Philosophy of science (228)

publisher: Springer
year: 2017
description:This edited collection showcases some of the best recent research in the philosophy of science. It comprises of thematically arranged papers presented at the 5th conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association (EPSA15), covering a broad ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2016
description:Dieser Band gewährt einen einzigartigen Einblick in Geistes- und Naturwissenschaften heute. Renommierte Autorinnen und Autoren beantworten grundlegende Fragen wie: Was ist Wissenschaft, und wie beeinflusst sie unser Welt- und Menschenbild? Wie gelang...

publisher: Springer
year: 2016
description:This volume provides the reader with exclusive insights into Ernest Sosa’s latest ideas as well as main aspects of his philosophical work of the last 50 years. Ernest Sosa, one of the most distinguished contemporary philosophers, is best known for hi...

publisher: Springer
year: 2012
description:Ernst Cassirer's thought-provoking essay Form and Technology (1930) ascribes to technology a new dignity as a genuine tool of the mind in equal company with language and art. Translated here into English it is accompanied by critical essays that expl...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:Hans Zillmann leistet einen philosophischen Beitrag zur Frage nach den Möglichkeiten und Grenzen eines neurowissenschaftlichen Subjektbegriffs. Anhand der Symbolphilosophie Ernst Cassirers und anderer Ansätze zeigt er, dass wissenschaftliche Subjektb...

publisher: Springer
year: 2014
description:First and only undergraduate textbook that addresses the social and ethical issues associated with a wide array of emerging technologies, including genetic modification, human enhancement, geoengineering, robotics, virtual reality, artificial meat, n...

publisher: Springer
year: 2013
description:This volume unites ethicists and social scientists to contribute to a new type of technology ethics. Cooperation with scientists makes it possible to anticipate ethical questions and problems at a stage when the technology can still be changed.

publisher: Springer
year: 2016
description:This book discusses several recent theoretic advancements in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary integration in the field of evolution. While exploring novel views, the text maintains a close link with one of the most broadly held views on evolut...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:Marco Benasso behandelt in diesem Buch Fragen wie: Verschärft die Annahme der Evolutionstheorie das Problem des Übels? Liegt vielleicht hierin die wahre Herausforderung von „Glaube und Evolution“? Zumindest könnte man dies mit mehr Recht behaupten...

publisher: Springer
year: 2018
description:Gibt es Alternativen zu Fakten?Dieses Buch greift die wichtigen Fragen auf, die seit dem „March for Science“ im Frühjahr 2017 auf der öffentlichen Agenda stehen: Untergraben „gefühlte Wahrheiten“ und „alternative Fakten“ zunehmend unsere gesellschaft...

publisher: Springer
year: 2012
description:What's wrong with the world today and how might it become better (or worse)? These are the questions pursued in this book, which explores the hopes and fears, dreams and nightmares of the 21st century. Through architecture, fiction, theory, film and ...

publisher: Springer
year: 2013
description:This book shows that a dialectical conceptual model underpins Georg Simmel's writings. The book provides key examples of social forms – including fashion, the secret and money – as exemplifications of this method. The volume concludes with a reassess...