Science matters : humanities as complex systems /

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Imprint:Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Pub. Co., c2008.
Description:xv, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7590998
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Other authors / contributors:Burguete, Maria.
Lam, Lui.
ISBN:9789812835932 (alk. paper)
9812835938 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. Science Matters: A Unified Perspective
  • 1.1. Introduction
  • 1.2. What Is Science?
  • 1.3. The Origin and Nature of the Two Cultures
  • 1.3.1. Emergence of the Two Cultures
  • 1.3.2. The Gap Today
  • 1.4. Demarcation According to Human and Nonhuman Systems
  • 1.5. Simple and Complex Systems
  • 1.5.1. What It Means to be Complex
  • 1.5.2. Complex Systems
  • 1.6. Science Matters
  • 1.6.1. Motivation
  • 1.6.2. Concept
  • 1.6.3. An Example: Histophysics
  • 1.7. Implications of Science Matters
  • 1.7.1. Clearing up Confusion in Terminology
  • 1.7.2. The Science Matters Standard
  • 1.7.3. There Is Always the Reality Check
  • 1.7.4. The Needham Question
  • 1.8. Discussion and Conclusion
  • References
  • Part I. Art and Culture
  • 2. Culture Through Science: A New World of Images and Stories
  • 2.1. The Science/Society Dialogue
  • 2.2. The Media in between Science and Society
  • 2.3. Lessons from History
  • References
  • 3. Physiognomy in Science and Art: Properties of a Natural Body Inferred from Its Appearance
  • 3.1. What Physiognomy Means and Its Methodological Aims
  • 3.2. Works of Fine Art Based on a Physiognomic Interpretation
  • 3.3. Physiognomy in Science
  • 3.3.1. Early Roots of Physiognomic Practice
  • 3.3.2. The Fundamental Treatise of Aristotle and Its Legacy
  • 3.3.3. The Impact of Aristotelian Physiognomy in Natural Science
  • 3.3.4. The Renewal of Physiognomy for Characterizing a Human Being
  • 3.3.5. The Physiognomy of Vegetation Characterizing a Landscape
  • 3.4. Conclusion
  • References
  • 4. Has Neuroscience Any Theological Consequence?
  • 4.1. Neurotheology
  • 4.1.1. Religious Experience Is Individual and Private
  • 4.1.2. Religious Experiences Are Basically Connected to Out-of-This-World Entities
  • 4.1.3. Religious Experiences Are Basically Emotional and Positive
  • 4.1.4. Causation and Correlation
  • 4.2. Self, Soul and Human Immortality
  • 4.3. Theological Consequences
  • References
  • 5. SciComm, PopSci and The Real World
  • 5.1. Introduction
  • 5.2. Science Communication
  • 5.3. A New Concept for Science Museums
  • 5.3.1. Possible Misconceptions Imparted to the Visitors
  • 5.3.2. A Simple Remedy
  • 5.4. Science Popularization in China
  • 5.4.1. The Importance of Popular-Science Books
  • 5.4.2. Popular-Science Book Authors in China
  • 5.4.3. Recommendations
  • 5.5. Education Reform: A Personal Journey
  • 5.6. The Real World
  • 5.6.1. Course Description
  • 5.6.2. The Outcome
  • 5.7. Conclusion
  • Appendix 5.1. Popular-Science Books Selected in Classes
  • References
  • Part II. Philosophy and History of Science
  • 6. The Tripod of Science: Communication, Philosophy and Education
  • 6.1. Introduction
  • 6.2. Change Is Part of Science
  • 6.3. Apathy and Antipathy
  • 6.4. Demarcation
  • 6.5. Science Research
  • 6.6. Black Holes
  • 6.7. Communication
  • 6.7.1. Language
  • 6.7.2. Metaphor
  • 6.7.3. Getting the Message Across
  • 6.8. Conclusion
  • References
  • 7. History and Philosophy of Science: Towards a New Epistemology
  • 7.1. Introduction
  • 7.2. Perspectives of Science
  • 7.3. History of Contemporary Chemistry
  • 7.4. Paradigm Replacement
  • 7.5. Philosophy of Chemistry
  • 7.5.1. Transformation Reinforcement Provided by Improved Molecular Representation in Three Dimensions
  • 7.5.2. Methodologies of Computational Chemistry Provided by Computer-Aided Ligand Design
  • 7.6. A Case Study: Functional Selectivity
  • 7.7. Philosophy of Science and Epistemology
  • 7.8. Conclusion
  • References
  • 8. Philosophy of Science and Chinese Sciences: The Multicultural View of Science and a Unified Ontological Perspective
  • 8.1. Recent Debates on "Chinese Sciences" in China
  • 8.2. The Multicultural View of Science
  • 8.3. Lessons from the Study of Art and Science
  • 8.4. An Ontological Perspective on the Multiple View of Science
  • References
  • 9. Evolution of the Concept of Science Communication in China
  • 9.1. Introduction
  • 9.2. Late Qing Dynasty and the New Culture Movement Period (Late 19th Century to Early 20th Century)
  • 9.3. Science Popularization by Science Organizations (1914-1949)
  • 9.3.1. The Early Period
  • 9.3.2. The Late Period
  • 9.4. Science Popularization under the New Government of Modern China (1949-1994)
  • 9.5. Boom of Science Popularization (1994-2006)
  • 9.6. Conclusion
  • References
  • 10. History of Science in Globalizing Time
  • 10.1. Globalization Today and Globalization in History
  • 10.2. History of Science as a Discipline and History of Science as Knowledge
  • 10.3. History of Science in China
  • 10.4. The Needham Question
  • 10.5. The Snow Thesis and Conclusion
  • References
  • Part III. Raising Scientific Level
  • 11. Why Markets Are Moral
  • 11.1. The Neurochemistry of Trust
  • 11.2. Gaming the Market
  • 11.3. Trust and Trade
  • 11.4. The Evolution of Trust and Trade
  • 11.5. The Evolution of Fairness, or Why We Are Moral
  • References
  • 12. Towards the Understanding of Human Dynamics
  • 12.1. Introduction
  • 12.2. Non-Poisson Statistics of Human Dynamics
  • 12.3. The Task-Driven Model
  • 12.4. The Interest-Driven Model and Beyond
  • 12.5. Discussion and Conclusion
  • References
  • 13. Human History: A Science Matter
  • 13.1. What Is History?
  • 13.2. Methods to Study History
  • 13.2.1. Statistical Analysis
  • 13.2.2. Computer Modeling
  • 13.2.3. Computer Simulation
  • 13.2.4. The Zipf Plot
  • 13.3. History in the Future
  • 13.4. Conclusion
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index