The blind spot [[electronic resource] ] : science and the crisis of uncertainty / / William Byers |
Autore | Byers William |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (334 p.) |
Disciplina | 500 |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Social aspects
Uncertainty (Information theory) |
Soggetto non controllato |
Acknowledgment (creative arts and sciences)
Algorithm Ambiguity Analogy Approximation Axiom Axiomatic system Basic research Big O notation Calculation Certainty Chaos theory Circumference Computation Concept Conjecture Consciousness Consistency Contingency (philosophy) Continuous function Continuum hypothesis Contradiction Counting David Bohm Dynamism (metaphysics) Emergence Euclidean geometry Explanation Feeling Fermat's Last Theorem Geometry Gestalt psychology Gregory Chaitin Gödel's incompleteness theorems Human behavior Human intelligence Hypothesis Ideology Inference Integer Irrational number Learning Logic Logical reasoning Mathematician Mathematics Measurement Methodology Modernity Molecule Natural number Nature Paradigm shift Paradox Participant Phenomenon Philosopher Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of science Philosophy Platonism Prediction Principle Probability Pythagoreanism Qualitative property Quantification (science) Quantity Quantum mechanics Randomness Rational number Rationality Real number Reality Reason Reductionism Relationship between religion and science Result Science Scientific method Scientific progress Scientific theory Scientist Self-reference Set theory Special case Subatomic particle Subjectivity Suggestion Technology The Philosopher Theorem Theoretical physics Theory of everything Theory Thomas Kuhn Thought Uncertainty Universality (philosophy) Writing |
ISBN |
1-283-00150-0
9786613001504 1-4008-3815-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: The Revelation of Uncertainty -- 1. The Blind Spot -- 2. The Blind Spot Revealed -- 3. Certainty or Wonder? -- 4. A World in Crisis! -- 5. Ambiguity -- 6. Self-Reference: The Human Element in Science -- 7. The Mystery of Number -- 8. Science as the Ambiguous Search for Unity -- 9. The Still Point -- 10. Conclusion: Living in a World of Uncertainty -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index |
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Byers William
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Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
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The blind spot [[electronic resource] ] : science and the crisis of uncertainty / / William Byers |
Autore | Byers William |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (334 p.) |
Disciplina | 500 |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Social aspects
Uncertainty (Information theory) |
Soggetto non controllato |
Acknowledgment (creative arts and sciences)
Algorithm Ambiguity Analogy Approximation Axiom Axiomatic system Basic research Big O notation Calculation Certainty Chaos theory Circumference Computation Concept Conjecture Consciousness Consistency Contingency (philosophy) Continuous function Continuum hypothesis Contradiction Counting David Bohm Dynamism (metaphysics) Emergence Euclidean geometry Explanation Feeling Fermat's Last Theorem Geometry Gestalt psychology Gregory Chaitin Gödel's incompleteness theorems Human behavior Human intelligence Hypothesis Ideology Inference Integer Irrational number Learning Logic Logical reasoning Mathematician Mathematics Measurement Methodology Modernity Molecule Natural number Nature Paradigm shift Paradox Participant Phenomenon Philosopher Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of science Philosophy Platonism Prediction Principle Probability Pythagoreanism Qualitative property Quantification (science) Quantity Quantum mechanics Randomness Rational number Rationality Real number Reality Reason Reductionism Relationship between religion and science Result Science Scientific method Scientific progress Scientific theory Scientist Self-reference Set theory Special case Subatomic particle Subjectivity Suggestion Technology The Philosopher Theorem Theoretical physics Theory of everything Theory Thomas Kuhn Thought Uncertainty Universality (philosophy) Writing |
ISBN |
1-283-00150-0
9786613001504 1-4008-3815-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: The Revelation of Uncertainty -- 1. The Blind Spot -- 2. The Blind Spot Revealed -- 3. Certainty or Wonder? -- 4. A World in Crisis! -- 5. Ambiguity -- 6. Self-Reference: The Human Element in Science -- 7. The Mystery of Number -- 8. Science as the Ambiguous Search for Unity -- 9. The Still Point -- 10. Conclusion: Living in a World of Uncertainty -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822780703321 |
Byers William
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Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
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Collected Works of C.G. Jung . Volume 8 Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 8 ; Structure & Dynamics of the Psyche / / C. G. Jung; Gerhard Adler, R. F.C. Hull |
Autore | Jung Carl G. |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (998 p.) |
Disciplina | 150.19/54 |
Collana | Collected Works of C.G. Jung |
Soggetto topico | Psychoanalysis |
Soggetto non controllato |
Analogy
Analytical psychology Apprehension (understanding) Archetype Astrology Auditory hallucination Bibliography Causality Certainty Cherry picking Coincidence Collective unconscious Concept Consciousness Criticism Delusion Determination Disposition Dissociation (psychology) Edition (book) Existence Explanation Extrasensory perception Extraversion and introversion Feeling Four Evangelists Hallucination Horoscope Human behavior Hypothesis Imagination In Spring Indication (medicine) Individuation Inference Inferiority complex Instinct Intellect Intention Lecture Level of consciousness (Esotericism) Libido Materialism Mental disorder Neurosis Objectivity (philosophy) Observation Parapsychology Perception Personal unconscious Personality Pessimism Phenomenon Philosopher Philosophy Potentiality and actuality Prejudice Principle Probability Psyche (psychology) Psychiatry Psychic Psychoanalysis Psychological Types Psychological research Psychology and Alchemy Psychology of the Unconscious Psychology Psychopathology Psychotherapy Quantity Reality Reason Reminiscence Requirement Result Schizophrenia Science Scientist Self-deception Self-knowledge (psychology) Sexual fantasy Sigmund Freud Skepticism Suggestion Symbols of Transformation Sympathy Symptom Telepathy Temperament Textual criticism Theory of Forms Theory Thought Thus Spoke Zarathustra Transference Two Essays on Analytical Psychology Unconsciousness World view Writing |
ISBN |
0-691-25945-3
1-4008-5095-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- EDITORIAL NOTE -- TRANSLATOR'S NOTE. EDITORIAL NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. -- ON PSYCHIC ENERGY -- THE TRANSCENDENT FUNCTION -- A REVIEW OF THE COMPLEX THEORY -- II -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CONSTITUTION AND HEREDITY IN PSYCHOLOGY -- PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS DETERMINING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR -- III -- INSTINCT AND THE UNCONSCIOUS -- THE STRUCTURE OF THE PSYCHE -- ON THE NATURE OF THE PSYCHE -- IV -- GENERAL ASPECTS OF DREAM PSYCHOLOGY -- ON THE NATURE OF DREAMS -- V -- THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF BELIEF IN SPIRITS -- SPIRIT AND LIFE -- BASIC POSTULATES OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY -- ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND 'WELTANSCHAUUNG' -- THE REAL AND THE SURREAL -- VI -- THE STAGES OF LIFE -- THE SOUL AND DEATH -- VII -- SYNCHRONICITY: AN ACAUSAL CONNECTING PRINCIPLE -- APPENDIX: ON SYNCHRONICITY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791087703321 |
Jung Carl G.
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Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2014] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Collected Works of C.G. Jung . Volume 8 Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 8 ; Structure & Dynamics of the Psyche / / C. G. Jung; Gerhard Adler, R. F.C. Hull |
Autore | Jung Carl G. |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (998 p.) |
Disciplina | 150.19/54 |
Collana | Collected Works of C.G. Jung |
Soggetto topico | Psychoanalysis |
Soggetto non controllato |
Analogy
Analytical psychology Apprehension (understanding) Archetype Astrology Auditory hallucination Bibliography Causality Certainty Cherry picking Coincidence Collective unconscious Concept Consciousness Criticism Delusion Determination Disposition Dissociation (psychology) Edition (book) Existence Explanation Extrasensory perception Extraversion and introversion Feeling Four Evangelists Hallucination Horoscope Human behavior Hypothesis Imagination In Spring Indication (medicine) Individuation Inference Inferiority complex Instinct Intellect Intention Lecture Level of consciousness (Esotericism) Libido Materialism Mental disorder Neurosis Objectivity (philosophy) Observation Parapsychology Perception Personal unconscious Personality Pessimism Phenomenon Philosopher Philosophy Potentiality and actuality Prejudice Principle Probability Psyche (psychology) Psychiatry Psychic Psychoanalysis Psychological Types Psychological research Psychology and Alchemy Psychology of the Unconscious Psychology Psychopathology Psychotherapy Quantity Reality Reason Reminiscence Requirement Result Schizophrenia Science Scientist Self-deception Self-knowledge (psychology) Sexual fantasy Sigmund Freud Skepticism Suggestion Symbols of Transformation Sympathy Symptom Telepathy Temperament Textual criticism Theory of Forms Theory Thought Thus Spoke Zarathustra Transference Two Essays on Analytical Psychology Unconsciousness World view Writing |
ISBN |
0-691-25945-3
1-4008-5095-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- EDITORIAL NOTE -- TRANSLATOR'S NOTE. EDITORIAL NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. -- ON PSYCHIC ENERGY -- THE TRANSCENDENT FUNCTION -- A REVIEW OF THE COMPLEX THEORY -- II -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CONSTITUTION AND HEREDITY IN PSYCHOLOGY -- PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS DETERMINING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR -- III -- INSTINCT AND THE UNCONSCIOUS -- THE STRUCTURE OF THE PSYCHE -- ON THE NATURE OF THE PSYCHE -- IV -- GENERAL ASPECTS OF DREAM PSYCHOLOGY -- ON THE NATURE OF DREAMS -- V -- THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF BELIEF IN SPIRITS -- SPIRIT AND LIFE -- BASIC POSTULATES OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY -- ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND 'WELTANSCHAUUNG' -- THE REAL AND THE SURREAL -- VI -- THE STAGES OF LIFE -- THE SOUL AND DEATH -- VII -- SYNCHRONICITY: AN ACAUSAL CONNECTING PRINCIPLE -- APPENDIX: ON SYNCHRONICITY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809535403321 |
Jung Carl G.
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Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2014] | ||
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