Science matters : humanities as complex systems /

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Imprint:	Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Pub. Co., ©2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 271 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Science and the humanities. Humanities. Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge. System theory. Social systems. Humanities. Interdisciplinary approach to knowledge. Science and the humanities. Social systems. System theory. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11205524

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Other authors / contributors:	Burguete, Maria. Lam, Lui.
ISBN:	9789812835949 9812835946 128244235X 9781282442351
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	All earnest and honest human quests for knowledge are efforts to understand Nature, which includes both human and nonhuman systems, the objects of study in science. Thus, broadly speaking, all these quests are in the science domain. The methods and tools used may be different; for example, the literary people use mainly their bodily sensors and their brain as the information processor, while natural scientists may use, in addition, measuring instruments and computers. Yet, all these activities could be viewed in a unified perspective - they are scientific developments at varying stages of matu.
Other form:	Print version: Science matters. Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Pub. Co., ©2008 9789812835932

Table of Contents:

Preface; Contents; 1 Science Matters: A Unified Perspective Lui Lam; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 What Is Science?; 1.3 The Origin and Nature of the Two Cultures; 1.4 Demarcation According to Human and Nonhuman Systems; 1.5 Simple and Complex Systems; 1.6 Science Matters; 1.7 Implications of Science Matters; 1.8 Discussion and Conclusion; References; PART I ART AND CULTURE; 2 Culture THROUGH Science: A New World of Images and Stories Paul Caro; 3 Physiognomy in Science and Art: Properties of a Natural Body Inferred from Its Appearance Brigitte Hoppe.
4 Has Neuroscience Any Theological Consequence? Alfredo Dinis5 SciComm, PopSci and The Real World Lui Lam; PART II PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF SCIENCE; 6 The Tripod of Science: Communication, Philosophy and Education Nigel Sanitt; 7 History and Philosophy of Science: Towards a New Epistemology Maria Burguete; 8 Philosophy of Science and Chinese Sciences: The Multicultural View of Science and a Unified Ontological Perspective Bing Liu; 9 Evolution of the Concept of Science Communication in China Da-Guang Li; 10 History of Science in Globalizing Time Dun Liu; PART III RAISING SCIENTIFIC LEVEL.
11 Why Markets Are Moral Michael Shermer12 Towards the Understanding of Human Dynamics Tao Zhou, Xiao-Pu Han and Bing-Hong Wang; 13 Human History: A Science Matter Lui Lam; References; Contributors; Index.

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