Carving nature at its joints : natural kinds in metaphysics and science / / edited by Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke, and Matthew H. Slater |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (367 p.) |
Disciplina | 113 |
Collana | Topics in 8contemporary philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Naturalism
Science - Philosophy Philosophy of nature Metaphysics |
Soggetto non controllato |
PHILOSOPHY/Philosophy of Science & Technology
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Science |
ISBN |
1-283-32175-0
9786613321756 0-262-29878-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction : Lessons from the Scientific Butchery; 1 Carving Nature at Its Joints; 2 Natural Kinds and Inductive Inference; 3 The Question of Essentialism; 4 Applications; 5 The Essays; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Chapter 2. Induction, Samples, and Kinds; 1 Introduction; 2 Goodman's Problem and Naturalness Constraints; 3 A Second Form of Inference; 4 A Nominalist Challenge; 5 A Discussion of Cases; 6 Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Chapter 3. It Takes More Than All Kinds to Make a World; 1 Introduction
2 Distinguishing the Laws by Their Stability3 Natural Necessity; 4 The Laws Form a System; 5 How Some Laws Can Transcend Others; 6 Natural Properties; Notes; References; Chapter 4. Lange and Laws, Kinds, and Counterfactuals; 1 Lange on Laws; 2 Lange on Kinds; 3 Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 5. Are Fundamental Laws Necessary or Contingent?; I; II; III; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Chapter 6. Para-Natural Kinds; Extending Plato's Metaphor; Contrast with Artifacts; Nomic Legacies; Natural Kind or Para-Natural Kind?; Kripke Tests; Putnam Tests; Back-up Strategy Second Order Para-Natural KindsHistorical Controversy; Some Parting Imagery; Summary of Three Theses; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 7. Boundaries, Conventions, and Realism; 1 Natural vs. Artificial Boundaries; 2 Boundaries and Things; 3 From Boundaries to Things; 4 Conventionalism and Realism; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Chapter 8. Natural Kinds and Biological Realisms; 1 Introduction; 2 Species Concepts; 3 Species Pluralism; 4 Realism in General; 5 Ereshefsky versus Kitcher; 6 The Higher Categories; 7 Conclusions; Notes; References Chapter 9. Three Ways of Resisting Essentialism about Natural Kinds1 Essentialism about Natural Kinds; 2 Questioning the First Tenet: All and Only the Members of a Kind Have a Common Essence; 3 Questioning the First Tenet of Kind-Essentialism in the Biological Domain; 4 Questioning the Second Tenet: Causal Responsibility; 5 Questioning the Third Tenet: Explanatory Relevance; 6 Questioning the Third Tenet of Kind-Essentialism in the Biological Domain; Acknowledgments; Notes; References; Chapter 10. Arthritis and Nature's Joints; 1 Disease Kinds and Essences 2 Why Treat Disease Kinds as Natural Kinds?3 Two Approaches to Natural Kinds; 4 What Is a Disease?; 5 Natural Disease Kinds; 6 Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 11. Predicting Populations by Modeling Individuals; 1 Introduction; 2 The Scientists' Problem, and Two Strategies for Solving It; 3 Why One-Off Models of Evolving Biological Populations Make Sense; 4 An Illustrative Case; 5 Mistakes Compounded; 6 Final Considerations; Notes; References; Chapter 12. Similarity and Species Concepts; 1 Introduction; 2 Similarity or Sameness as the Basis of Concepts and Kinds 3 Realist Species Conceptions |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2011] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Causation and Laws of Nature / / Max Kistler |
Autore | Kistler Max |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Place of publication not identified] : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 113 |
Soggetto topico | Philosophy of nature |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. What is a Causal Relation? -- 2. Laws of Nature and Universal Generalisations-- 3. Applicability Conditions and the Concept of "Strict Law"-- 4. Consequences-- 5. The Nomological Theory of Causation and Causal Responsibility -- 6. Efficacious Properties and the Instantiation of Laws-- 7. Causal Responsibility and its Applications Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910476797703321 |
Kistler Max | ||
[Place of publication not identified] : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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La cena de le ceneri / Giordana Bruno ; a cura di Giovanni Aquilecchia |
Autore | Bruno, Giordano <1548-1600> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Torino : Einaudi, 1955 |
Descrizione fisica | 314 p. ; 22 cm |
Disciplina | 113 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Aquilecchia, Giovanni |
Collana | Nuova raccolta di classici italiani annotati ; 4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991002244319707536 |
Bruno, Giordano <1548-1600> | ||
Torino : Einaudi, 1955 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Centoventi articoli sulla natura e sull'universo contro i Peripatetici = Centum et viginti articuli de natura et mundo adversus Peripateticos / Giordano Bruno ; a cura di Eugenio Canone |
Autore | BRUNO, Giordano |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Pisa ; Roma, : Fabrizio Serra Editore, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | XXII, 48 p. ; 25 cm. |
Disciplina | 113(Cosmologia (Filosofia della natura)) |
Soggetto topico |
COSMOLOGIA
PERIPATETICI |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
Record Nr. | UNIOR-UON00299618 |
BRUNO, Giordano | ||
Pisa ; Roma, : Fabrizio Serra Editore, 2007 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. L'Orientale | ||
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Chorology [[electronic resource] ] : On Beginning in Plato's Timaeus |
Autore | Sallis John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
Disciplina | 113 |
Collana | Studies in Continental thought Chorology |
Soggetto topico |
Chaora (The Greek word)
Plato Chōra (The Greek word) Beginning Philosophy & Religion Philosophy |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-06586-6
0-253-10837-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 Remembrance of the City; 2 Production of the Cosmos; 3 The Χωρ́α; 4 Traces of the Χωρ́α; 5 Reinscriptions; English Index; Greek Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455004003321 |
Sallis John | ||
Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Chorology [[electronic resource] ] : on beginning in Plato's timaeus |
Autore | Sallis John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
Disciplina | 113 |
Collana | Studies in Continental thought Chorology |
Soggetto topico |
Chaora (The Greek word)
Plato Chōra (The Greek word) Beginning Philosophy & Religion Philosophy |
ISBN |
1-282-06586-6
0-253-10837-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 Remembrance of the City; 2 Production of the Cosmos; 3 The Χωρ́α; 4 Traces of the Χωρ́α; 5 Reinscriptions; English Index; Greek Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779829003321 |
Sallis John | ||
Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Chorology [[electronic resource] ] : on beginning in Plato's timaeus |
Autore | Sallis John |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 1999 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 p.) |
Disciplina | 113 |
Collana | Studies in Continental thought Chorology |
Soggetto topico |
Chaora (The Greek word)
Plato Chōra (The Greek word) Beginning Philosophy & Religion Philosophy |
ISBN |
1-282-06586-6
0-253-10837-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 Remembrance of the City; 2 Production of the Cosmos; 3 The Χωρ́α; 4 Traces of the Χωρ́α; 5 Reinscriptions; English Index; Greek Index; About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828018503321 |
Sallis John | ||
Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, 1999 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Christian topography of Kosmas Indikipleustes : Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 9.28 : the map of the universe redrawn in the sixth century, with a contribution on the Slavic recensions / edited by Jeffrey C. Anderson ; contributions by Jeffrey C. Anderson...[et al.] |
Descrizione fisica | XI, 118 p., [40] carte di tav. : ill. ; 30 cm |
Disciplina | 113 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Anderson, Jeffrey C. |
Collana | Folia picta ; 3 |
Soggetto (Persona) | Cosmas, Indicopleustes, active 6th century. Christian topography |
Soggetto (Ente) | Biblioteca medicea laurenziana. Manuscript. Plut. 9.28. |
Soggetto topico | Manoscritti miniati - Firenze - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana - Cod. Plut. 9.28 |
ISBN | 9788863724028 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione |
ita
eng |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991003564179707536 |
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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Chronos in Aristotle’s Physics [[electronic resource] ] : On the Nature of Time / / by Chelsea C. Harry |
Autore | Harry Chelsea C |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (89 p.) |
Disciplina |
10
113 180 180-190 501 |
Collana | SpringerBriefs in Philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Philosophy and science
Philosophy of nature Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy Philosophy of Science Philosophy of Nature Classical Philosophy History of Philosophy |
ISBN | 3-319-17834-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Abstract -- Dedication -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction.- Chapter 1: Time in Context -- Chapter 2: Physics iv 10-11 in Context Chapter 3: Conditions of Actualized Time -- Chapter 4: Implications of Potential Time Bibliography . |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910483394503321 |
Harry Chelsea C | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Chute des corps et mouvement de la terre de Kepler à Newton : histoire et documents d'un problème / Alexandre Koyré |
Autore | Koyré, Alexandre |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Paris : Vrin, 1973 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 v. ; 22 cm. |
Disciplina | 113 |
Collana | L'histoire des sciences |
Soggetto topico | Cosmologia |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991002150179707536 |
Koyré, Alexandre | ||
Paris : Vrin, 1973 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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