Science matters : humanities as complex systems /
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| Imprint: | Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific Pub. Co., c2008. |
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| 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 |
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
