7. Concluding remarks. |
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Olteanu Alin | ||
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Natural History Dioramas [[electronic resource] ] : History, Construction and Educational Role / / edited by Sue Dale Tunnicliffe, Annette Scheersoi |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
Disciplina |
370
507.1 509 570.1 |
Soggetto topico |
Science education
Biology—Philosophy History Science Education Philosophy of Biology History of Science |
ISBN | 94-017-9496-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction, Sue Dale Tunnicliffe, London (UK) & Annette Scheersoi, Bonn (D) -- I. History and Features of Natural History Dioramas -- I.1 History of Dioramas, Claudia Kamcke, Braunschweig, & Rainer Hutterer, Bonn (D) -- I.2 Dioramas as historical documents, Rainer Hutterer, Bonn (D) -- I.3 A window on the world – wildlife dioramas, Pat Morris, Ascot (US) -- I.4 Dioramas as constructs of reality: Art, photography, and the discursive space, Geraldine Howie (UK) -- I.5 James Perry Wilson: Shifting paradigms of natural history diorama painting, Michael Anderson, Yale (US) -- II. Resurrecting and Modern Dioramas -- II.1 Dioramas in Natural History Museum – Tools for nature conservation, John Borg, Mdina (MT) -- II.2 Using technology to deepen and extend visitor’s interaction with dioramas, Mark Loveland, Barbara Buckley & Edys Quellmalz, WestEd (US) -- II.3 Displaying Ecological Landscapes by Dioramas - an example provided by Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, Ximin Kang, Zhejiang (CHN) -- II.4 Conservative restoration and reconstruction of historical Natural History Dioramas, Mareike Munsch, Hartmut Schmiese, Aleksandra Angelov, Gunnar Riedel & Jörn Köhler, Darmstadt (D) -- III. Learning at dioramas -- III.1 Dioramas as important tools in biological education, Sue Dale Tunnicliffe & Annette Scheersoi -- III.2 Catching the visitor’s interest, Annette Scheersoi -- III. 3 Naming and narratives at dioramas, Sue Dale Tunnicliffe -- III.4 The evolution of the narrative at natural history dioramas, Alix Cotumaggio, New York (US) -- III.5 Imaginary places: Museum visitor perceptions of habitat dioramas, Phaedra Livingstone, Oregon (US) -- III.6 Habitat dioramas and sense of place: Factors linked to visitors’ feelings about the natural places portrayed in dioramas, Cecilia Garibay & Eric D. Gyllenhaal, Chicago (US) -- III.7 The Human connection: Enactors and the facilitated diorama experience, Kathleen Tinworth, Denver (US) -- III.8 Storytelling and performance in diorama galleries, Keith Dunmall, Birchington on Sea (UK) -- III.9 The diorama as a means for biodiversity education, Martha Marandino, Sao Paolo (Brazil), Marianne Achiam, Copenhagen (DK) & Adriano Oliveira, Sao Paolo (Brazil) -- III.10 Interpreting through drawings, Edward Mifsud, Malta (MT) -- Conclusion, Michael Reiss, London (UK). |
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Naturalism in the Philosophy of Health [[electronic resource] ] : Issues and Implications / / edited by Élodie Giroux |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (227 p.) |
Disciplina | 574.01 |
Collana | History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences |
Soggetto topico |
Biology—Philosophy
Medicine—History Medicine—Philosophy Philosophy of Biology History of Medicine Philosophy of Medicine |
ISBN | 3-319-29091-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1: Introduction. Why a Book on Naturalism in the Philosophy of Health?; Élodie Giroux -- PART I: The Biostatistical Theory of Disease: Criticisms and Improvements -- Chapter 2: Is Boorse’s Biostatistical Theory of Health Naturalistic?; Maël Lemoine -- Chapter 3: In Search of Normal Functions: BST, Cummins Functions, and Hempel’s Problem; Marion Le Bidan -- Chapter 4: On Comparative Versus Non-comparative Theory of Health; Daniel Hausman -- Chapter 5: What a Naturalist Theory of Illness Should be; Thomas Schramme -- PART II: Health, Normativity and Naturalism -- Chapter 6: Contextualizing Medical Norms: Georges Canguilhem’s Surnaturalism; Jonathan Sholl -- Chapter 7: Organizational Malfunctions and the Notions of Health and Disease; Cristian Saborido -- Chapter 8: Biological Organization and Pathology: Three Views on the Normativity of Medicine; Arantza Etxeberria -- PART III: Implications for Healthcare -- Chapter 9: Goals of Medicine; Christopher Boorse -- Chapter 10: From ‘Better Than Well’ to ‘More Than Human’; Jean-Yves Goffi -- Chapter 11: Broadening and Balancing the Goals of Medicine: Battling Disease and Treating the Healthy; Peter Schwartz -- Chapter 12: A Defence of a Holistic Notion of Health; Lennart Nordenfelt. |
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The Nature of Living Being [[electronic resource] ] : From Distinguishing Distinctions to Ethics / / by Daniel Carlos Mayer-Foulkes |
Autore | Mayer-Foulkes Daniel Carlos |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (330 pages) |
Disciplina | 570.1 |
Collana | Biosemiotics |
Soggetto topico |
Biology - Philosophy
Philosophy of nature Ontology Philosophy of Biology Philosophy of Nature |
Soggetto non controllato |
Biology
Science |
ISBN | 3-031-24789-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1 Distinction-Distinguishing -- Chapter 2 Distinguishing Distinctions -- Chapter 3 ב and the Emergence of Living Being -- Chapter 4 Empirical Evidence for ב -- Chapter 5 Formal Definition of Distinction -- Chapter 6 The Mathematical Ideal and the Elision of the Subject -- Chapter 7 Four Kinds Of Things -- Chapter 8 [Subjects] -- Chapter 9 Living Being -- Chapter 10 The Paradoxical Nature of Aliveness and [Ethics]. |
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Mayer-Foulkes Daniel Carlos | ||
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