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-9910781106903321 |
Byers William
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Paradigmenwechsel : wandel in den Künsten und wissenschaften / / herausgegeben von, Andrea Sakoparnig, Andreas Wolfsteiner, Jürgen Bohm |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48 |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Philosophy
Arts - Philosophy Aesthetics Paradigm (Theory of knowledge) |
Soggetto non controllato |
Paradigm shift
philosophy of science |
ISBN | 3-11-033367-8 |
Classificazione | CC 6900 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Einleitung / Sakoparnig, Andrea / Wolfsteiner, Andreas -- Teil I: Paradigmen als epistemologische Schemata -- Paradigma und Idealtyp / Hindrichs, Gunnar -- Denkstil - Paradigma - Avantgarde / Werner, Sylwia -- Von der Lösung der Anomalie zur Aussetzung des Fragens / Echterhölter, Anna -- Paradigmenwechsel oder ›turns‹? / Fischer-Lichte, Erika -- Das Autonomie-Paradigma und seine Kritik / Bertram, Georg W. -- Singuläre Paradigmata / Mersch, Dieter -- Bestimmende Selbstbestimmtheit / Sakoparnig, Andrea -- Life and Forms / Tygstrup, Frederik -- Teil II: Paradigmen als Muster ästhetischer Praxis -- Paradigma Fotografie / Siegel, Steffen -- Szenarien, Zeitmuster / Wolfsteiner, Andreas -- Paradigmenwechsel wohin? / Lüthy, Michael -- Im Angesicht der Kunst / Bismarck, Beatrice von -- »Goldene Aphrodite« / Schlesier, Renate -- Nach dem Muster / Endres, Martin -- Nach dem Muster / Egger, Oswald -- Abbildungsverzeichnis -- Liste der Beitragenden |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788564303321 |
Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2014 | ||
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Paradigmenwechsel : wandel in den Künsten und wissenschaften / / herausgegeben von, Andrea Sakoparnig, Andreas Wolfsteiner, Jürgen Bohm |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48 |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Philosophy
Arts - Philosophy Aesthetics Paradigm (Theory of knowledge) |
Soggetto non controllato |
Paradigm shift
philosophy of science |
ISBN | 3-11-033367-8 |
Classificazione | CC 6900 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ger |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Inhaltsverzeichnis -- Einleitung / Sakoparnig, Andrea / Wolfsteiner, Andreas -- Teil I: Paradigmen als epistemologische Schemata -- Paradigma und Idealtyp / Hindrichs, Gunnar -- Denkstil - Paradigma - Avantgarde / Werner, Sylwia -- Von der Lösung der Anomalie zur Aussetzung des Fragens / Echterhölter, Anna -- Paradigmenwechsel oder ›turns‹? / Fischer-Lichte, Erika -- Das Autonomie-Paradigma und seine Kritik / Bertram, Georg W. -- Singuläre Paradigmata / Mersch, Dieter -- Bestimmende Selbstbestimmtheit / Sakoparnig, Andrea -- Life and Forms / Tygstrup, Frederik -- Teil II: Paradigmen als Muster ästhetischer Praxis -- Paradigma Fotografie / Siegel, Steffen -- Szenarien, Zeitmuster / Wolfsteiner, Andreas -- Paradigmenwechsel wohin? / Lüthy, Michael -- Im Angesicht der Kunst / Bismarck, Beatrice von -- »Goldene Aphrodite« / Schlesier, Renate -- Nach dem Muster / Endres, Martin -- Nach dem Muster / Egger, Oswald -- Abbildungsverzeichnis -- Liste der Beitragenden |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829024603321 |
Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2014 | ||
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Why Trust Science? / / Naomi Oreskes |
Autore | Oreskes Naomi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 p.) : 2 b/w illus. 1 table |
Disciplina | 303.483 |
Collana | The University Center for Human Values Series |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Philosophy
Science - Social aspects SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects |
Soggetto non controllato |
Adverse effect
Adviser American Association for the Advancement of Science Americans Amgen Authoritarianism Biologist Biomedicine Blind experiment Bruno Latour Cambridge University Press Climate change Climatology Continental drift Covid-19 Criticism Decision-making Dental floss Distrust Empirical evidence Empiricism Environmental impact assessment Environmentalist Epistemology Eugenics Experiment Explanation Fallacy Funding of science Funding Geneticist Global warming Governance Graduate school Greenhouse gas Helen Longino History and philosophy of science Ideology Institution Karl Popper Lecture Logical positivism Ludwik Fleck Merchants of Doubt Methodology Misuse of statistics Morality Naomi Oreskes National Science Foundation Ottmar Edenhofer Paradigm shift Pascal's Wager Peer review Philosopher Philosophy of science Philosophy Physician Physicist Political psychology Political science Politics Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Princeton University Psychology Public health Public policy Publication Rationality Reason Replication crisis Reproducibility Result Sandra Harding Science studies Science, technology and society Science Scientific community Scientific consensus Scientific evidence Scientific method Scientific opinion on climate change Scientific progress Scientific revolution Scientific theory Scientist Skepticism Social science Sociology Statistical significance Suggestion Sunburn Sunscreen Symptom Tax Technology Theory Thomas Kuhn Thought Vaccination Vetting |
ISBN | 0-691-22237-1 |
Classificazione | AP 14000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface to the Paperback -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Why Trust Science? -- Chapter 2 Science Awry -- Coda -- Comments -- Chapter 3 The Epistemology of Frozen Peas -- Chapter 4 What Would Reasons for Trusting Science Be? -- Chapter 5 Pascal’s Wager Reframed -- Chapter 6 Comments on the Present and Future of Science, Inspired by Naomi Oreskes -- Response -- Chapter 7 Reply -- Afterword -- Notes -- References -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910554234403321 |
Oreskes Naomi
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Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] | ||
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