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Chance in Evolution / / Grant Ramsey, Charles H. Pence
| Chance in Evolution / / Grant Ramsey, Charles H. Pence |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 pages) |
| Disciplina | 576.801 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Philosophy
Chance |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Charles Darwin
chance contingency evolution genetic drift history of biology macroevolution mutation natural selection |
| ISBN | 0-226-40191-X |
| Classificazione | WH 2100 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Chance in Evolution from Darwin to Contemporary Biology -- 1. Contingency, Chance, and Randomness in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Biology -- 2. Chance and Chances in Darwin's Early Theorizing and in Darwinian Theory Today -- 3. Chance in the Modern Synthesis -- 4. Is it Providential, by Chance? Christian Objections to the Role of Chance in Darwinian Evolution -- 5. Does Darwinian Evolution Mean We Are Here by Chance? -- 6. The Reference Class Problem in Evolutionary Biology: Distinguishing Selection from Drift -- 7. Weak Randomness at the Origin of Biological Variation: The Case of Genetic Mutations -- 8. Parallel Evolution: What Does It (Not) Tell Us and Why Is It (Still) Interesting? -- 9. Contingent Evolution: Not by Chance Alone -- 10. History's Windings in a Flask: Microbial Experiments into Evolutionary Contingency -- 11. Rolling the Dice Twice: Evolving Reconstructed Ancient Proteins in Extant Organisms -- 12. Wonderful Life Revisited: Chance and Contingency in the Ediacaran-Cambrian Radiation -- References -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910838253403321 |
| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016] | ||
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Looking After Miss Alexander : Care, Mental Capacity, and the Court of Protection in Mid-Twentieth-Century England / / Janet Weston
| Looking After Miss Alexander : Care, Mental Capacity, and the Court of Protection in Mid-Twentieth-Century England / / Janet Weston |
| Autore | Weston Janet |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 pages) |
| Disciplina | 344.044 |
| Collana | States, people, and the history of social change |
| Soggetto topico | Mental health law |
| Soggetto non controllato |
British Union of Fascists
Dorset Lunacy Office Official Solicitor autonomy capacity care carers chance citizenship common law competence control dementia disability elder abuse exploitation financial abuse friendship gender guardianship homecare imagination incapacity indeterminacy informal care interwar legal history lunacy law mental defect mental health law mental illness microhistory nursing respectability retirement small history social policy socio-legal history subjectivity vulnerability welfare state welfare |
| ISBN | 0-2280-1583-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Origins -- Turning to the Courts -- Found Incapable -- Providing Care -- Endings -- Notes -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Looking After Miss Alexander |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910774897303321 |
Weston Janet
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| Montreal : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 2023 | ||
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The material theory of induction / / John D. Norton
| The material theory of induction / / John D. Norton |
| Autore | Norton John D. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Calgary, Alberta : , : University of Calgary Press, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (682 pages) |
| Disciplina | 161 |
| Collana | BSPS Open |
| Soggetto topico | Induction (Logic) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
books about philosophy of science
books about science books for scientists chance deductive inference deductive logic history of science inductive inference inductive logic inductive support material theory of induction new theory of induction philosophy of science probability study of chance study of probability study of science theory of induction |
| ISBN |
9781773852553
9781773852539 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Prolog -- The Material Theory of Induction Stated and Illustrated -- What Powers Inductive Inference? -- Replicability of Experiment -- Analogy -- Epistemic Virtues and Epistemic Values: A Skeptical Critique -- Simplicity as a Surrogate -- Simplicity in Model Selection -- Inference to the Best Explanation: The General Account -- Inference to the Best Explanation: Examples -- Why Not Bayes -- Circularity in the Scoring Rule Vindication of Probabilities -- No Place to Stand: The Incompleteness of All Calculi of Inductive Inference -- Infinite Lottery Machines -- Uncountable Problems -- Indeterministic Physical Systems -- A Quantum Inductive Logic -- Epilog -- Index |
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Norton John D.
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| Calgary, Alberta : , : University of Calgary Press, , [2021] | ||
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Photography, Trace, and Trauma / / Margaret Iversen
| Photography, Trace, and Trauma / / Margaret Iversen |
| Autore | Iversen Margaret |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (170 pages) |
| Disciplina | 770 |
| Soggetto topico | Photography - Social aspects |
| Soggetto non controllato |
analogue
chance digitization exposure indexicality photography trace trauma |
| ISBN | 0-226-37033-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Exposure -- 2. Indexicality: A Trauma of Signification -- 3. Analogue: On Zoe Leonard and Tacita Dean -- 4. Casting, Rubbing, Making Strange -- 5. Index, Diagram, Graphic Trace -- 6. The "Unrepresentable" -- 7. Invisible Traces: Postscript on Thomas Demand -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910162713803321 |
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Iversen Margaret
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| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2017] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Religion and art : rethinking aesthetic and auratic experiences in 'post-secular' times / / special issue editor, Davor Džalto
| Religion and art : rethinking aesthetic and auratic experiences in 'post-secular' times / / special issue editor, Davor Džalto |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (102 p.) |
| Disciplina | 201/.67 |
| Soggetto topico |
Art and religion
Postsecularism |
| Soggetto non controllato |
aesthetic
harmony beauty Gerhard Richter haptic Cologne Cathedral window secularism iconography Strip aesthetic experience iconology retro-avant-garde photography Augustine concepts: image Franciscan theology faith post-secular intentionality aura theurgy freedom authorship Magdalene contemporary painting mysticism wonder belief sacred art Vermeer chance abstract painting sensory experience skepticism digital imagery reading/readers aesthetics rhythm book(s) culture sentience Jerome ratio |
| ISBN | 3-03921-033-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Religion and Art |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910346683903321 |
| MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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