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Those who work in bioethics and the medical humanities come from many different backgrounds, such as health care, philosophy, law, the social sciences, and religious studies. The work they do also v……続きを見る

Some may consider that the language and concepts of philosophy will eventually be superseded by those of neuroscience. This book questions such a naïve assumption and through a variety of perspectiv……続きを見る

This book explores a wide range of topics relating to scientific and religious learning in the work of Bishop Robert Grosseteste (c. 1168–1253) and does so from various perspectives, including those……続きを見る

Extrait : "Les diverses études qu'on va lire sont des fragments de psychologie collective ainsi entendue. Un lien étroit les unit. Il a paru nécessaire de rééditer ici, pour la mettre à sa vraie pla……続きを見る

Extrait : "Le sens étymologique du mot progrès, que les peuples modernes ont d'un commun accord emprunté à la langue latine, ne représente pas une idée abstraite, ne renferme pas une signification c……続きを見る

Why, with absolutely no idea what Brexit actually meant, did the UK vote for Brexit? Why, rather than vote for the best-qualified candidate ever to stand as US President, did voters opt for a realit……続きを見る

'Thrilling... The “dizzying” story of heart surgery is every bit as important as that of the nuclear, computer or rocket ages. And now it has been given the history it deserves' James McConnachie, S……続きを見る

This book is about power and freedoms in our technological world and has two main objectives. The first is to demonstrate that a theoretical exploration of the algorithmic governmentality hypothesis……続きを見る

Since Hilary Putnam offered multiple realization as an empirical hypothesis in the 1960s, philosophical consensus has turned against the idea that mental processes could be identified with brain pro……続きを見る

When the whole is greater than the sum of the parts--indeed, so great that the sum far transcends the parts and represents something utterly new and different--we call that phenomenon emergence. Whe……続きを見る

Charles Darwin has been at the center of white-hot public debate for more than a century. In Living With Darwin, Philip Kitcher stokes the flames swirling around Darwin's theory, sifting through the……続きを見る

This book about the philosophy of science is the second out of four volumes by Richard Ned Lebow in this book series. It not only provides a useful overview of this broad topic, but also provides de……続きを見る

Meaning, feeling and expression – the experience of inwardness – matter most in human existence. The perspective of biopoetics shows that this experience is shared by all organisms. Being alive mean……続きを見る

Depuis dix-neuf siècles, la religion chrétienne a subi et surmonté bien des attaques, quelques-unes bien plus violentes que celle dont elle est aujourd’hui l’objet, aucune plus grave. Pendant dix-h……続きを見る

While the governance of human existence is organised ever-increasingly around life and its potential to proliferate beyond all limits, much critical reflection on the phenomenon is underpinned by co……続きを見る

Medical innovation as it stands today is fundamentally unsustainable. There is a widening gap between what biomedical research promises and the impact that it is currently achieving, in terms of pat……続きを見る

The nature of reality has been a long-debated issue among scientists and philosophers. In 1930, Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein had a long conversation on the nature of reality. This convers……続きを見る

Neuroscience, with its astounding new technologies, is uncovering the workings of the brain and with this perhaps the mind. The 'neuro' prefix spills out into every area of life, from neuroaesthetic……続きを見る

Combining twenty-six original essays written by an impressive line-up of distinguished physicists and philosophers of physics, this anthology reflects some of the latest thoughts by leading experts ……続きを見る

Modern biological classification is based on the system developed by Linnaeus, and interpreted by Darwin as representing the tree of life. But despite its widespread acceptance, the evolutionary int……続きを見る

Aliens, flying saucers, ESP, the Bermuda Triangle, antigravity … are we talking about science fiction or pseudoscience? Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference. Both pseudoscience and scien……続きを見る

"The Discovery of the Future" is a philosophical lecture by H. G. Wells first delivered to the Royal Institution on January 24, 1902. Within it, Wells explores the 'knowability' of the future and th……続きを見る

"World Brain" is an article written by H. G. Wells and first contributed to the new "Encyclopédie Française" in 1937. It explores the idea of a "permanent world encyclopaedia" that would contain "th……続きを見る

Science occupies an ambiguous space in contemporary society. Scientific research is championed in relation to tackling environmental issues and diseases such as cancer and dementia, and science has ……続きを見る

This volume is an important re-evaluation of space and spatiality in the late Renaissance and early modern period. History of science has generally reduced sixteenth and seventeenth century space to……続きを見る

Dieser Band gewährt einen einzigartigen Einblick in Geistes- und Naturwissenschaften heute. Renommierte Autorinnen und Autoren beantworten grundlegende Fragen wie: Was ist Wissenschaft, und wie beei……続きを見る

The Darwinian Revolution--the change in thinking sparked by Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, which argued that all organisms including humans are the end product of a long, slow, natural p……続きを見る

(A5,126 p.) - Por que filosofia do amor? Não é de hoje que o amor, embora não propriamente o amor entre homem e mulher, tem sido objeto de estudo e/ou de reflexão por parte de diversos filósofos. Pl……続きを見る

Такая формула всего не может не быть и в ней всякое существующее: атом и человек ー разен, но в разностях строгого набора: 0 ー 4 ー 7 ー 24 ー безконечность, как впрочем уже для женского пола оно: ……続きを見る

This book offers a comprehensive primer for the study of intensionality. It explores and assesses those key theories of intensionality which have been developed in the twentieth and early twenty-fir……続きを見る