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Homo Sapiens und Homo Faber
Wissenschaftliches Wissen wird durch tätigen Eingriff in die Natur gewonnen: Um Homo Sapiens sein zu können, muss der Mensch zugleich Homo Faber sein. Im Anschluss an das …
Mathematics as a Tool
This book puts forward a new role for mathematics in the natural sciences. In the traditional understanding, a strong viewpoint is advocated, on the one hand, according to which …
Mind, Brain, Behavior
Applying models usually employed for the philosophical interpretation of theories in the natural sciences to psychological theories, this investigates the adequacy and implications …
Knowledge and the World: Challenges Beyond the Science Wars
The fundamental question of whether, or in what sense, science informs us about the real world has pervaded the history of thought since antiquity. Is what science tells us about …
Science in the Context of Application
We increasingly view the world around us as a product of science and technology. Accordingly, we have begun to appreciate that science does not take its problems only from nature …
Executive Politics in Semi-Presidential Regimes
This book analyzes the power variations between political executives in semi-presidential regimes. It contrasts institutional, partisan, and extra-institutional explanations and …
Bibliothèques et archives dans les communautés de langue officielle en situation minoritaire
This book highlights the role of libraries and archives in preserving the memory of official-language minority communities (OLMCs) and their contribution to the vitality of these …
Geist, Gehirn, Verhalten
The Completeness of Scientific Theories
Earlier in this century, many philosophers of science (for example, Rudolf Carnap) drew a fairly sharp distinction between theory and observation, between theoretical terms like …