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Life and Mind [[electronic resource] ] : New Directions in the Philosophy of Biology and Cognitive Sciences / / edited by José Manuel Viejo, Mariano Sanjuán
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
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
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
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
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
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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Roux Sophie  
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Multiculturalism as Multimodal Communication [[electronic resource] ] : A Semiotic Perspective / / by Alin Olteanu
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
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
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
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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