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  • 1
    ISBN: 9789401798228
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VI, 438 p. 52 illus, online resource)
    Series Statement: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences 11
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Braillard, Pierre-Alain Explanation in biology
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Biology Philosophy ; Science Philosophy ; Philosophy
    Abstract: Patterns of explanation in biology have long been recognized as different from those deployed in other scientific disciplines, especially physics. Celebrating the diversity of explanatory models found in biology, this volume details their varying types as well as their relationships to one another. It covers the key current debates in the philosophy of biology over the nature of explanation, and its apparent diversity that stems from a variety of historical, causal, mechanistic, or mathmatical explanatory practices. Offering a wealth of fresh analyses on the nature of explanation in contemporary biology chapters examine aspects ranging from the role of mathematics in explaining cell development to the complexities thrown up by evolutionary-developmental biology, where explanation is altered by multidisciplinarity itself. They cover major domains such as ecology and systems biology, as well as contemporary trends, such as the mechanistic explanations spawned by progress in molecular biology. With contributions from researchers of many different nationalities, the book provides a many-angled perspective on a revealing feature of the discipline of biology
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    ISBN: 9789400746855
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIII, 222 p. 7 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Religion and place
    DDC: 304.2
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    Keywords: Social sciences ; Religion (General) ; Human Geography ; Social Sciences ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Religion ; Ort ; Politik
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  • 3
    ISBN: 9789400751989
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVIII, 191 p, digital)
    Series Statement: Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology 34
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Ackert, Lloyd Sergei Vinogradskii and the cycle of life
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    Keywords: Science (General) ; Science History ; Ecology ; Science, general ; Science (General) ; Science History ; Ecology ; Winogradsky, S ; (Serge), 1856-1953 ; Microbiologists ; Ukraine ; Biography ; Winogradsky, Serge 1856-1953 ; Mikrobiologe ; Biografie ; Winogradsky, Serge 1856-1953 ; Mikrobiologe ; Biografie
    Abstract: This is one of those biographies that provide a window onto the broader understanding of science in its social and cultural context. Using Sergei Nikolaevich Vinogradskii's career and scientific research trajectory as a point of entry, this book illustrates the manner in which microbiologists, chemists, botanists, and plant physiologists inscribed the concept of a ""cycle of life"" into their investigations. Their research transformed a longstanding notion into the fundamental approaches and concepts that underlay the new ecological disciplines that emerged in the 1920s. The book presents a re
    Abstract: This is one of those biographies that provide a window onto the broader understanding of science in its social and cultural context. Using Sergei Nikolaevich Vinogradskii’s career and scientific research trajectory as a point of entry, this book illustrates the manner in which microbiologists, chemists, botanists, and plant physiologists inscribed the concept of a “cycle of life” into their investigations. Their research transformed a longstanding notion into the fundamental approaches and concepts that underlay the new ecological disciplines that emerged in the 1920s. The book presents a reconstruction of significant episodes of Vinogradskii’s laboratory practices and the role of theory in their development. It paints the broader picture of the history of ecology, microbiology and soil science and how these are uniquely united: through the concept of the cycle of life.
    Description / Table of Contents: Sergei Vinogradskii and the Cycle of Life; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Plant Physiology; Chapter 1: A Synthesis of Thermodynamics and Bioenergetics in Plant Physiology: The Investigation of a Moody Apprentice; The Gentleman Chooses Science; The Cycle of Life in European Science; Chapter 2: The Exchange of Matter and the Transformation of Energy; Famintsyn's Approach to the Cycle of Life; Physiological Debates on the Nature of Microorganisms; The Intellectual Context for Vinogradskii's 1883 Report; Vinogradskii's Style; Part II: Experiment and Natural History
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 3: The Laboratory is Nature: Investigating the Cycle of Life Under the MicroscopeA Comfortable Internship: Anton de Bary's Laboratory at the University of Strassburg; A Brush with German Darwinism: Vinogradskii's Sulphur Spring Expeditions; Species Constancy: Vinogradskii's Physiological Interpretation of the Monomorphism-Pleiomorphism Debate; Chapter 4: Free Nature in the Laboratory; Beggiatoa Nutrition; Vinogradskii's Virtuosity: The Role of Sulphur in Beggiatoa Nutrition; A New Physiological Type; The Reception of Vinogradskii's Research; Part III: Ecology
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 5: Vinogradskii's Transformation from Plant Physiologist to Ecologist, 1890-1920Autotrophism; Nitrification as a Biological Phenomenon; Soil Microbiology at the Imperial Institute of Experimental Medicine; Chapter 6: Soil Science and Russian Ecology; Vinogradskii's Contributions; Physiological Ecology; Beketov Without Darwin: Vinogradskii's Concept of the Cycle of Life; Scientific Forestry: Vinogradskii Retires to Gorodok; Part IV: French Agriculture; Chapter 7: The Master of Brie-Compte-Robert and His "Direct Method:" Translating the Cycle of Life into Ecology
    Description / Table of Contents: Vinogradskii Comes to Brie-Comte-Robert: The Resurrection of a CareerThe Direct Method in 1923: Its First Explication; The Direct Method in 1925: The Rise of Soil Microbiology; Chapter 8: Ecological Microbiology; Ecological Microbiology in 1925; The Direct Method in the Late 1920s; The Direct Method and Microflora in the Early 1930s; Part V: The Impact of Vinogradskii's Work; Chapter 9: Science is Ecological and Ecology is Scientific: The Uptake of Vinogradskii's Direct Methods; The "Cycle of Life" at the Rutgers Agricultural Experiment Station; A "Holistic Habit of Mind"40
    Description / Table of Contents: Statistical Soil Science: Rothamsted Agricultural Experiment StationIn Beijerinck's Backyard: The Delft School of Microbiology; Chapter 10: Vinogradskii's Reception in Russian and Soviet Microbiology; Vinogradskii's First Student, V. L. Omelianskii: Microbes as "Living Reactives"; Nikolai Kholodnyi: Iron Bacteria Research and Vinogradskii's Direct Method; The Role of Microbes in Russian and Soviet Soil Science; Ecological Microbiology in the Soviet Union; Chapter 11: Conclusions; Bibliography; Manuscripts Collections Visited; General Sources; Vinogradskii's Publications Cited; Index
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    ISBN: 9789400765375
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 762 p. 17 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences 1
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Kampourakis, Kostas The Philosophy of Biology
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Biology Philosophy ; Science Study and teaching ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Biology Philosophy ; Science Study and teaching
    Abstract: This book brings together for the first time philosophers of biology to write about some of the most central concepts and issues in their field from the perspective of biology education. The chapters of the book cover a variety of topics ranging from traditional ones, such as biological explanation, biology and religion or biology and ethics, to contemporary ones, such as genomics, systems biology or evolutionary developmental biology. Each of the 30 chapters covers the respective philosophical literature in detail and makes specific suggestions for biology education. The aim of this book is to inform biology educators, undergraduate and graduate students in biology and related fields, students in teacher training programs, and curriculum developers about the current state of discussion on the major topics in the philosophy of biology and its implications for teaching biology. In addition, the book can be valuable to philosophers of biology as an introductory text in undergraduate and graduate courses
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword; Contents; Contributors; Philosophy of Biology and Biology Education: An Introduction; 1 Prolegomena: The Rationale and Aims of this Book; 2 The Science of Life; 3 The Nature of Evolutionary Theory; 4 Evolutionary Theory and Religion; 5 Evolution at the Molecular Level; 6 Evolution and Development; 7 Integrating Levels: Taking Ecology and Microbiology Seriously into Account; 8 Conceptual Obstacles to Understanding Evolution: Essentialism and Teleology; 9 "Proximate" Phenomena: Functions, Mechanisms, Information and the Systemic Approach in Biology
    Description / Table of Contents: 10 Genetics: Beyond Mendel and Genetic Determinism11 Biology and Ethics; What Is Life?; 1 Introduction; 2 Concepts and Definitions: From Philosophy to Science; 3 Limitations of Our Current Understanding of Life; 4 Searching for Alternative Forms of Life; 5 Conclusion; References; Biological Explanation; 1 Introduction; 2 Biology and Philosophical Accounts of Explanation; 3 Explanation and Scientific Practice; 4 Conclusion: Teaching About Biological Explanation; 4.1 Suggestion 1: Do Not Overly Emphasize Laws When Thinking About Biology Explanations
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.2 Suggestion 2: Explicitly Motivate Forms of Explanation That Are Common in Biology4.3 Suggestion 3: Resist the Temptation to Simplify the Diversity of Approaches in Biology and Their Apparent Incompatibility; 4.4 Suggestion 4: Explicitly Consider the Role of Models-Partial, Unrealistic Representation; 4.5 Suggestion 5: Emphasize Methodological Differences Over Seemingly Ideological Differences; Teach That a Plurality of Approaches Is Here to Stay; References; What Would Natural Laws in the Life Sciences Be?; 1 Introduction; 2 Laws of Nature: The Standard Picture
    Description / Table of Contents: 3 The Problem of Exceptions4 The Problem of Accidentalness; 5 Evolutionary Accidents as Laws of Certain Fields of Biology; 6 Conclusion; References; The Nature of Evolutionary Biology: At the Borderlands Between Historical and Experimental Science; 1 On the Scientific Status of Evolutionary Theory; 2 The Fisher-Wright Debates and the Importance of Stochastic Events in Evolution; 3 Gould and the Project for a Nomothetic Evolutionary Biology; 4 The Modern Study of Chance vs. Necessity; 5 The Philosophical Context: Cleland's Analysis
    Description / Table of Contents: 6 Conclusion: Chance and Necessity Within the Extended SynthesisReferences; Evolutionary Theory and the Epistemology of Science; 1 Introduction; 2 Epistemological Background; 2.1 The Traditional Account of Knowledge; 2.2 Evidence and Knowledge; 3 Objections to Evolutionary Theory; 3.1 Evolution Is a Mere Theory; 3.2 Evolution Is not Falsifiable; 3.3 Evolution Makes no Predictions; 3.4 Evolution Has Been Falsified; 4 The Evidence for Evolution; 5 Conclusions; References; Conceptual Change and the Rhetoric of Evolutionary Theory: 'Force Talk' as a Case Study and Challenge for Science Pedagogy
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Conceptual Schemes and Darwin's Interacting Metaphors
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword; Michael Ruse -- Philosophy of Biology and Biology Education: An Introduction; Kostas Kampourakis -- What is life?; Carol Cleland and Michael Zerella -- Biological Explanation; Angela Potochnik -- What would Natural Laws in the Life Sciences be?;  Marc Lange -- The Nature of Evolutionary Biology: at the borderlands between Historical and Experimental Science; Massimo Pigliucci -- Evolutionary Theory and the Epistemology of Science; Kevin McCain & Brad Weslake -- Conceptual Change and the Rhetoric of Evolutionary Theory: ‘Force Talk’ as a case study and Challenge for Science Pedagogy; David Depew -- Debating the Power and Scope of Adaptation; Patrick Forber -- Biology and Religion: The Case for Evolution, Francisco Ayala -- The Implications of Evolutionary Biology for Religious Belief; Denis Alexander -- Intelligent Design and the Nature of Science: Philosophical and Pedagogical Points, Ingo Brigandt -- Molecular Evolution, Michael Dietrich -- Educational Lessons from Evolutionary Properties of the Sexual Genome; John Avise -- Non-genetic Inheritance and Evolution; Tobias Uller -- Homology, Alessandro Minelli & Giuseppe Fusco -- Teaching Evolutionary Developmental Biology: Concepts, Problems and Controversy; Alan Love -- Philosophical Issues in Ecology, James Justus -- Small Things, Big Consequences: Microbiological Perspectives on Biology; Michael J. Duncan, Pierrick Bourrat, Jennifer DeBerardinis, & Maureen O’ Malley -- Essentialism in Biology; John Wilkins -- Biological Teleology: the Need for History; James Lennox & Kostas Kampourakis -- Biology's Functional Perspective: Roles, Advantages and Organization; Arno Wouters -- Understanding Biological Mechanisms: Using Illustrations from Circadian Rhythm Research; William Bechtel -- Information in the Biological Sciences; Alfredo Marcos and Robert Arp -- Systems Biology and Education; Pierre Alain Braillard -- Putting Mendel in His Place: How Curriculum Reform in Genetics and Counterfactual History of Science Can Work Together; Annie Jamieson & Gregory Radick -- Against “Genes For”: Could an Inclusive Concept of Genetic Material Effectively Replace Gene Concepts?; Richard Burian & Kostas Kampourakis -- Current Thinking about Nature and Nurture, David Moore -- Genomics and Society: Why “Discovery” Matters; Lisa Gannett -- Philosophical Issues in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Research; Andrew Siegel -- Ethics in Biomedical Research and Practice; Anya Plutynski -- Environmental Ethics; Roberta Millstein.
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    ISBN: 9789400752191
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXI, 1041 p. 8 illus, digital)
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Humanities ; Religion (General) ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Philosophy ; Humanities ; Religion (General)
    Abstract: The envisioned volume is a collection of recent essays about the philosophical exploration, critique and comparison of (a) the major philosophical models of God, gods and other ultimate realities implicit in the worlds philosophical schools and religions, and of (b) the ideas of such models and doing such modeling per se. The aim is to identify exactly what a model of ultimate reality is; create a comprehensive and accessible collection of extant models; and determine how best, philosophically, to model ultimate reality, if possible and desirable.
    Abstract: Dedicated to exploring the enormous variety of ultimate realities at the center of the world’s great religions and philosophical traditions, this volume is a richly varied collection of essays on how we conceive this central notion, whether expressed as God, or as an ultimate reality of another kind. Years in the making, the collection examines the guiding principles of 15 major philosophical traditions and 6 living religions. A publication of monumental scale and detail, it features an innovative thematic structure that aggregates traditions according to their core models, allowing the reader to grasp the common features of ultimate realities as understood in diverse traditions such as Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, Christian, and in some non-religious discussions. Borne out of proceedings at both the American Philosophical Association and the American Academy of Religion, the volume also examines foundational questions related to the human propensity for creating and using such models, including the issue of whether we are capable of acquiring knowledge of ultimate reality. It features a sustained analysis of the concept that modeling such an ultimate reality is a fruitless endeavor doomed to failure since the ultimate might well be beyond human conception, as well as reflections on the staggering diversity of these models and their application to concepts such as spirituality, gender equality, war, and global warming. Accessible and authoritative, the collection combines section primers for those new to the field, deeper treatment in dedicated essays, and a wealth of references for further reading and study
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    ISBN: 9789400743458
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVIII, 338 p. 9 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science 282
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. The mechanization of natural philosophy
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Biology Philosophy ; Philosophy of nature ; Science Philosophy ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Biology Philosophy ; Philosophy of nature ; Science Philosophy ; Science ; Philosophy ; History ; 16th century ; Science ; Philosophy ; History ; 17th century ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Naturphilosophie ; Mechanismus ; Ideengeschichte 1550-1720
    Abstract: The Mechanisation of Natural Philosophy is devoted to various aspects of the transformation of natural philosophy during the 16th and 17th centuries that is usually described as mechanical philosophy .Drawing the border between the old Aristotelianism and the « new » mechanical philosophy faces historians with a delicate task, if not an impossible mission. There were many natural philosophers who actually crossed the border between the two worlds, and, inside each of these worlds, there was a vast spectrum of doctrines, arguments and intellectual practices. The expression mechanical philosophy is burdened with ambiguities. It may refer to at least three different enterprises: a description of nature in mathematical terms; the comparison of natural phenomena to existing or imaginary machines; the use in natural philosophy of mechanical analogies, i.e. analogies conceived in terms of matter and motion alone.However mechanical philosophy is defined, its ambition was greater than its real successes. There were few mathematisations of phenomena. The machines of mechanical philosophers were not only imaginary, but had little to do with the machines of mecanicians. In most of the natural sciences, analogies in terms of matter and motion alone failed to provide satisfactory accounts of phenomena.By the same authors: Mechanics and Natural Philosophy before the Scientific Revolution (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science 254).
    Description / Table of Contents: The Mechanization of Natural Philosophy; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Part I: The Construction of Historical Categories; Chapter 1: Remarks on the Pre-history of the Mechanical Philosophy; 1.1 What Was the Mechanical Philosophy?; 1.2 The Mechanical Philosophy Before Boyle; 1.3 Bacon; 1.4 Galileo; 1.5 Mersenne; 1.6 Descartes/Gassendi/Hobbes: Mechanical Philosophers?; 1.7 Novatores, Latitudinarians, and the Construction of the Mechanical Philosophy; 1.8 A Broader Conception of Mechanism?; Chapter 2: How Bacon Became Baconian
    Description / Table of Contents: 2.1 The Meaning of Mechanical Operation in Bacon's Oeuvre2.2 Mechanical and Vital Readings of Bacon's Natural Philosophy in Seventeenth-Century England; 2.3 Conclusion; Chapter 3: An Empire Divided: French Natural Philosophy (1670-1690); 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 A Debate on Natural Philosophy; 3.3 On the Side of the New Philosophers; 3.3.1 The Methodology of Ontology: Beings Should Not Be Multiplied Without Necessity; 3.3.2 The Way of Physics: Physics Should Explain Phenomena, Namely, Give Efficient Causes; 3.3.3 Ontological Categories: The Bipartition Between Body and Soul Should Be Respected
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.3.4 The Social Twist3.4 On the Side of the Old Philosophers; 3.4.1 The Methodology of Ontology: The Multiplication of Corpuscles and the Missing Metaphysical Supplement; 3.4.2 The Way of Physics: One Should Not Indulge in Hypotheses, Ignore Experiments and Use Empty Words; 3.4.3 The Ontological Categories and the Controversy Over Animal Souls; 3.4.4 Another Social Twist; 3.5 Conclusions; Part II: Matter, Motion, Physics and Mathematics; Chapter 4: Matter and Form in Sixteenth-Century Spain: Some Case Studies; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Corpuscular Theories of the Physician d'Olesa
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.2.1 Elements, Minima and Qualities4.2.2 The Problem of Mixture; 4.2.3 A Corpuscular Theory of Light and Vision; 4.3 The Absence of a Tradition; 4.3.1 The Hypothesis of Menéndez Pelayo; 4.3.2 The Salamacan Physician Gomez Pereira; 4.3.3 The Salamacan Physician Francisco Valles; 4.4 Conclusion; Chapter 5: The Composition of Space, Time and Matter According to Isaac Newton and John Keill; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Isomorphism of Space, Time and Matter in Early Modern Natural Philosophy; 5.3 The Evolution of Newton's Views on the Composition of Space, Time and Matter
    Description / Table of Contents: 5.4 The Isomorphism of Space, Time and Matter According to John Keill5.5 Conclusion; Chapter 6: Beeckman, Descartes and Physico-Mathematics; 6.1 Beeckman; 6.1.1 Persistence of Motion; 6.1.2 Persistence of the Form of a Motion; 6.1.3 Conservation in the Exchange of Motion; 6.1.4 Isoperimetric Figures; 6.2 Descartes; 6.2.1 Persistence of Motion; 6.2.2 Communication of Motion; 6.2.3 Persistence and Direction; 6.3 Physico-Mathematics; Chapter 7: Between Mathematics and Experimental Philosophy: Hydrostatics in Scotland About 1700; 7.1 Between Mathematics and Experimental Philosophy
    Description / Table of Contents: 7.2 The Mathematical Hydrostatics of Wallis, Gregorie, and Newton
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  • 7
    ISBN: 9789400724457
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VI, 377 p. 5 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences 2
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Vitalism and the scientific image in Post-Enlightenment life science, 1800-2010
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Science History ; Biology Philosophy ; Medicine ; Biological models ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Science History ; Biology Philosophy ; Medicine ; Biological models ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Vitalismus ; Wissenschaftstheorie ; Geschichte 1800-2010
    Abstract: Vitalism is understood as impacting the history of the life sciences, medicine and philosophy, representing an epistemological challenge to the dominance of mechanism over the last 200 years, and partly revived with organicism in early theoretical biology. The contributions in this volume portray the history of vitalism from the end of the Enlightenment to the modern day, suggesting some reassessment of what it means both historically and conceptually. As such it includes a wide range of material, employing both historical and philosophical methodologies, and it is divided fairly evenly between 19th and 20th century historical treatments and more contemporary analysis. This volume presents a significant contribution to the current literature in the history and philosophy of science and the history of medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; Chapter 1: V italism and the Scientific Image: An Introduction; 1 Vitalism: Origin, History, and Transformation; 2 Final Thoughts; References; Part I: Revisiting Vitalist Themes in Nineteenth-Century Science; Chapter 2: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and the Place of Irritability in the History of Life and Death; 1 The History of Life and Death; 2 A "Flood of Light": The Notion of Intussusception in Lamarck's Account of Organic Change; 3 Irritability in Lamarck's Theory of the Animal Being; 4 The Interplay of Life and Nature in Lamarck's Work
    Description / Table of Contents: 5 Irritability and Evolution in Lamarck's System of NatureReferences; Chapter 3: Rethinking Organic Vitality in Germany at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century; 1 Introduction; 2 Vital Principles and a Science of Life; 3 Investigating the Material Conditions of Organic Vitality; 4 New Conceptions of Organic Vitality; References; Chapter 4: The "Novel of Medicine"; 1 The Physiological Obsession; 2 The Life of the Social Body; 3 The Body of Thought; 4 The Style of Physiology; 5 Romances of Physiology; References; Chapter 5: Life and the Mind in Nineteenth-Century Britain; 1 Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: 2 Phrenology: George Combe Versus William Hamilton3 Reflex Action: Marshall Hall Versus the World; 4 Cerebral Reflex Function: Thomas Laycock Versus "Vindex"; 5 Conclusion; References; Part II: Twentieth-Century Debates on Vitalism in Science and Philosophy; Chapter 6: Vitalism Versus Emergent Materialism; 1 Introduction; 2 Amnesia Versus Evolution; 3 Emergentism Cures Vitalism; 4 Hans Driesch's Vitalism; 5 Teleology and Mechanism; 6 How Does Entelechy Work?; 7 Some Responses to Driesch's Vitalism; 8 The Emergentists; 9 J. Arthur Thomson on the Autonomy of Biology
    Description / Table of Contents: 10 Arthur Lovejoy on the Disunity of Science11 Jennings on Downward Causation; 12 Conclusions; References; Chapter 7: Life as an Emergent Phenomenon: From an Alternative to Vitalism to an Alternative to Reductionism; 1 Introduction; 2 Life as an Emergent Phenomenon: A Nineteenth-Century Legacy; 3 Emergence as an Alternative to Vitalism and Mechanism; 4 Scientific Setbacks to Emergence; 5 Philosophical Setbacks to Emergence; 6 The Special Sciences and the Criticism of Logical Empiricism Regarding the Rescue of "Emergence"
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 Unexpected Support from the Physical Sciences: Complex-Systems Studies and Artificial Life8 The Re-emergence of Emergence in the Life Sciences; 9 Emergence, Life and the Origin of Life; 10 Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: Wilhelm Reich: Vitalism and Its Discontents; 1 Reich and the History of Vitalism; 2 Orgone Energy: A "Vital Force"?; 3 Reich, Revolution and Politics; 4 Reich, the Counter-Culture and the Popular Consciousness; 5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 9: Vitalism and Teleology in Kurt Goldstein's Organismic Approach; 1 Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: 2 Goldstein's Organicism at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (VII, 214 p. 12 illus, digital)
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    Abstract: Founded on the premise that zoos are 'bilingual'--that the zoo, in the shape of its staff and exhibits, and its visitors speak distinct languages--this enlightening analysis of the informal learning that occurs in zoos examines the 'speech' of exhibits and staff as well as the discourse of visitors beginning in the earliest years. Using real-life conversations among visitors as a basis for discussion, the authors interrogate children's responses to the exhibits and by doing so develop an 'informal learning model' and a 'zoo knowledge model' that prompts suggestions for activities that classroom educators can use before, during, and after a zoo visit. Their analysis of the 'visitor voice' informs creative suggestions for how to enhance the educational experiences of young patrons. By assessing visitors' entry knowledge and their interpretations of the exhibits, the authors establish a baseline for zoos that helps them to refine their communication with visitors, for example in expanding knowledge of issues concerning biodiversity and biological conservation. The book includes practical advice for zoo and classroom educators about positive ways to prepare for zoo visits, engaging activities during visits, and follow-up work that maximizes the pedagogical benefits. It also reflects on the interplay between the developing role of zoos as facilitators of learning, and the ways in which zoos help visitors assimilate the knowledge on offer. In addition to being essential reading for educators in zoos and in the classroom, this volume is full of insights with much broader contextual relevance for getting the most out of museum visits and field trips in general
    Abstract: Founded on the premise that zoos are bilingualthat the zoo, in the shape of its staff and exhibits, and its visitors speak distinct languagesthis enlightening analysis of the informal learning that occurs in zoos examines the speech of exhibits and staff as well as the discourse of visitors beginning in the earliest years. Using real-life conversations among visitors as a basis for discussion, the authors interrogate childrens responses to the exhibits and by doing so develop an informal learning model and a zoo knowledge model that prompts suggestions for activities that classroom educators can use before, during, and after a zoo visit.Their analysis of the visitor voice informs creative suggestions for how to enhance the educational experiences of young patrons. By assessing visitors entry knowledge and their interpretations of the exhibits, the authors establish a baseline for zoos that helps them to refine their communication with visitors, for example in expanding knowledge of issues concerning biodiversity and biological conservation. The book includes practical advice for zoo and classroom educators about positive ways to prepare for zoo visits, engaging activities during visits, and follow-up work that maximizes the pedagogical benefits. It also reflects on the interplay between the developing role of zoos as facilitators of learning, and the ways in which zoos help visitors assimilate the knowledge on offer. In addition to being essential reading for educators in zoos and in the classroom, this volume is full of insights with much broader contextual relevance for getting the most out of museum visits and field trips in general.
    Description / Table of Contents: Zoo Talk; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; References; Chapter 2: A History of Animal Collections; The Beginning of Menageries and Zoos; Zoos in the United States of America; The Evolution of Zoo Design; Zoo Education; The Zoo Voice Today; References; Chapter 3: Rationale for the Existence of Zoos; Education; Conservation; Recreation or Entertainment; Facilities; Research; Culture and Society; The Future; References; Chapter 4: Visitors' Knowledge of Zoos; The Zoo Visitor and Their Reasons for Visiting the Zoo; The Visitor's Perceptions of Nature; The Importance of Mental Models
    Description / Table of Contents: Understandings People Have of ZoosReferences; Chapter 5: Exhibit Design; Exhibits; Labels; Animals as Exhibits and Topics of Conversation; Experiential Space in Exhibits; References; Chapter 6: Talking About Animals; Taxonomy and the Term Animal; Identifying Animals; Animal Behavior and Anatomy; Attitudes, Emotional Connections, and Culture; References; Chapter 7: Visitor Voice; Form, Function, and Categories of Conversations; Discourse in the Exhibit; Using Grounded Theory to Analyze Conversations; Understanding Terminology; References; Chapter 8: School and Family Groups' Conversations
    Description / Table of Contents: Family GroupsSchool Groups; Talking Science; References; Chapter 9: The Zoo Voice: Zoo Education and Learning; Why Visit Zoos?; Prior Knowledge and Learning; Zoo Education; References; Chapter 10: Information Educators Need to Know About Zoo Field Trips (Useful Field Trip Information); Analyzing Discourse; Exhibit Learning Cycle; Increasing Communication During the Interpretation Stage; More Ideas; Nature Tables; Physical Science and Hands-On Activities Pre-visit; Patterns of Animal Anatomy; Hands-On Activities Pre-visit; Zoo Kits; DNA Fingerprinting; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 11: Zoo Field Trip DesignRationale for Visiting the Zoo: Animals; Rationale for Visiting the Zoo: Educational; Learning During a Zoo Field Trip; Characteristics of Successful Field Trips; Cognitive: Pre-visit Activities; Cognitive: During-Visit Activities; Cognitive: Post-visit Activities; Suggested Activities; Procedural: Facility Staff; Procedural: Advanced Organizers; Social: Student Groups; Social: Control of Visit and Learning; Teacher Training and Chaperone Preparation; References; Chapter 12: Conclusions; Index;
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    ISBN: 9789400742079
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXI, 241 p, digital)
    Series Statement: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science 356
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Berto, Francesco, 1973 - Existence as a real property
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Metaphysics ; Ontology ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Metaphysics ; Ontology ; Existenz ; Ontologie ; Meinong, Alexius 1853-1920 ; Ontologie ; Existenz ; Ontologie
    Abstract: This profound exploration of one of the core notions of philosophy-the concept of existence itself-reviews, then counters (via Meinongian theory), the mainstream philosophical view running from Hume to Frege, Russell, and Quine, summarized thus by Kant: “Existence is not a predicate.” The initial section of the book presents a comprehensive introduction to, and critical evaluation of, this mainstream view. The author moves on to provide the first systematic survey of all the main Meinongian theories of existence, which, by contrast, reckon existence to be a real, full-fledged property of objects that some things possess, and others lack. As an influential addition to the research literature, the third part develops the most up-to-date neo-Meinongian theory called Modal Meinongianism, applies it to specific fields such as the ontology of fictional objects, and discusses its open problems, laying the groundwork for further research.In accordance with the latest trends in analytic ontology, the author prioritizes a meta-ontological viewpoint, adopting a dual definition of meta-ontology as the discourse on the meaning of being, and as the discourse on the tools and methods of ontological enquiry. This allows a balanced assessment of philosophical views on a cost-benefit basis, following multiple criteria for theory evaluation. Compelling and revealing, this new publication is a vital addition to contemporary philosophical ontology.
    Description / Table of Contents: Prologue: Much Ado About Nothing -- Acknowledgments -- Existence as Logic -- Chapter 1. The Paradox of Non-Being -- Chapter 2. To Exist and to Count -- Chapter 3. Troubles for the Received View -- Nonexistence -- Chapter 4. Existence As a Real Property -- Chapter 5. Naïve Meinongianism -- Chapter 6. Meinongianisms of The First, Second, and Third Kind -- Close Encounters (with Nonexistents) of the Third Kind -- Chapter 7. Conceiving the Impossible -- Chapter 8. Nonexistents of The Third Kind at Work -- Chapter 9. Open Problems -- References -- Index.​.
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 390 p. 131 illus, digital)
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    Series Statement: Models and Modeling in Science Education 7
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    DDC: 570.71
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    Abstract: This new publication in the Models and Modeling in Science Education series synthesizes a wealth of international research on using multiple representations in biology education and aims for a coherent framework in using them to improve higher-order learning. Addressing a major gap in the literature, the volume proposes a theoretical model for advancing biology educators' notions of how multiple external representations (MERs) such as analogies, metaphors and visualizations can best be harnessed for improving teaching and learning in biology at all pedagogical levels. The content tackles the c
    Description / Table of Contents: Multiple Representations in Biological Education; Foreword; Preface; References; Contents; Contributors; Part I: Role of Multiple Representations in Learning Biology; Chapter 1: Introduction to Multiple Representations: Their Importance in Biology and Biological Education; Seeking a Unifying Theoretical Framework for Learning with Multiple Representations; MERs and Their Pedagogical Functions; Learning with MERs; Functional Taxonomy of Multiple Representations; Costs of Learning with MERs; Dimensions of Multiple External Representations (MERs) for Biological Science; Modes of Representations
    Description / Table of Contents: Levels of RepresentationsDomain Knowledge of Biology; A Theoretical Model for Interpreting Learning with MERs in Biology; Examining and Interpreting the Chapters with the Cube Model; Learning Through Translations Across MERs; Limitations of the Cube Model; Mesocosmic Representations; Anthropocentric or Human-Centered Representations; Systems Representations; Learning New Biology with MERs in the Twenty-First Century; References; Chapter 2: Identifying and Developing Students´ Ability to Reason with Concepts and Representations in Biology; Introduction; Description of the CRM Model
    Description / Table of Contents: Using the CRM Model to Classify Expert Ways of ReasoningUsing the CRM Model to Guide the Assessment and Interpretation of ERs; Using the CRM Model to Analyze Student Difficulties for the Nature and Potential Source of Unsound Reasoning; Reasoning Difficulties with an ER of the Cardiac Cycle; Reasoning Difficulties with Symbolism in Molecular Biology; Reasoning Difficulties with an ER of the Structure of Immunoglobulin G (IgG); Reasoning Difficulties with Metabolic Pathways Occurring in Cells; Application of the CRM Model to the Design of Remediation Strategies; Conclusion; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 3: Pictures in Biology EducationIntroduction; Pictures in the Continuum of Inscriptions; Pictures in Printed and Online Media; Analysis of Photographs in High School Textbooks; Pictures in Lectures; Social Origin of Picture Content; Scientists Learn to Read Photographic Images; Implications for Biology Curriculum; Appendix: Transcription Conventions; References; Chapter 4: Possible Constraints of Visualization in Biology: Challenges in Learning with Multiple Representations; Introduction; Need for Effective Visualizations in the Biology Domain; Decorations; Diet and Cholesterol
    Description / Table of Contents: Opening Page of Book ChaptersModels; A 3-D Model of Human Anatomy; A 3-D Model of Respiratory System Function; Self-Generated Model of Respiratory System Structure; A Live Ecosystem Model: The Aquarium; Scales; Size Scales; Temporal Scales; Temporal Changes in Structures; Superficial Interpretation of Familiar, Common Representations; Teachers´ Representations on the Classroom Board; Some Final Words; References; Chapter 5: Promoting the Collaborative Use of Cognitive and Metacognitive Skills Through Conceptual Representations in Hypermedia; Introduction; Theoretical Framework
    Description / Table of Contents: Hypermedia as Representational Tools
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (xi, 245 Seiten)
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    Parallel Title: Print version Women in Islam
    DDC: 200
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    Keywords: Philosophy, modern ; Philosophy ; Religion and education ; Religion (General) ; Anthropology
    Abstract: The role of women in Islamic societies, not to mention in the religion itself, is a defining issue. It is also one that remains resistant to universal dogma, with a wide range of responses to womens social roles across the Islamic world. Reflecting this heterogeneity, the editor of this volume has assembled the latest research on the issue, which combines contemporary with historical data. The material comes from around the world as well as from Muslim and non-Muslim researchers. It takes in work from majority Muslim nations such as Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Pakistan, Palestine, Tunisia and Turkey, as well as countries with troubled interfaith relations such as India and Israel. Nations with minority Muslim populations such as France, the UK, Canada and Australia, are also represented. The work also features varying Islamic sub-groups such as the two main ones, Sunni and Shia, as well as less well known populations such as the Ismaili Muslims. In each case, the work is underpinned by the very latest socio-theological insights and empirical data.
    Description / Table of Contents: Women in Islam; Foreword; Contents; Author Biographies; Chapter 1: The 'Women's Movement' in Modern Islam: Reflections on the Revival of Islam's Oldest Issue; Introduction; The Earliest Evidence; Mohamed Talbi; Leila Ahmed; Amina Wadud; Popular Women Voices; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Reconciling Traditional Islamic Methods with Liberal Feminism: Reflections from Tunisia by Mohamed Talbi; Introduction; Background; Talbi and Gender Equality; Qur'an IV:34 and the Search for the Maqāsid of the Lawgiver; Surat Al-Nisā': Reconciling Historical Context and Modern Realities
    Description / Table of Contents: Application of Asbāb Al-Nuzūl to Qur'an IV:34 The Evolution of Islamic Thought on Marriage and the Treatment of Women; Commentary on Polygamy; Talbi and Liberal Feminism: A Textual Analysis; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Young Muslim Women and the Islamic Family: Reflections on Conflicting Ideals in British Bangladeshi Life; Introduction; The Islam and Young Bangladeshis Project; Theoretical Approaches; Finding a Marriage Partner; The Islamic Circles Network; The Hijaz Community; Expectations of Love and Marriage; Dealing with Separation and Divorce; Conclusion; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 4: Women and Human Development in the Muslim World Reflections on Islamic and UNDP's ApproachesIntroduction; Background; The UNDP's Concept of Human Development; Islamic Approach to Human Development; Women and Human Development in Islam; The Contemporary State of Women in Muslim Countries: A Comparative Analysis; Religion and Women's (Under-) Development in Muslim Countries; Lack of Transparency and Women's Underdevelopment; Review and Reflection; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Being Muslim in the Neoliberal West: Reflections on an Ethnographic Study of Muslim Women in Australia
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction Neoliberal Australia and Muslim Women; Muslim Women in Australia; Findings; Discussion and Analysis; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Youth Identity Formation in the Presence of the 'Other': Reflections on Being Young and Muslim in an Interfaith Setting; Introduction; Identity and Identity Formation in the Multicultural, Multifaith Setting; 'Youth Encounters'; 'Youth Encounters' Research: The Plan; Stage 1 - Pre-questionnaire; Stage 2 - Observation of 'Youth Encounters' Event; Stage 3 - Post-questionnaire; Stage 4 - Focus Group Interview; 'Youth Encounters' Research: The Results
    Description / Table of Contents: Stage 1 - Pre-event Questionnaire Stage 2 - Observation; Stage 3 - Post-event Questionnaire; Stage 4 - Focus Group Interview; Analysis and Discussion; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Social Inclusion in the Context of Foreign-Policy Debates: Reflections on Jihad, Human Rights and Gender Equality in Islam; Introduction; Inconsistencies in Western Foreign Policies; Bridging the Gap; Contextualization; Maqasid; Non-violent Jihad; Gender Equality; Conclusion; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 8: The Contribution of Muslim Women in the Flourishing of Modern Society: Reflections on Refugee Transition from East to West
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    Pages: XIV, 187 S. , 25 cm
    Series Statement: Studies in Global Justice 7
    Series Statement: Studies in global justice
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Mookherjee, Monica Democracy, Religious Pluralism and the Liberal Dilemma of Accommodation
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    Keywords: Religious pluralism Political aspects ; Democracy Religious aspects ; Islam ; Democracy Religious aspects ; Religious pluralism ; Political aspects ; Religion and state ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Religiöser Pluralismus ; Liberalismus ; Egalitarismus ; Demokratie
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    ISBN: 9789400736986 , 9789048189922
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    Pages: VII, 264 S. , 235 mm x 155 mm
    Series Statement: Studies in global justice Volume 9
    Series Statement: Studies in global justice
    Parallel Title: Online-Ausg. Sharma, Arvind, 1940 - Problematizing Religious Freedom
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    Keywords: Freedom of religion ; Multiculturalism Religious aspects ; Religionsfreiheit ; Menschenrecht ; Religionsfreiheit ; Menschenrecht
    Abstract: The central claim of this book is that although the concept of religious freedom as a human rights concept is emblematic on the one hand, the concept is also problematic on the other, so that its implications are far from self-evident despite the ready acceptance the term receives as embodying a worthwhile goal. This book therefore problematizes the concept along legal, constitutional, ethical, and theological lines, and especially from the perspective of religious studies, so that religious freedom in the world could be enlarged in a way which promotes human flourishing.--
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction -- What is religion? -- What is religion : the historical context -- What is religion : the legal context -- What is religious freedom? -- The possibility of religious freedom -- Concept of religion in world religions and the corresponding concept of religious freedom -- Anticipations of religious freedom in world religions -- Attitudes toward conversion in world religions -- Religions : missionary and non-missionary -- Religions : Eastern and Western : towards an Asian understanding of religion -- Religious freedom and proselytization : a case study of Christian missions -- Native American religious freedom -- Conclusion.
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    ISBN: 9781402091667
    Language: English
    Pages: XIX, 273 S. , Ill.
    Edition: [Berlin] [u.a.] Springer
    DDC: 392.1
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    Keywords: Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Kongress ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Kongress ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Kongress
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    Series Statement: Philosophy and Medicine 93
    Series Statement: Philosophy and medicine
    Parallel Title: Print version Artificial Nutrition and Hydration : The New Catholic Debate
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    Keywords: Ethics ; Philosophy ; Medical ethics ; Philosophy (General) ; medicine Philosophy ; Religion (General) ; Catholicism ; Fluid Therapy ethics ; Religion and Medicine ; Nutritional Support ethics ; Persistent Vegetative State therapy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Medizinische Ethik ; Künstliche Ernährung ; Moraltheologie
    Abstract: Pope John Paul II surprised much of the medical world in 2004 with his strongly worded statement insisting that patients in a persistent vegetative state should be provided with nutrition and hydration. This collection of essays featuring some of the most prominent Catholic bioethicists addresses the Pope's statements, the moral issues surrounding artificial feeding and hydration, the refusal of treatment, and the ethics of care for those at the end of life.
    Abstract: Pope John Paul II surprised much of the medical world in 2004 with his strongly worded statement insisting that patients in a persistent vegetative state should be provided with nutrition and hydration. While many Catholic bioethicists defended the Pope s claim that the life of all human beings, even those in a persistent vegetative state or a coma, was worth protecting, others argued that the Pope s position marked a shift from the traditional Catholic teaching on the withdrawal of medical treatment at the end of life. The debate among Catholic bioethicists over the Pope s statement only grew more intense during the controversy surrounding Terry Schiavo s death in 2005, as bioethicists on both sides of the debate argued about the legitimacy of removing her feeding tubes. This collection of essays by some of the most prominent Catholic bioethicists addresses the Pope s statements, the moral issues surrounding artificial feeding and hydration, the refusal of treatment, and the ethics of care for those at the end of life.
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; Why do Unresponsive Patients Still Matter?; Are We Morally Obliged to Feed PVS Patients Till Natural Death?; Caring for Persons in the "Persistent Vegetative State" and Pope John Paul II's March 20 2004 Address "On Life-Sustaining Treatments and the Vegetative State"; Food and Fluids: Human Law, Human Rights and Human Interests; Quality of Life and Assisted Nutrition; Towards Ethical Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Nutrition and Hydration; Understanding the Ethics of Artificially Providing Food and Water
    Description / Table of Contents: The Ethics of Pope John Paul's Allocution on Care of the PVS Patient: A Response to J.L.A. GarciaReflections on the Papal Allocution Concerning Care For PVS Patients; The Papal Allocution Concerning Care for PVS Patients: A Reply to Fr. O'Rourke; Response to Patrick Lee; The Morality of Tube Feeding PVS Patients: A Critique of the View of Kevin O'Rourke, O.P.; Ten Errors Regarding End of Life Issues, and Especially Artificial Nutrition and Hydration; Back Matter
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    ISBN: 9781402062810
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    DDC: 179.7
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    Keywords: Ethics ; Philosophy ; Law Medicine ; Humanities ; Philosophy (General) ; Medicine ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Menschenwürde
    Abstract: The idea of human dignity is central to any reflection on the nature of human worth, and has become a key concept in international and national law, in medical ethics, and in much philosophical and political theory. However, the idea is a complex one that also takes on many different forms. This collection explores the idea of human dignity as it arises within these many different domains, opening up the possibility of a multidisciplinary conversation that illuminates the concept itself, as well as the idea of the human to which it stands in an essential relation. The book is not only an intri
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; Introduction to a Conversation; Human Dignity and Human Worth; Human Dignity and Human Being; On Human Dignity: Fragments of an Exploration; Two Conceptions of Dignity: Honour and Self-Determination; Human Dignity and Charity; Human Dignity: Functions and Meanings; A Brief History of Human Dignity: Idea and Application; A Journey Towards Understanding: True and False Dignity; The Question of Dignity: Doubts and Loves and a Whisper from Where the Ruined House Once Stood; Religion and Dignity: Assent and Dissent; Giving the Past Its Dignity; Dignity and Indignity
    Description / Table of Contents: Human Dignity and the LawOn the International Legal Aspects of Human Dignity; Doing Justice to Dignity in the Criminal Law; Human Dignity: The New Phase in International Law; Dignity and Health; Human Dignity: The Perspective of a Gynaecological Oncologist; The Social Origins of Dignity in Medical Care at the End of Life; Dying with Dignity: The Story Reveals Its Meaning; Back Matter;
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    ISBN: 9781402058615
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    DDC: 210
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    Keywords: Phenomenology ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Religion (General) ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Kontinentaleuropa ; Religionsphilosophie ; Selbst ; Der Andere
    Abstract: The essays in this volume focus on some of the topics that are shaping recent continental philosophy of religion. These primary topics include self and other, evil and suffering, religion and society and the relation between philosophy and theology. The articles are by an international group of leading contributors to recent continental philosophy of religion.
    Abstract: It is well known that the philosophy of religion has flourished in recent decades in Anglo-American philosophy, where philosophers are bringing new techniques to the study of many of the traditional problems. Although there is more diversity in Anglo-American philosophy of religion than is sometimes recognized, it nevertheless provides a body of literature with a recent history that is sufficiently coherent to enable commentators to identify the movement with some clarity. The story is somewhat different with the emerging field of continental philosophy of religion, where many of the leading contributors are not generally known as philosophers of religion and where many of the approaches are based upon a critique of traditional western theories of rationality, experience and theism and an extension of the more traditional boundaries of philosophical reflection on religion. The essays in this volume focus on some of the topics that are shaping recent continental philosophy of religion, including self and other, evil and suffering, religion and society and the relation between philosophy and theology. Contributors are Pamela Sue Anderson, Maeve Cooke, Richard A. Cohen, Fred Dallmayr, Hent de Vries, William Franke, Anselm K. Min, Michael Purcell, Calvin O. Schrag, Merold Westphal, Edith Wyschogrod and the editor Eugene Thomas Long.
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; Self and other: An introduction; On Hesitation before the Other; Levinas: thinking least about death-contra Heidegger; Life, death and (inter)subjectivity: realism and recognition in continental feminism; Apophasis and the turn of philosophy to religion: From Neoplatonic negative theology to postmodern negation of theology; From "ghost in the machine" to "spiritual automaton": Philosophical meditation in Wittgenstein, Cavell, and Levinas; Naming the Unnameable God: Levinas, Derrida, and Marion; Vision and voice: Phenomenology and theology in the work of Jean-Luc Marion
    Description / Table of Contents: Suffering and transcendenceOtherness and the problem of evil: How does that which is other become evil?; Repentance and forgiveness: the undoing of time; An end to evil? Philosophical and political reflections; Salvaging and secularizing the semantic contents of religion: the limitations of Habermas's postmetaphysical proposal
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    ISBN: 9781402052187
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    Series Statement: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine 34
    Series Statement: International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Hashiloni-Dolev, Yael A life (un)worthy of living
    DDC: 362.1983200943
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    Keywords: Ethics ; Reproductive Medicine ; Human genetics ; Sociology ; Philosophy (General) ; Reproductive Techniques ; Genetic Screening ; Genetic Screening ; Prenatal Diagnosis ; Prenatal Diagnosis ; Reproductive Techniques ; Israel ; Humangenetik ; Reproduktionsmedizin ; Ethik ; Deutschland ; Humangenetik ; Reproduktionsmedizin ; Ethik
    Abstract: This book presents the findings of a study into the social shaping of reproductive genetics in Germany and Israel. The study reveals dramatic differences between German and Israeli societies in addressing the question of a life (un)worthy of living. A close analysis of the ways that these two societies handle the balance between the quality and sanctity of life illuminates controversies over reproductive genetics in an original and provocative way.
    Abstract: Based on a variety of empirical materials the study reveals dramatic differences between the way that the German and Israeli societies address the question of a life (un)worthy of living: while in Germany, social, cultural, religious and legal conditions restrict the selection of embryos based on prenatal diagnosis, in Israel they strongly encourage it. A close comparative analysis of the ways that these two societies handle the delicate balance between the quality and sanctity of life illuminates the controversy around reproductive genetics in an original and provocative way. The study is also innovative in its use of contemporary social theory concerning the politics of life in comprehending the differences between two societies positioned at opposite extremes in their adoption of reproductive genetics. It thus offers an original cross-cultural discussion concerning present-day techno-medical manipulations of life itself.
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; Theoretical Background; Methodology; Getting to Know the Field of Reproductive Genetics in Israel and Germany; Genetic Counselors' Moral Practices; Abortions on Embryopathic Grounds: Policy and Practice in Israel and Germany; Sex Chromosome Anomalies (SCAs) in Israel and Germany: Assessing "Birth Defects" and edical Risks According to the Importance of Fertility*; "Wrongful Life", in the eyes of the law, the counselors and the disabled; The Conflicts Between Individuals, Families and Society, as Well as Between Different Family Members, Embodied in Reproductive Genetics
    Description / Table of Contents: Back Matter
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    ISBN: 9781402058226
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    Series Statement: The international library of environmental, agricultural and food ethics Vol. 11
    DDC: 174.957286
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    Keywords: Genomics ; Intellectual property
    Abstract: This volume explores the legal, economic and political debate over intellectual property rights for traditional knowledge and genetic resources, analyzing theory and practice of access and benefits sharing around the world. The book investigates current flashpoints - the battle between Monsanto and Percy Schmeiser over farmers' rights; disputes over coexistence of genetically modified and organic produce; and ownership and control of human genetic materials stored in human gene banks around the world.
    Abstract: There is a veritable gold rush mentality in the life science world as scientists, entrepreneurs and multinationals are staking claims to the code of life embodied in the world s current stock of plants, animals, microbes and human populations. This edited volume explores the legal, economic and political context for the debate about intellectual property rights for traditional knowledge and genetic resources and critically analyses the theory and practice of access and benefits sharing efforts around the world. The book also investigates the current flashpoints the David and Goliath battle between Monsanto and Percy Schmeiser over farmers rights, the dispute over coexistence of GM and organic production, and the ownership and control of human genetic materials stored in human gene banks around the world.
    Description / Table of Contents: CONTENTS; Contributors; Acknowledgements; PART ONE: ACCESS AND BENEFITS SHARING IN CONTEXT; 1. Introduction to the Challenge of Access and Benefit Sharing; PART TWO: SHARING THE BENEFITS OF INVENTIONS, PGRS AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; 2. Ideology of the Commons and Property Rights: Who Owns PlantGenetic Resources and the Associated Traditional Knowledge?; 3. Farmers' Privilege and Patented Seeds; 4. Traditional Knowledge and Benefit Sharing: From Compensationto Transaction
    Description / Table of Contents: 5. Biological Resources, Intellectual Property Rights and InternationalHuman Rights: Impacts on Indigenous and Local Communities6. Lost in Translation? The Rhetoric of Protecting Indigenous Peoples'Knowledge in International Law and the Omnipresent Realityof Biopiracy; PART THREE: IMPLEMENTING ACCESS AND BENEFITS SHARING; 7. Liability Principles and their Impact on Access and Benefits Sharing; 8. Beyond the Rhetoric: Population Genetics and Benefit-Sharing; 9. Bioprocessing Partnerships in Practice: A Decade of Experiencesat INBio in Costa Rica
    Description / Table of Contents: PART FOUR: ACCESS AND BENEFIT SHARING IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM10. Conclusions: New Paths to Access and Benefit Sharing; Index;
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    ISBN: 9781402047473
    Language: English , Latin
    Pages: Online-Ressource (vi, 324 Seiten)
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    Series Statement: Amsterdam studies in Jewish thought v. 11
    Series Statement: Amsterdam studies in Jewish thought
    DDC: 212.6
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    Keywords: Metaphysics ; Genetic epistemology ; Philosophy, medieval ; Philosophy (General) ; Linguistics Philosophy ; Thomas von Aquin, Heiliger 1225-1274 ; Maimonides, Moses 1135-1204 ; Gotteserkenntnis
    Abstract: This in-depth study of Thomas Aquinas' Quaestio de Attributis binds together the findings of previous research on the unique history of this text by reconstructing the historical circumstances surrounding its composition, shows that the Quaestio contains Aquinas' final answer to the dispute on the divine attributes, and thoroughly examines his interpretation of Maimonides' position on the issue of the knowledge of God by analysing this and other texts related to it chronologically and doctrinally.
    Abstract: Presents a study of Thomas Aquinas' "Quaestio de attributis", which binds together the findings of research on the history of this text by reconstructing the historical circumstances surrounding its composition. This book also shows that the "Quaestio" contains Aquinas' final answer to the dispute on the divine attributes
    Description / Table of Contents: The Dispute on the Divine Attributes; Aquinas and Maimonides on the Divine Names; The Quaestio de Attributis and Zechariah 14, 9; The Quaestio de Attributis and the Limits of Natural Knowledge; The Knowledge of the Existence of God
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-317) and indexes , Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Hebrew University, 2001 , Text in English and Latin , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    ISBN: 9781402050565
    Language: English
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    Additional Information: Rezensiert in Slotemaker, John T. [Rezension von: Balserak, Jon, Divinity Compromised: A Study of Divine Accommodation in the Thought of John Calvin] 2008
    Series Statement: Studies in early modern religious reforms 5
    DDC: 200
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    Keywords: Humanities ; Religion (General) ; Calvin, Jean 1509-1564 ; Gottesvorstellung
    Abstract: This is the first monograph devoted to divine accommodation in the writings of John Calvin. The text offers careful analysis of the topic along several different lines: it analyzes the character of Calvin's thinking on accommodation; it reveals the ways in which accommodation expresses itself in his writings; it probes the question of the penetration of accommodation into Calvin's theology and particularly its implications for his doctrine of God.
    Abstract: This book is the first monograph devoted to the theme of divine accommodation in the writings of John Calvin to appear in any language. The work offers careful analysis of the topic along several different lines: it analyzes the character of Calvin's thinking on accommodation. It gives an account of the ways in which accommodation expresses itself in his writings. It probes the question of the penetration of accommodation into Calvin's theology and particularly its implications for his doctrine of God. And it compares Calvin's handling of accommodation with that of other exegetes in order to set his thinking in context. In pursuing these matters, Dr Balserak provides a rigorous consideration of many of the individual places in Calvin's corpus where he discusses accommodation. This enables him to set out a summary of the basic qualities which characterize Calvin's handling of the motif. The addition of chapters on the relationship of Calvin's thought on accommodation to his use of the potentia absoluta/ordinata distinction and on the influence of accommodation on his views on the truth and applicability of Scripture allows this study to examine its topic from different angles. This, coupled with the thoroughness of the author's analysis, results in a work which offers a substantial reassessment of Calvin's thinking on divine accommodation.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction; Divine accommodation in the tradition and calvin; Human captus; God's accommodating responses to human captus; God's reasons for accommodating-images of god in calvin's handling of accommodation; Accommodation and calvin'ng on the power of god; The volatility of accommodation; Concluding reflections
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    ISBN: 9781402050145
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    DDC: 210
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    Keywords: Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Religion (General) ; Ethnische Religion ; Religionsphilosophie
    Abstract: Philosophy of religion as a discipline first arose in Europe; its subject matter has been profoundly influenced by the practices of European Christianity. While Eastern and Western religions subsequently found a place in these studies, one global religious tradition, namely, the primal tradition, remains unrepresented in its discussions. This book examines the significantly different perspectives offered by primal religions on virtually every theme discussed in the philosophy of religion.
    Abstract: The philosophy of religion has been a largely European intellectual enterprise in two ways. It arose in Europe as a discipline and its subject matter has been profoundly influenced by Christianity as practised in Europe. The process of its deprovincialization in this respect started when it began to take religions other than Christianity within its purview - such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam. Although now the religions of both East and West have found a place in it, a religious tradition which is present in both the East and the West, namely, the primal religious tradition, still remains unrepresented in its discussions, perhaps under the mistaken assumption that this religious tradition has little to offer by way of philosophical reflection. This book challenges this widespread assumption and demonstrates how primal religions have something significant to offer on virtually every theme discussed in the philosophy of religion. Through this book the primal religious tradition stakes its claim for a place at the table.
    Description / Table of Contents: The Concept of God: Monotheism; Other Concepts of God; Arguments for the Existence of God; Arguments Against the Existence of God; The Problem of Evil; The Concept of Revelation and the Primal Religious Tradition; Theories of Faith; Evidentialism, Foundationalism and Rational Belief; Language and Religious Thought; The Problems of Religious Language; The Problem of Verification; Conflicting Truth Claims of Different Religions; Human Destiny: Immortality and Resurrection; Human Destiny: Karma and Reincarnation
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    ISBN: 9781402050039
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    Series Statement: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics 9
    DDC: 333.7071
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    Keywords: Ethics ; Philosophy (General) ; Education Philosophy ; Political science Philosophy ; Education and state ; Environmental sciences ; Umwelterziehung ; Umweltethik ; Naturschutz ; Norm ; Umweltethik ; Umwelterziehung
    Abstract: Dirk Willem Postma
    Abstract: What inspires us humans to take responsibility for the natural environment? How do we familiarise children with environmental responsibility? This book looks at a comprehensive inquiry into the ethical and politico-philosophical dimensions of environmental education. It discusses two sources of inspiration and responsibility in particular
    Description / Table of Contents: CONTENTS; About the Author; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 1.1 A brief history of environmental education; 1.2 ESD: Research questions and directions; 2. Because we are citizens; 2.1 Future generations as fellow citizens; 2.2 Future generations as heirs of our community; 2.3 Future generations as imagined strangers; 2.4 Education for an open future; 3. Because we are human; 3.1 In defense of an aesthetic account of intrinsic natural value; 3.2 On the status of nature and her evaluators; 3.3 Towards an ethic of environmental responsibility; 3.4 Conclusion
    Description / Table of Contents: 4. Because we educate citizens caring for natureBibliography; Index
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    ISBN: 9781402042140
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    Series Statement: Phaenomenologica 176
    Series Statement: Phaenomenologica
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Rodemeyer, Lanei M. Intersubjective temporality
    DDC: 115
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    Keywords: Phenomenology ; Philosophy (General) ; Husserl, Edmund 1859-1938 ; Phänomenologie ; Zeit ; Husserl, Edmund 1859-1938 ; Zeitwahrnehmung ; Intersubjektivität
    Abstract: "This book contains phenomenological analyses of each dimension of temporalizing consciousness, turning primarily to Husserl's later manuscripts on time. From these manuscripts, the author takes up certain important notions heretofore generally neglected by the secondary literature in Husserl scholarship, such as ""near"" and ""far"" retention, and ""world-time"". Integrating a consideration of intersubjective existence, the author suggests that the notion of ""intersubjective temporality"" might be a more appropriate way to understand the foundation of the subject understood phenomenologically."
    Description / Table of Contents: Preliminaries; CONTENTS; PART ONE THE PRESENT; WORLD TIME A NEW TEMPORAL SYNTHESIS; PART TWO RETENTION; PART THREE PROTENTION; PART FOUR INTERSUBJECTIVE TEMPORALITY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF NAMES
    Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-204) and index , Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2001 , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    ISBN: 9781402037078
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    Series Statement: Analecta Husserliana, The Yearbook of Phenomenological Research 89
    DDC: 142.7
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    Keywords: Metaphysics ; Phenomenology ; Philosophy ; Philosophy of Nature ; Philosophy (General) ; Biology Philosophy ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift 2004 ; Phänomenologie ; Logos ; Philosophische Anthropologie ; Leib ; Individualität ; Intersubjektivität ; Freiheit ; Notwendigkeit ; Selbstbestimmung ; Religionsphilosophie
    Abstract: "The human being is today at the center of scientific, social, ethical and philosophical debates. The Human Condition-in-the-unity-of-everything-there-is-alive, under whose aegis the present selection of essays falls, offers the urgently needed new approach to reinvestigating humanness. While recent advances in the neurosciences, genetics and bio-engineering challenge the traditional abstract conception of ""human nature"", indicating its transformability, thus putting in question the main tenets of traditional philosophical anthropology, in the new perspective of the Human Creative Condition the human individual is seen in its emergence and unfolding within the dynamic networks of the logos of life, and within the evolution of living types. Just the same, the creative logos of the mind lifts the human person into a sphere of freedom. Within the networks of the logos we retrieve the classical principles - human subject, ego, self, body, soul, person - reinterpret them to counter the naturalistic critique (Tymieniecka). Thus principles of a new philosophical anthropology satisfying the requirements of the present time are laid down. Papers by: Tristan Ace, Michael F. Andrews, Ann Astell, Stella Zita De Azevedo, Carmen Balzer, Angela Ales Bello, Andreas Brenner, Carmen Cozma, Agnes B. Curry, Roberta de Monticelli, Eddo Evink, Maria Golebiewska, Laura Hengehold, Kadria Ismail, Marzenna Jakubczak, Maria Mercede Ligozzi, Maria Manuela Brito Martins, Piotr Mroz, Martin Nkafu Nkemnkia, Maria Teresa de Noronha, Peter Reynaert, Victor Gerald Rivas, Mobeen Shahid, Olena Shkubulyani, Michael Staudigl, Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, Willem Van Groenou."
    Description / Table of Contents: The Language of Our Living Body; What is it Like to Be Embodied, Naturalizing Bodily Self-Awareness?; Edmund Husserl's Anthropological Proposal in the Ideen I/II; Non-Intentionality of the Lived-Body; Plato's Teaching about "Living Creature"; An Enquiry Concerning the Dialectic of Personality and its Practical Consequences; Discussion on the Notion of "Life" and "Existentia" in the Philosophical Conceptions of Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty; "Vitalogy": The African Vision of the Human Person; Conflict with Our Self; Essential Individuality: On the Nature of a Person
    Description / Table of Contents: Ego-Making Principle in Samkhya Metaphysics and CosmologyThe "Person" and the "Other" in María Zambrano's Philosophical Anthropology; Les Figures de L#x2019; Intersubjectivité Chez Husserl; The Logos of Life and Sexual Difference; Phenomenology of Life's Opening to the Moral Philosophy - The Virtue's Issue; The Vulnerable Body: Towards a Phenomenological Theory of Violence; Phenomenology of Life in Border Situations: The Experience of the Ultimate; The Phenomenology of Resistance; Patocka and Derrida on Responsibility
    Description / Table of Contents: "Perfect Health" and the Disembodiment of the Self. An Approach to Michel Henry's ThoughtBeauvoirian Existentialism: An Ethic of Individualism or Individuation?; The Creationism of Leonardo Coimbra and Saudade as a Moral Gift; Mater-Natality: Augustine, Arendt, and Levinas; Religion without Why: Edith Stein and Martin Heidegger on the Overcoming of Metaphysics, with Particular Reference to Angelus Silesius and Denys the Areopagite; Hermeneutics of the Mystical Phenomenon in E dith Stein;
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    ISBN: 9781402045547
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    Series Statement: The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics 7
    DDC: 178
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    Keywords: Ethics ; Philosophy (General) ; Biology Philosophy ; Lebensmittelüberwachung
    Abstract: The field of ethics must be extended to cover responsibility for the production and choice of foodstuffs. This book shows how the focus of ethics can be expanded from its concern for the good life with and for others to cover the good life in fair food production practices
    Description / Table of Contents: Eating, Society and Ethics; Food to Science: On the Intellectualization of Food; The Storylessness of Food; Tracing the Production History; Food Ethics as the Ethics of the Trace; Traceability and Food Ethics
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    ISBN: 9781402048203
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    Series Statement: Archimedes (Dordrecht, Netherlands) v. 15
    DDC: 580.22209033
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Science Philosophy ; Humanities ; Botanik ; Illustration ; Geschichte 1700-1800 ; Pflanzen ; Illustration ; Geschichte 1700-1800 ; Botanik ; Illustration ; Geschichte 1700-1800
    Abstract: This book is the first in-depth study of eighteenth-century botanical illustrations. Its findings offer a completely new insight into the working practices of the botanists and scientific draughtsmen of this period. The author describes the different production stages of these illustrations. For the first time, the author presents a convincing description of how botanical illustrations developed, ascertaining the criteria that drove this process.
    Abstract: Presents a study of 18th-century botanical illustrations, offering insight into the working practices of botanists and scientific draughtsmen of this period. This book describes the different production stages of these illustrations, traces their uses, and explores their visual language, with particular emphasis on the difficult issue of colour
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction; The Making of Botanical Illustrations; The Content of Botanical Illustrations; The Role of Botanical Illustrations; Visual Language; Links with Tradition; The Construction of Botanical Illustrations; Methods and Materials
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Revised thesis (doctoral) - Universität, Bern, 2002 , Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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    ISBN: 9781402030444
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    Keywords: Humanities ; Philosophy ; Religion (General) ; Social sciences ; Anthropology ; Bibliografie ; Sikh
    Abstract: Gerald Barrier, Hakam Singh, Jaginder Singh Ramdev, Jasmer Singh, Rajwant Singh, Man Singh Deora, Priya Muhar Rai, Darshan Singh Tatla, and others.
    Abstract: The International Bibliography of Sikh Studies brings together all books, composite works, journal articles, conference proceedings, theses, dissertations, project reports, and electronic resources produced in the field of Sikh Studies until June 2004, making it the most complete and up-to-date reference work in the field today. One of the youngest religions of the world, Sikhism has progressively attracted attention on a global scale in recent decades. An increasing number of scholars is exploring the culture, history, politics, and religion of the Sikhs. The growing interest in Sikh Studies has resulted in an avalanche of literature, which is now for the first time brought together in the International Bibliography of Sikh Studies. This monumental work lists over 10,000 English-language publications under almost 30 subheadings, each representing a subfield in Sikh Studies. The Bibliography contains sections on a wide variety of subjects, such as Sikh gurus, Sikh philosophy, Sikh politics and Sikh religion. Furthermore the encyclopedia presents an annotated survey of all major scholarly work on Sikhism, and a selective listing of electronic and web-based resources in the field. Author and subject indices are appended for the reader's convenience. The online version of the International Bibliography of Sikh Studies includes hyperlinks and offers the possibility to search on author, title, key word or subject, making this huge reference work easily accessible and user-friendly.
    Description / Table of Contents: Printed and Electronic Reference Resources; Sikh Gurus; Sikh Scriptures & Gurbani; Bhagats and Saints; Sikh Philosophy; Sikh History; Sikh Politics; Sikh Leaders; Sikh Art & Architecture; Sikh Coins (Numismatics); Sikh Culture & Traditions; Sikhs as Khalsa; Sikh Code of Conduct, Institutions & Ceremonies; Sikh Symbols & Identity; Sikh Education & Research; Sikh Scholars & Personalities; Sikh Castes & Casteism; Sikh Sects; Gurdwaras (Sikh Shrines); Sikh Warriors & Martyrs; Sikh Music (Gurbani Kirtan); Sikhs in Military; Sikh Women; Sikh Youths & Apostasy; Sikhism & Other Religions
    Description / Table of Contents: Sikh DiasporaFuture of Sikhs & Sikhism; Miscellaneous Works
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    ISBN: 9781402031564
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    Series Statement: Philosophy and Medicine 85
    DDC: 179.7
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    Keywords: Ethics ; Philosophy (General) ; medicine Philosophy ; Medicine ; Medical ethics ; Bioethical Issues ; Catholicism ; Personhood ; Philosophy, Medical ; Religion and Medicine ; Right to Die ethics ; Beginning of Human Life ethics ; Menschenwürde ; Lebensschutz
    Abstract: "The Edge of Life: Human Dignity and Contemporary Bioethics resituates bioethics in fundamental outlook by challenging both the dominant Kantian and utilitarian approaches to evaluating how new technologies apply to human life. Drawing on an analysis of the dignity of the human person, both as an agent and as the recipient of action, The Edge of Life presents a ""theoretical"" approach to the problems of contemporary bioethics and applies this approach to various disputed questions. Should conjoined twins be split, if the division will end the life of the weaker twin? Was Bush's stem cell research decision morally acceptable? Are the 'quality of life' and 'sanctity of life' ethics irreconcilably incompatible? Accessible to both scholars and students, The Edge of Life focuses particularly on the controversial issues surrounding the beginning and ending of human life, tackling some of the toughest practical questions of bioethics including new reproductive technologies (artificial wombs), stem cell research, abortion and physician assisted suicide, as well as many of its vexing theoretical disputes."
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction; When Does a Human Being Become a Person?; All Human Beings are Persons; How is the Dignity of the Person as Agent Recognized?; An Ethical Assessment of Bush's Guidelines for Stem Cell Research; Moral Absolutism and Ectopic Pregnancy; Could Artificial Wombs End the Abortion Debate?; Solomon's Dilemma; Capital Punishment and the Catholic Tradition
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    ISBN: 9781402029042
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    DDC: 570.1
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    Keywords: Biology Mathematical models ; Biology Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Science Philosophy ; Models, Biological ; Philosophy ; Theoretische Biologie ; Forschungsgegenstand
    Abstract: This book originated as a Festschrift to mark the publication of Volume 50 of the journal `Acta Biotheoretica' in 2002 and the journal's 70th anniversary in 2005. In it, eleven previously unpublished research papers have been collected that reflect the entire scope of topics on which `Acta Biotheoretica' publishes. `Acta Biotheoretica' is a journal on theoretical biology, published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, that has its roots in the Dutch tradition of theoretical biology. From the perspective of this tradition, theoretical biology is understood as encompassing a broad spectrum of disciplines ranging from mathematical biology to philosophy of biology. To reflect the Dutch roots of the journal, all papers have been invited from authors that work in The Netherlands. This book is aimed at an audience of theoretical and mathematical biologists, philosophers of biology and philosophers of science, and biologists in general.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preliminaries; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 The History of Acta Biotheoretica and the Nature of Theoretical Biology; Chapter 2 Images of the Genome; Chapter 3 The Functional Perspective of Organismal Biology; Chapter 4 Infectious Biology; Chapter 5 The Composite Species Concept; Chapter 6 The Wonderful Crucible of Life's Creation; Chapter 7 The Symbiontic Nature of Metabolic Evolution; Chapter 8 The Founder and Allee Effects in the Patch Occupancy Metapopulation Model; Chapter 9 Balancing Statistics and Ecology
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 10 Resilience and Persistence in the Context of Stochastic Population ModelsChapter 11 Evolution of Specialization and Ecological Character Displacement: Metabolic Plasticity; List of Contributors
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    ISBN: 9789401599160
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIV, 239 p) , digital
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    Additional Information: Rezensiert in Dougherty, Jude P. Book review 2004
    Series Statement: Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy of Religion 2
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Shanley, Brian J. The Thomist tradition
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Religion (General) ; Philosophy ; Modern philosophy. ; Medieval philosophy. ; Philosophy, medieval ; Philosophy, modern ; Religion. ; Religion—Philosophy. ; Philosophy—History. ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Thomismus ; Religionsphilosophie ; Thomismus ; Religionsphilosophie ; Thomas von Aquin, Heiliger 1225-1274 ; Rezeption ; Neuthomismus
    Abstract: The Thomist Tradition focuses on central themes in contemporary Thomism, including religious knowledge, language, science, evil, morality, human nature, God and religious diversity
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    ISBN: 9789401593892
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 549 p) , digital
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    Additional Information: Rezensiert in Lasker, Daniel J. The Medieval Hebrew Encyclopedias of Science and Philosophy (review) 2003
    Series Statement: Amsterdam Studies in Jewish Thought 7
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The medieval Hebrew encyclopedias of science and philosophy
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Medieval philosophy. ; Philosophy, medieval ; History ; Philosophy. ; Philosophy—History. ; Humanities. ; Social sciences. ; Konferenzschrift 1998 ; Hebräisch ; Enzyklopädie ; Wissenschaft ; Philosophie ; Geschichte 500-1500 ; Jüdische Philosophie ; Geschichte 1100-1400
    Abstract: In January 1998 leading scholars from Europe, the United States, and Israel in the fields of medieval encyclopedias (Arabic, Latin and Hebrew) and medieval Jewish philosophy and science gathered together at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat-Gan, Israel, for an international conference on medieval Hebrew encyclopedias of science and philosophy. The primary purpose of the conference was to explore and define the structure, sources, nature, and characteristics of the medieval Hebrew encyclopedias of science and philosophy. This book, the first to devote itself to the medieval Hebrew encyclopedias of science and philosophy, contains revised versions of the papers that were prepared for this conference. This volume also includes an annotated translation of Moritz Steinschneider's groundbreaking discussion of this subject in his Die hebraeischen Übersetzungen. The Medieval Hebrew Encyclopedias of Science and Philosophy will be of particular interest to students of medieval philosophy and science, Jewish intellectual history, the history of ideas, and pre-modern Western encyclopedias
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    ISBN: 9789400915909
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIX, 318 Seiten)
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    Series Statement: Philosophy and Medicine 52
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sanctity of life and human dignity
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Phenomenology ; Public health laws ; Konferenzschrift 1992 ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Menschenwürde
    Abstract: `Sanctity of life' and `human dignity' are two bioethical concepts that play an important role in bioethical discussions. Despite their separate history and content, they have similar functions in these discussions. In many cases they are used to bring a difficult or controversial debate to an end. They serve as unquestionable cornerstones of morality, as rocks able to weather the storms of moral pluralism. This book provides the reader with analyses of these two concepts from different philosophical, professional and cultural points of view. Sanctity of Life and Human Dignity presents a comparative analysis of both concepts
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    ISBN: 9789401109123
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (VI, 218 p) , digital
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    Series Statement: Archives Internationales d’Histoire des Idées / International Archives of the History of Ideas 138
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    Keywords: Humanities ; Philosophy ; Religion (General) ; History ; Religion—Philosophy. ; Religion. ; Jewish Christians Europe ; History ; Christianity and other religions Judaism ; Judaism Relations ; Christianity ; Europe Church history ; Christianity Related to ; Judaism ; History ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Judentum ; Christentum ; Geschichte 1450-1800 ; Judentum ; Christentum ; Geschichte
    Abstract: The appearance of religious toleration combined with the intensification of the search for theological truth led to a unique phenomenon in early modern Europe: Jewish Christians and Christian Jews. These essays will demonstrate that the cross-fertilization of these two religions, which for so long had a tradition of hostility towards each other, not only affected developments within the two groups but in many ways foreshadowed the emergence of the Enlightenment and the evolution of modern religious freedom
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