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Natural Sciences and Human Thought

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Robert Zwilling

    1. Department of Physiology, University of Heidelberg, Institute of Zoology, Heidelberg, Germany

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Table of contents (20 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Historical and Philosophical Aspects of the Unity of Physics: Scientific Progress by Unification

    • E. Schmutzer
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Emergence of Theoretical Physics in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century

    • F. Bevilacqua
    Pages 13-36

  4. Physics and Human Thought

    • Z. Neubauer
    Pages 37-44

  5. Physics as a Cultural Science

    • H. G. Dosch
    Pages 45-53

  6. Time Flow

    • G. Süssmann
    Pages 55-70

  7. Time’s Arrow

    • C. H. Holland
    Pages 71-83

  8. Between Pure and Applied Mathematics

    • A. Pelczar
    Pages 85-92

  9. Concepts of Causality in Pre-Socratic Philosophy

    • D. Z. Andriopoulos
    Pages 93-99

  10. The Rationality of Reductionism

    • E. Scheibe
    Pages 101-109

  11. The Risk of Heuristics

    • W. A. Wagenaar
    Pages 111-123

  12. Irreversibility and Self-Organization

    • H. Haken
    Pages 125-137

  13. Structural Basis of Serine Protease Action: The Fourth Dimension

    • L. Gráf
    Pages 139-148

  14. Can the Concept of Evolution Tell Us Who We Are?

    • R. Zwilling
    Pages 149-159

  15. Changes of Paradigms in Biology and Medicine

    • A. Koj
    Pages 161-169

  16. The Relationship Between Medicine and Natural Sciences During the Twentieth Century — Aspects of the Theory of Science

    • U. Zwiener
    Pages 171-176

  17. The Artificial Intelligence Approach to Modelling Medical Reasoning

    • M. Stefanelli, M. Ramoni
    Pages 177-186

  18. The Role of Prediction in Modern Science — The Example of Psychiatry

    • C. Höschl
    Pages 187-191

  19. From Brunelleschi to Leonardo

    • P. Galluzzi
    Pages 193-202

  20. Antonio Scarpa, Luigi Porta, Camillo Golgi: The Development of Medical Thought at Pavia University

    • G. Armocida, A. Calligaro
    Pages 203-215
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About this book

Leaving aside for once all utilitarian considerations, this book attempts to demonstrate the role and influence of the natural sciences in the development of human thought and in shaping the way in which we perceive the world. This seems to be particularly necessary in the present day and age, in view of the fact that a large section of the public is scarcely aware of the great cultural contribution that the natural sciences make towards moulding our conception of the world and scarcely acknowledges their function in helping us to find our bearings in a world that is becoming increasingly complex.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Physiology, University of Heidelberg, Institute of Zoology, Heidelberg, Germany

    Robert Zwilling

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Natural Sciences and Human Thought

  • Editors: Robert Zwilling

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78685-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-57518-4Published: 24 January 1995

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-78685-3Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 228

  • Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Neurosciences, Physics, general

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