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The analysis of actual practice of scientific research within contemporary methodology and philosophy of science demonstrates the central role played by models and metaphors. This book puts forward an analysis of the basic reasons for this breakthrough and points to the major consequences that resulted from it, both for scientific practice and for the methodological and philosophical reflection on these practices. (Series: Development in Humanities - Vol. 10)
Essays collected in this volume deal with various problems from the philosophy of mathematics. What connects them are two questions: how mathematics is created and how it is acquired. In 'Three Worlds of Mathematics' we are familiarized with David Tall's ideas pertaining to the embodied, symbolic and formal worlds of mathematics. In 'Basic Ideas of Intuitionism', we focus on an epistemological approach to mathematics which is distinctive to constructive mathematics. The author focuses on the computational content of intuitionistic logic and shows how it relates to functional programming. 'The Brave Mathematical Ant' carefully selects mathematical puzzles related to teaching experiences in a ...
This book offers a comprehensive overview of an important notion to the field of chemistry: the chemical element.
Cultural diversity and cultural change make it difficult to define and theorize cultural phenomena. This is especially apparent in the case of such cultural areas as religion and popular culture. This book presents ways to understand and explain the diversity and variability of religious and popular culture phenomena. The first part of this book focuses on the cognitive foundations and cultural dimensions of religious phenomena. The cognitive science of religion provides a new theoretical framework for explaining religious diversity and variability. The second part is dedicated to the study of selected phenomena of popular culture from the perspective distinctive to cultural anthropology. It attempts to bring into light this features of popular culture phenomena that have direct impact on cultural subjects.
This volume contains four essays which may attract the attention of those readers, who are interested in mathematical cognition The main issues and questions addressed include: How do we achieve understanding of mathematical notions and ideas? What benefits can be obtained from mistakes of great mathematicians? Which mathematical objects are standard and which are pathological? Is it possible characterize the intended models of mathematical theories in a unique way?
Chemistry is a natural science which has immensely influenced both the development of technology and of civilization, transforming the world of our everyday life. It is therefore something of a paradox of modern philosophy that it took so long for it to perceive chemistry as an incredibly complex and interesting subject suitable for philosophical discourse. However, from the beginning of the 1990s this discourse has been developing in a most dynamic way creating a veritable melting pot in which various chemical concepts and actions are being blended with philosophical and cultural ideas. The authors of the 22 articles included in the presented volume have taken the opportunity to analyze var...
Przedmowa............................................................................................ 9 I. Głosy amerykańskie Michael Walzer, Samotna polityka Michela Foucaulta (przeł. Marek Kw iek )................................................................................ 13 Richard Rorty, Moralna tożsamość a prywatna autonomia: przypadek Foucaulta (przeł. Marek K w iek )............................... 29 Martin Jay, Granice doświadczenia granicznego: Bataille i Foucault (przeł. Marek K w iek )................................................ 37 David Couzens Hoy, Foucault a teoria krytyczna (przeł. Marek Kwiek)....................................................................
Celem tej książki jest próba wskazania podstawowych warunków niezbędnych do wypracowania filozoficznego gruntu dla refleksji nad procesem komunikacji oraz rozważań nad statusem dyscyplinarnym odnośnej refleksji. Realizacja tego przedsięwzięcia wymaga już na wstępie postawienia jasnej i wyraźnej tezy głoszącej, iż refleksja nad procesem komunikacji dopiero wtedy może osiągnąć status autonomicznej dyscypliny akademickiej, gdy będzie uprawiana w perspektywie praktycznej jako jedna z dyscyplin praktycznych. Źródłem postawienia takiej tezy jest ...