Philosophy of science

When the whole is greater than the sum of the parts--indeed, so great that the sum far transcends the parts and represents something utterly new and different--we call that phenomenon emergence.

Frente a una sociedad dependiente de la tecnociencia, se presentan cuestionamientos validos para nuestros tiempos, en busqueda de reorientar la comprension antropologica, la pertinencia de un nuevo modelo etico y la importancia de la reflexion teologica.

Science first began as a branch of philosophy, but it has since grown up and moved out of the family home, and its successes have put its parent in the shade.

Since the discovery of the structure of DNA and the birth of the genetic age, a powerful vocabulary has emerged to express science s growing command over the matter of life.

This book is a Q-and-A tour for anyone with a curious mind.

The applications of Artificial Intelligence lie all around us; in our homes, schools and offices, in our cinemas, in art galleries and - not least - on the Internet.

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Dieses essential widmet sich dem Werk des Philosophen Hans Jonas und zwar aus dem Blickwinkel der Entwicklung seines Denkens.

DELVE INTO THE SCIENCE BEHIND YOUR PRACTICE WITH THIS ESSENTIAL AND PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MEDITATION 'This is a book that really can change your life' Arianna Huffington, author of the New York Times bestseller The Sleep RevolutionMeditation is fascinating, but often it feels elusive.

Cuando indagamos con referencia al origen, evolución y fin de la vida; no podemos detenernos a pensar en uno mismo como un ente individual.

Darwin's theory of evolution is accepted by most educated Americans as simple fact.

A delightful mixture of science fiction, utopian vision, and just plain crazy ideas,Your Flying Car Awaitsis a hilarious and insightful compendium of the most outrageous and completely ridiculous predictions of the 20th Century.

What should we teach our children about where we come from?

More than one hundred of the world's leading thinkers write about things they believe in, despite the absence of concrete proofScientific theory, more often than not, is born of bold assumption, disparate bits of unconnected evidence, and educated leaps of faith.

This Will Change Everything offers seemingly radical but actually feasible ideas with the potential to change the world.

Three-time New York Timesbestselling author Dan Ariely teams up with legendaryThe New Yorkercartoonist William Haefeli to present an expanded, illustrated collection of his immensely popularWall Street Journaladvice column, Ask Ariely.

In these essays on the dialogue between science and Christian faith, Barbara Brown Taylor describes her journey as a preacher learning what the insights of quantum physics, the new biology, and chaos theory can teach a person of faith.

In these essays on the dialogue between science and Christian faith, Barbara Brown Taylor describes her journey as a preacher learning what the insights of quantum physics, the new biology, and chaos theory can teach a person of faith.

How is the internet changing the way you think?

"e;Can you Count the Clouds?

"e;Can you Count the Clouds?

Kabeer in Korporates addresses the trials and tussles of the workplace faced by the modern day employee, using Kabeer as the deep font of practical wisdom that balances philosophy with action, theory with practice.

Kabeer in Korporates addresses the trials and tussles of the workplace faced by the modern day employee, using Kabeer as the deep font of practical wisdom that balances philosophy with action, theory with practice.

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our time-war, politics, religion, truth, beauty, gender, and race-in a way that stimulates a deeper sense of unity for us all.

El espejismo de la ciencia es la creencia en que la ciencia ya comprende la naturaleza de la realidad.

El presente libro se enfrenta con uno de los grandes problemas de la humanidad.

Durante cuatro siglos, ciencia y espiritualidad se han dado mutuamente la espalda.

Como si de un paseo por su laboratorio se tratase, Jalalvand recrea con ingenio la relación entre los grandes temas filosóficos y los descubrimientos científicos.

The currently unfolding ecological catastrophe is the result of more than just deforestation, fossil fuel extraction, and factory farming.

Over the coming decades, Artificial Intelligence will profoundly impact the way we live, work, wage war, play, seek a mate, educate our young, and care for our elderly.

Die industrielle Zivilisation hat die lebenserhaltenden Systeme der Erde in die größte Krise seit 65 Millionen Jahren gestürzt: Klimachaos und Artensterben bedrohen die Zukunft der Menschheit.

Over the coming decades, Artificial Intelligence will profoundly impact the way we live, work, wage war, play, seek a mate, educate our young, and care for our elderly.

En El punto ciego, el astrofísico Adam Frank, el físico teórico Marcelo Gleiser y el filósofo Evan Thompson abogan por una visión revolucionaria del mundo científico, una en la que la ciencia incluya la experiencia vivida por la humanidad como parte ineludible de nuestra búsqueda de la verdad objetiva.

The worlds leading scientific thinkers explore bold, remarkable, perilous ideas that could change our livesfor better .

Epistemology has traditionally been motivated by a desire to respond to skeptical challenges.

Epistemology has traditionally been motivated by a desire to respond to skeptical challenges.

Who are we, and how do we relate to each other?

Philosophy of Medicine asks two central questions about medicine: what is it, and what should we think of it?

Philosophy of Medicine asks two central questions about medicine: what is it, and what should we think of it?

Special relativity provides the foundations of our knowledge of space and time.

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring antagonized some of the most powerful interests in the nation--including the farm block and the agricultural chemical industry--and helped launch the modern environmental movement.

Who are we, and how do we relate to each other?

Stimulating and often startling discussions between three friends, all highly original thinkers: Rupert Sheldrake, controversial biologist, Terence McKenna , psychedelic visionary, and Ralph Abraham , chaos mathematician.

Science and Human Values was originally a lecture by Jacob Bronowski at MIT in 1953.

Stimulating and often startling discussions between three friends, all highly original thinkers: Rupert Sheldrake, controversial biologist, Terence McKenna , psychedelic visionary, and Ralph Abraham , chaos mathematician.

The nightly news and conventional wisdom tell us that things are bad and getting worse.

Charles Darwin has been at the center of white-hot public debate for more than a century.