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Romero, Gustavo E |
Scientific Philosophy |
I08875 |
2018 |
eBook |
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Ferrari, M |
Symbol and Physical Knowledge |
I10968 |
2002 |
eBook |
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Frey, Ulrich J |
Homo Novus - A Human Without Illusions |
I08314 |
2010 |
eBook |
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Heller, Michael |
Ultimate Explanations of the Universe |
I07381 |
2009 |
eBook |
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Satz, Helmut |
Ultimate Horizons |
I06590 |
2013 |
eBook |
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Plotnitsky, Arkady |
Epistemology and Probability |
I05983 |
2010 |
eBook |
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Renn, J??rgen |
The Genesis of General Relativity |
I05789 |
2007 |
eBook |
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Frey, Ulrich J |
Essential Building Blocks of Human Nature |
I05673 |
2011 |
eBook |
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| 19 |
Vidal, Cl??ment |
The Beginning and the End |
I05472 |
2014 |
eBook |
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Garola, Claudio |
The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics |
I04325 |
1995 |
eBook |
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| Title | Scientific Philosophy |
| Author(s) | Romero, Gustavo E |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2018. |
| Description | XIX, 188 p. 8 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book presents the basics of philosophy that are necessary for the student and researcher in science in order to better understand scientific work. The approach is not historical but formative: tools for semantical analysis, ontology of science, epistemology, and scientific ethics are presented in a formal and direct way. The book has two parts: one with the general theory and a second part with application to some problems such as the interpretation of quantum mechanics, the nature of mathematics, and the ontology of spacetime. The book addresses questions such as "What is meaning?", "What is truth?", "What are truth criteria in science?", "What is a theory?", "What is a model?" "What is a datum?", "What is information?", "What does it mean to understand something?", "What is space?", "What is time?", "How are these concepts articulated in science?" "What are values?" "What are the limits of science?", and many more. The philosophical views presented are "scientific" in the sense that they are informed by current science, they are relevant for scientific research, and the method adopted uses the hypothetical-deductive approach that is characteristic of science. The results and conclusions, as any scientific conclusion, are open to revision in the light of future advances. Hence, this philosophical approach opposes to dogmatic philosophy. Supported by end-of-chapter summaries and a list of special symbols used, the material will be of interest for students and researchers in both science and philosophy. The second part will appeal to physicists and mathematicians |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319976310 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. EPISTEMOLOGY
7. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
8. MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
9. Mathematical Logic and Foundations
10. PHYSICS
11. QUANTUM PHYSICS
12. RESEARCH ETHICS
13. Research???Moral and ethical aspects
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| Title | Symbol and Physical Knowledge : On the Conceptual Structure of Physics |
| Author(s) | Ferrari, M;Stamatescu, I.-O |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2002. |
| Description | XV, 230 p. 1 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This book tackles the question of the symbolic structure of physics, a topic which is implicit in any theory of knowledge, but one that often seems to be ignored as an explicit and central element in today's epistemological debates. The elucidation of this problem should benefit a number of ongoing discussions and can help to avoid much recurring confusion. The contributions to the book have been chosen so as to provide a coherent view, ultimately addressing the relation between the concepts used in science and the real world. The first part provides an introduction to the problem as it arises in physics, and to the modern history of symbols. The subject of the second part is the epistemological discussion taking place between physicists and philosophers about the role of symbols in our knowledge of Nature. The third part addresses key issues related to the methodology of physics and the character of its symbolic structures. The aim of this book is to provide a consistent, if not comprehensive, view, emphasizing aspects that are paradigmatic for the natural sciences as a whole |
| ISBN,Price | 9783662048559 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. EPISTEMOLOGY
4. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
5. Philosophy and science
6. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
7. PHYSICS
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| Title | Homo Novus - A Human Without Illusions |
| Author(s) | Frey, Ulrich J;St??rmer, Charlotte;Willf??hr, Kai P |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010. |
| Description | XIV, 291 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Converging evidence from disciplines including sociobiology, evolutionary psychology and human biology forces us to adopt a new idea of what it means to be a human. As cherished concepts such as free will, na??ve realism, humans as creation's crowning glory fall and our moral roots in ape group dynamics become clearer, we have to take leave of many concepts that have been central to defining our humanness. What emerges is a new human, the homo novus, a human being without illusions. Leading authors from many different fields explore these issues by addressing these illusions and providing evidence for the need to switch to this new idea of man, in spite of understandable reluctance to let go of our most beloved illusions |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642121425 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ANTHROPOLOGY
2. Cognitive psychology
3. EBOOK
4. EBOOK - SPRINGER
5. EPISTEMOLOGY
6. Evolutionary Biology
7. Popular Science in Psychology
8. PSYCHOLOGY
9. Sociology
10. Sociology, general
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| Title | Ultimate Explanations of the Universe |
| Author(s) | Heller, Michael |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009. |
| Description | XII, 216 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | We humans are collectively driven by a powerful - yet not fully explained - instinct to understand. We would like to see everything established, proven, laid bare. The more important an issue, the more we desire to see it clarified, stripped of all secrets, all shades of gray. What could be more important than to understand the Universe and ourselves as a part of it? To find a window onto our origin and our destiny? This book examines how far our modern cosmological theories - with their sometimes audacious models, such as inflation, cyclic histories, quantum creation, parallel universes - can take us towards answering these questions. Can such theories lead us to ultimate truths, leaving nothing unexplained? Last, but not least, Heller addresses the thorny problem of why and whether we should expect to find theories with all-encompassing explicative power |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642021039 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. EPISTEMOLOGY
7. MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
8. Mathematical Logic and Foundations
9. METAPHYSICS
10. Popular Science, general
11. Popular works
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| Title | Ultimate Horizons : Probing the Limits of the Universe |
| Author(s) | Satz, Helmut |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. |
| Description | XII, 172 p. 68 illus., 53 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In the last hundred years, modern physics and cosmology have shown that there exist regions of the universe forever beyond our reach, hidden by truly ultimate horizons. Such regions exist in those remote parts of the universe where, from our point of view, space expands faster than the speed of light. They are found in black holes, where the gravity is strong enough to retain even light within its field of attraction. And in the realm of the very small, quarks must remain forever confined to their world of extreme density and can never be removed from it. The aim of this book is to describe these ultimate horizons, how they were discovered, how they shape our view of the world, and what clues we have about a world beyond them |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642416576 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Elementary particles (Physics)
7. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
8. EPISTEMOLOGY
9. Philosophy and science
10. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
11. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
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| I06590 |
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| Title | Epistemology and Probability : Bohr, Heisenberg, Schr??dinger, and the Nature of Quantum-Theoretical Thinking |
| Author(s) | Plotnitsky, Arkady |
| Publication | New York, NY, Springer New York, 2010. |
| Description | XXXIV, 402 p. 2 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Quantum mechanics, discovered by Werner Heisenberg and Erwin Schr??dinger in 1925-1926, is famous for its radical implications for our conception of physics and for our view of human knowledge in general. While these implications have been seen as scientifically productive and intellectually liberating to some, Niels Bohr and Heisenberg, among them, they have been troublesome to many others, including Schr??dinger and, most famously, Albert Einstein. The situation led to the intense debate that started in the wake of its discovery and has continued into our own time, with no end appearing to be in sight. Epistemology and Probability aims to contribute to our understanding of quantum mechanics and of the reasons for its extraordinary impact by reconsidering, under the rubric of "nonclassical epistemology," the nature of epistemology and probability, and their relationships in quantum theory. The book brings together the thought of the three figures most responsible for the rise of quantum mechanics???Heisenberg and Schr??dinger, on the physical side, and Bohr, on the philosophical side???in order to develop a deeper sense of the physical, mathematical, and philosophical workings of quantum-theoretical thinking. Reciprocally, giving a special emphasis on probability and specifically to the Bayesian concept of probability allows the book to gain new insights into the thought of these figures. The book reconsiders, from this perspective, the Bohr-Einstein debate on the epistemology of quantum physics and, in particular, offers a new treatment of the famous experiment of Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen (EPR), and of the Bohr-Einstein exchange concerning the subject. It also addresses the relevant aspects of quantum information theory and considers the implications of its epistemological argument for higher-level quantum theories, such as quantum field theory and string and brane theories. One of the main contributions of the book is its analysis of the role of mathematics in quantum theory and in the thinking of Bohr, Heisenberg, and Schr??dinger, in particular an examination of the new (vis-??-vis classical physics and relativity) type of the relationships between mathematics and physics introduced by Heisenberg in the course of his discovery of quantum mechanics. Although Epistemology and Probability is aimed at physicists, philosophers and historians of science, and graduate and advanced undergraduate students in these fields, it is also written with a broader audience in mind and is accessible to readers unfamiliar with the higher-level mathematics used in quantum theory |
| ISBN,Price | 9780387853345 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Elementary particles (Physics)
4. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
5. EPISTEMOLOGY
6. Philosophy and science
7. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
8. PROBABILITIES
9. Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes
10. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
11. QUANTUM PHYSICS
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| Title | The Genesis of General Relativity : Sources and Interpretations |
| Author(s) | Renn, J??rgen |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 2007. |
| Description | VIII, 619 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This four-volume work represents the most comprehensive documentation and study of the creation of general relativity; one of the fundamental physical theories of the 20th century. It comprises key sources from Einstein and others who from the late 19th to the early 20th century contributed to this monumental development. Some of these sources are presented here in translation for the first time. Einstein???s famous Zurich notebook, which documents the pivotal steps toward general relativity, is reproduced here for the first time and transcribed in its entirety. The volumes offer detailed commentaries and analyses of these sources that are based on a close reading of these documents supplemented by interpretations by the leading historians of relativity. All in all, the facets of this work, based on more than a decade of research, combine to constitute one of the most in-depth studies of a scientific revolution ever written |
| ISBN,Price | 9781402040009 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. EPISTEMOLOGY
5. GRAVITATION
6. HISTORY
7. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
8. PHILOSOPHY
9. Philosophy and science
10. PHILOSOPHY OF NATURE
11. PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
12. Philosophy, general
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| Title | Essential Building Blocks of Human Nature |
| Author(s) | Frey, Ulrich J;St??rmer, Charlotte;Willf??hr, Kai P |
| Publication | Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. |
| Description | XIV, 159 p. 67 illus., 11 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | To understand why we humans are as we are, it is necessary to look at the essential building blocks that??comprise our nature. The foundations of this structure??are??our evolutionary origins as primates and our social roots. Upon these rest features such as our??emotions, language and aesthetic preferences, with our??self-perceptions, self-deceptions and thirst for knowledge right at the top. The unifying force holding these blocks together is evolutionary theory. Evolution provides a deeper understanding of??human nature and, in particular,??of the??common roots of these different perspectives. To build a reliable and coherent model of man, leading authors from fields as diverse as primatology, anthropology, neurobiology and philosophy have joined forces to present essays?? each describing their own expert perspective. Together they provide a convincing and complete picture of our own human??nature |
| ISBN,Price | 9783642139680 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Cognitive psychology
2. EBOOK
3. EBOOK - SPRINGER
4. EPISTEMOLOGY
5. Evolutionary Biology
6. Popular Science in Psychology
7. PSYCHOLOGY
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| Title | The Beginning and the End : The Meaning of Life in a Cosmological Perspective |
| Author(s) | Vidal, Cl??ment |
| Publication | Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2014. |
| Description | XXXIV, 379 p. 42 illus., 23 illus. in color : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In this fascinating journey to the edge of science, Vidal takes on big philosophical questions: Does our universe have a beginning and an end, or is it cyclic? Are we alone in the universe? What is the role of intelligent life, if any, in cosmic evolution? Grounded in science and committed to philosophical rigor, this book presents an evolutionary worldview where the rise of intelligent life is not an accident, but may well be the key to unlocking the universe's deepest mysteries. Vidal shows how the fine-tuning controversy can be advanced with computer simulations. He also explores whether natural or artificial selection could hold on a cosmic scale. In perhaps his boldest hypothesis, he argues that signs of advanced extraterrestrial civilizations are already present in our astrophysical data. His conclusions invite us to see the meaning of life, evolution, and intelligence from a novel cosmological framework that should stir debate for years to come |
| ISBN,Price | 9783319050621 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
3. ASTROPHYSICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. EPISTEMOLOGY
7. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
8. PHYSICS
9. Popular Science in Astronomy
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| Title | The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics : Historical Analysis and Open Questions |
| Author(s) | Garola, Claudio;Rossi, Arcangelo |
| Publication | Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 1995. |
| Description | XIX, 452 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In The Foundations of Quantum Mechanics - Historical Analysis and Open Questions, leading Italian researchers involved in different aspects of the foundations and history of quantum mechanics are brought together in an interdisciplinary debate. The book therefore presents an invaluable overview of the state of Italian work in the field at this moment, and of the open problems that still exist in the foundations of the theory. Audience: Physicists, logicians, mathematicians and epistemologists whose research concerns the historical analysis of quantum mechanics |
| ISBN,Price | 9789401100298 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. EBOOK
2. EBOOK - SPRINGER
3. Elementary particles (Physics)
4. Elementary Particles, Quantum Field Theory
5. EPISTEMOLOGY
6. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
7. MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
8. Mathematical Logic and Foundations
9. PHYSICS
10. PROBABILITIES
11. Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes
12. QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
13. QUANTUM PHYSICS
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