Author: Stuart Glennan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317552296
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 1087
Book Description
Scientists studying the burning of stars, the evolution of species, DNA, the brain, the economy, and social change, all frequently describe their work as searching for mechanisms. Despite this fact, for much of the twentieth century philosophical discussions of the nature of mechanisms remained outside philosophy of science. The Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into four Parts: Historical perspectives on mechanisms The nature of mechanisms Mechanisms and the philosophy of science Disciplinary perspectives on mechanisms. Within these Parts central topics and problems are examined, including the rise of mechanical philosophy in the seventeenth century; what mechanisms are made of and how they are organized; mechanisms and laws and regularities; how mechanisms are discovered and explained; dynamical systems theory; and disciplinary perspectives from physics, chemistry, biology, biomedicine, ecology, neuroscience, and the social sciences. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of science, the Handbook will also be of interest to those in related fields, such as metaphysics, philosophy of psychology, and history of science.
The Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy
Author: Stuart Glennan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317552296
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 1087
Book Description
Scientists studying the burning of stars, the evolution of species, DNA, the brain, the economy, and social change, all frequently describe their work as searching for mechanisms. Despite this fact, for much of the twentieth century philosophical discussions of the nature of mechanisms remained outside philosophy of science. The Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into four Parts: Historical perspectives on mechanisms The nature of mechanisms Mechanisms and the philosophy of science Disciplinary perspectives on mechanisms. Within these Parts central topics and problems are examined, including the rise of mechanical philosophy in the seventeenth century; what mechanisms are made of and how they are organized; mechanisms and laws and regularities; how mechanisms are discovered and explained; dynamical systems theory; and disciplinary perspectives from physics, chemistry, biology, biomedicine, ecology, neuroscience, and the social sciences. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of science, the Handbook will also be of interest to those in related fields, such as metaphysics, philosophy of psychology, and history of science.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317552296
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 1087
Book Description
Scientists studying the burning of stars, the evolution of species, DNA, the brain, the economy, and social change, all frequently describe their work as searching for mechanisms. Despite this fact, for much of the twentieth century philosophical discussions of the nature of mechanisms remained outside philosophy of science. The Routledge Handbook of Mechanisms and Mechanical Philosophy is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems, and debates in this exciting subject and is the first collection of its kind. Comprising over thirty chapters by a team of international contributors, the Handbook is divided into four Parts: Historical perspectives on mechanisms The nature of mechanisms Mechanisms and the philosophy of science Disciplinary perspectives on mechanisms. Within these Parts central topics and problems are examined, including the rise of mechanical philosophy in the seventeenth century; what mechanisms are made of and how they are organized; mechanisms and laws and regularities; how mechanisms are discovered and explained; dynamical systems theory; and disciplinary perspectives from physics, chemistry, biology, biomedicine, ecology, neuroscience, and the social sciences. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of science, the Handbook will also be of interest to those in related fields, such as metaphysics, philosophy of psychology, and history of science.
Biotremology: Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution
Author: Peggy S. M. Hill
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030974197
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
Biotremology is a new and emerging discipline in biological sciences that covers all aspects of behavior associated with substrate-borne mechanical waves. This volume provides state-of-the-art reviews and technical contributions from leading experts and invited younger researchers on topics from signal production and transmission to perception in its ecological context. Reviews about the knowledge of well-studied groups are complemented with perspectives on the study of less-explored groups or contexts. Special attention is given to practical issues in measuring substrate-borne vibrations as well as to applied biotremology. The book appeals to all those interested in communication and vibrational behavior.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030974197
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 569
Book Description
Biotremology is a new and emerging discipline in biological sciences that covers all aspects of behavior associated with substrate-borne mechanical waves. This volume provides state-of-the-art reviews and technical contributions from leading experts and invited younger researchers on topics from signal production and transmission to perception in its ecological context. Reviews about the knowledge of well-studied groups are complemented with perspectives on the study of less-explored groups or contexts. Special attention is given to practical issues in measuring substrate-borne vibrations as well as to applied biotremology. The book appeals to all those interested in communication and vibrational behavior.
The State of the System, [SOS] Model
Author: Edward R. Williams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Human ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Instructions for turning the modeling material known as Plasticine (or a similar modeling clay) into flat pictures and three-dimensional objects.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Human ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Instructions for turning the modeling material known as Plasticine (or a similar modeling clay) into flat pictures and three-dimensional objects.
Rudiments of Biology
Author:
Publisher: Academic Publishers
ISBN: 9788189781811
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
Publisher: Academic Publishers
ISBN: 9788189781811
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
Rational Design of Enzyme-Nanomaterials
Author:
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128048336
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Rational Design of Enzyme-Nanomaterials, the new volume in the Methods in Enzymology series, continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field. This volume covers research methods in rational design of enzyme-nanomaterials, and includes sections on such topics as conjugation of enzymes and dextran-aldehyde polymers, improved activity of enzymes bound to titanate nanosheet, nano-layered 'stable-on-the-table' biocatalysts and nanoparticle-based enzyme sensors. - Continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field - Covers research methods in rational design of enzyme-nanomaterials - Contains sections on such topics as conjugation of enzymes and dextran-aldehyde polymers, improved activity of enzymes bound to titanate nanosheet, nano-layered 'stable-on-the-table' biocatalysts, and nanoparticle-based enzyme sensors
Publisher: Academic Press
ISBN: 0128048336
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Rational Design of Enzyme-Nanomaterials, the new volume in the Methods in Enzymology series, continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field. This volume covers research methods in rational design of enzyme-nanomaterials, and includes sections on such topics as conjugation of enzymes and dextran-aldehyde polymers, improved activity of enzymes bound to titanate nanosheet, nano-layered 'stable-on-the-table' biocatalysts and nanoparticle-based enzyme sensors. - Continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field - Covers research methods in rational design of enzyme-nanomaterials - Contains sections on such topics as conjugation of enzymes and dextran-aldehyde polymers, improved activity of enzymes bound to titanate nanosheet, nano-layered 'stable-on-the-table' biocatalysts, and nanoparticle-based enzyme sensors
Handbook of Research on Mobile Multimedia
Author: Khalil, Ismail
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1591408687
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
"This handbook provides insight into the field of mobile multimedia and associated applications and services"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1591408687
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
"This handbook provides insight into the field of mobile multimedia and associated applications and services"--Provided by publisher.
The Community of Advantage
Author: Robert Sugden
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198825145
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Normative analysis in economics usually aims at satisfying individuals' preferences, valuing economic freedom and viewing markets favourably. Behavioural research, however, shows that individuals' preferences are often unstable. Robert Sugden proposes a reformulation of normative economics compatible with psychology of choice.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198825145
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Normative analysis in economics usually aims at satisfying individuals' preferences, valuing economic freedom and viewing markets favourably. Behavioural research, however, shows that individuals' preferences are often unstable. Robert Sugden proposes a reformulation of normative economics compatible with psychology of choice.
Animal Writing
Author: Danielle Sands
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474439055
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Combining recent insights from animal studies, critical plant studies and the new materialisms, Danielle Sands reads fiction and philosophy alongside each other to propose a method of thinking of and with animals that draws on a bestiary of affects. She challenges the claim that empathy should be primary mode of engagement with nonhuman life. Instead, she looks at the stories that we tell, and are told, by insects - beings at the edges of animal life. The indifference, even disgust, that these creatures evoke in us forms the basis for a new ethics not limited by empathy. Along the way she encounters fiction writers Yann Martel, Karen Joy Fowler, Han Kang and Jim Crace beside the philosophy of Graham Harman, Donna Haraway, Jacques Derrida and Roger Caillois.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474439055
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Combining recent insights from animal studies, critical plant studies and the new materialisms, Danielle Sands reads fiction and philosophy alongside each other to propose a method of thinking of and with animals that draws on a bestiary of affects. She challenges the claim that empathy should be primary mode of engagement with nonhuman life. Instead, she looks at the stories that we tell, and are told, by insects - beings at the edges of animal life. The indifference, even disgust, that these creatures evoke in us forms the basis for a new ethics not limited by empathy. Along the way she encounters fiction writers Yann Martel, Karen Joy Fowler, Han Kang and Jim Crace beside the philosophy of Graham Harman, Donna Haraway, Jacques Derrida and Roger Caillois.
The Complex Reality of Pain
Author: Jennifer Corns
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000027902
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
This book employs contemporary philosophy, scientific research, and clinical reports to argue that pain, though real, is not an appropriate object of scientific generalisations or an appropriate target for medical intervention. Each pain experience is instead complex and idiosyncratic in a way which undermines scientific utility. In addition to contributing novel arguments and developing a novel position on the nature of pain, the book provides an interdisciplinary overview of dominant models of pain. The author lays the needed groundwork for improved models and targeted treatments at a time when pain science, pain medicine, and philosophy are explicitly searching for both and failing to find them. The Complex Reality of Pain will be of interest to a broad range of researchers and students, including those working in philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, cognitive science, neuroscience, medicine, health, cognitive and behavioural psychology, and pain science.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000027902
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
This book employs contemporary philosophy, scientific research, and clinical reports to argue that pain, though real, is not an appropriate object of scientific generalisations or an appropriate target for medical intervention. Each pain experience is instead complex and idiosyncratic in a way which undermines scientific utility. In addition to contributing novel arguments and developing a novel position on the nature of pain, the book provides an interdisciplinary overview of dominant models of pain. The author lays the needed groundwork for improved models and targeted treatments at a time when pain science, pain medicine, and philosophy are explicitly searching for both and failing to find them. The Complex Reality of Pain will be of interest to a broad range of researchers and students, including those working in philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, cognitive science, neuroscience, medicine, health, cognitive and behavioural psychology, and pain science.
Observations and Reflections on the Appendages and on the Nervous System of Apus Cancriformis
Author: Sir Edwin Ray Lankester
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crustacea
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crustacea
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description