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Télécharger le livre : Metaphors and Analogies in Sciences and Humanities
A. C. Grayling , Shyam Wuppuluri
Metaphors and Analogies in Sciences and Humanities
In this highly-interdisciplinary volume, we systematically study the role of metaphors and analogies in (mis)shaping our understanding of the world. Metaphors and Analogies occupy a prominent place in scientific discourses, as they do in literature, humanities and at...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2022-05-30
Collection : Synthese Library
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Télécharger le livre : From Electrons to Elephants and Elections
Ian Stewart , Shyam Wuppuluri
From Electrons to Elephants and Elections
This highly interdisciplinary book, covering more than six fields, from philosophy and sciences all the way up to the humanities and with contributions from eminent authors, addresses the interplay between content and context, reductionism and holism and their meeting...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2022-04-08
Collection : The Frontiers Collection
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116,04 €
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Télécharger le livre : WITTGENSTEINIAN (adj.)
Newton Da Costa , Shyam Wuppuluri
WITTGENSTEINIAN (adj.)
“Tell me," Wittgenstein once asked a friend, "why do people always say, it was natural for man to assume that the sun went round the earth rather than that the earth was rotating?" His friend replied, "Well, obviously because it just looks as though the Sun is going...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2019-11-22
Collection : The Frontiers Collection
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94,94 €
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Télécharger le livre : On Art and Science
Dali Wu , Shyam Wuppuluri
On Art and Science
Einstein once remarked "After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in aesthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well". In this volume, some of the world’s leading thinkers come...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2019-11-02
Collection : The Frontiers Collection
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60,12 €
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Télécharger le livre : The Map and the Territory
Francisco Antonio Doria , Shyam Wuppuluri
The Map and the Territory
This volume presents essays by pioneering thinkers including Tyler Burge, Gregory Chaitin, Daniel Dennett, Barry Mazur, Nicholas Humphrey, John Searle and Ian Stewart. Together they illuminate the Map/Territory Distinction that underlies at the foundation of the...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2018-02-13
Collection : The Frontiers Collection
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Télécharger le livre : Space, Time and the Limits of Human Understanding
Giancarlo Ghirardi , Shyam Wuppuluri
Space, Time and the Limits of Human Understanding
In this compendium of essays, some of the world’s leading thinkers discuss their conceptions of space and time, as viewed through the lens of their own discipline. With an epilogue on the limits of human understanding, this volume hosts contributions from six or more...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2016-12-01
Collection : The Frontiers Collection
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79,11 €
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