The blind spot [[electronic resource] ] : science and the crisis of uncertainty / / William Byers
| 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 |
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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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Implementing responsible research and innovation : organisational and national conditions / / by Christian Wittrock, Ellen-Marie Forsberg, Auke Pols, Philip Macnaghten, David Ludwig
| Implementing responsible research and innovation : organisational and national conditions / / by Christian Wittrock, Ellen-Marie Forsberg, Auke Pols, Philip Macnaghten, David Ludwig |
| Autore | Wittrock Christian |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 120 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s) |
| Disciplina | 174.9 |
| Collana | SpringerBriefs in Ethics |
| Soggetto topico |
Research—Moral and ethical aspects
School management and organization School administration Economic sociology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Research Ethics
Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary Administration, Organization and Leadership Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics Humanities and Social Sciences Organization and Leadership Economic Sociology organizational change responsible research and innovation science and innovation studies responsible innovation research ethics RRI keys and dimensions academic culture and RRI international research ethics RRI and national contetxts science technology and innovation Open Access Ethics & moral philosophy Philosophy of science Interdisciplinary studies Educational administration & organization Sociology: work & labour |
| ISBN | 3-030-57850-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. About this report -- 2. General introduction to the RRI-Practice Study. - 3. Organizational Drivers for Responsible Research and Innovation -- 4. Organizational Barriers for Responsible Research and Innovation -- 5. Discussion of key findings in the organisational study -- 6. Overview of national discourse by country -- 7. How national contexts affect the RRI keys and dimensions -- 8. The who, why and how questions and the AIRR dimensions -- 9. Discussion and conclusion on the national comparison. |
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Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de ultima lectura, recensio parisiensis : Study of the Manuscript Tradition and Critical Edition of Books I-II.10 / / Nicole Oresme ; Aurora Panzica, editor
| Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de ultima lectura, recensio parisiensis : Study of the Manuscript Tradition and Critical Edition of Books I-II.10 / / Nicole Oresme ; Aurora Panzica, editor |
| Autore | Oresme Nicole <approximately 1320-1382, > |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Brill, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 290 pages) |
| Disciplina | 551.5 |
| Collana | Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy and Science |
| Soggetto topico | Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) |
| Soggetto non controllato | Philosophy of science |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The strange case of the second redaction of Oresme's Questions on Meteorology -- The manuscript tradition of the second redaction of Nicole Oresme's Questions on Meteorology : manuscript descriptions and a study of their relationships -- Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de ultima lectura, recensio parisiensis. Liber I ; Liber II. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de ultima lectura, recensio parisiensis |
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