Download or read book On an Evolutionist Theory of Axioms written by John Cook Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On an Evolutionist Theory of Axioms written by John Cook Wilson and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I could have wished, in an introductory lecture of this kind, to say something of my predecessors; but I have not the knowledge necessary to do them justice, and I am afraid also that it would seem unbecoming in me to offer to pronounce a judgment on them or their work. The names of the two professors of philosophy who have so recently vacated their office will occur to every one's mind. The one is my immediate predecessor, who is fortunately still with us. His work is well known, and forms a part of the studies of the University: it would be unnecessary and presumptuous for me to praise it. The other, who was Waynflete Professor of Moral and Metaphysical philosophy is, alas, dead. I would I were able to pay a fitting tribute to his memory: but it requires far more learning than I can claim to appreciate fully his loss to the scientific world, and convey a true sense of it to others. And there is another difficulty—in him I have lost a kind and dear friend. This mention of the dead reminds me that it has also been my privilege to enjoy not only the teaching but the friendship of two of the most distinguished philosophers of our day in England and Germany—Professor Green and Professor Lotze. The feeling of those of us who came into more immediate contact with Professor Green is too deep for words. Professor Lotze was a striking figure even in Germany. He united diverse gifts in a remarkable way. He was an acute metaphysician and logician, a man of great artistic taste, a classical scholar, one of the foremost psychologists, and one of the foremost biologists in Germany.
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Download or read book On an Evolutionist Theory of Axioms written by John Cook Wilson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-22 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from On an Evolutionist Theory of Axioms: Inaugural Lecture Delivered October 15, 1889 I could have wished, in an introductory lecture of this kind, to say something of my predecessors; but I have not the knowledge necessary to do them justice, and I am afraid also that it would seem unbecoming in me to offer to pronounce a judgment on them or their work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book On an Evolutionist Theory of Axioms Inaugural Lecture Etc written by John Cook Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Structure of Biological Theories written by Paul Thompson and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central thesis of this book is that the semantic conception is a logical methodologically and heuristically richer and more accurate account of scientific theorizing, and in particular of theorizing in evolutionary biology, than the more widely adhered to syntactic conception. In this book, the author outlines both the conceptions indicating the significant problems with the syntactic conception; explains and criticizes two influential syntactic-conception accounts of the structure of evolutionary theorizing. Thompson also argues that the semantic conception provides a richer and more accurate understanding than the syntactic conception of sociobiological explanation, of the testability of sociobiology, and of the role of culture and cognition in evolutionary explanations of human behavior.
Download or read book Evolution Genesis and Revelations written by C. Leon Harris and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1981-06-30 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive history of evolutionism, C. Leon Harris has combined primary source readings with clear, pertinent background information, to provide a solid basic understanding of the ways scientists have arrived at today's views of evolution. Harris describes the major contributors to the theory of evolutionism, placing each in the context of the general cultural influences to which he was exposed. Each chapter also contains an explanation of the philosophical basis of the scientific approach of the period in question. A lengthy bibliography provides direction for further reading on this important and timely subject.
Download or read book The Evolution of Reason written by William S. Cooper and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The formal systems of logic have ordinarily been regarded as independent of biology, but recent developments in evolutionary theory suggest that biology and logic may be intimately interrelated. In this book, William Cooper outlines a theory of rationality in which logical law emerges as an intrinsic aspect of evolutionary biology. This biological perspective on logic, though at present unorthodox, could change traditional ideas about the reasoning process. Cooper examines the connections between logic and evolutionary biology and illustrates how logical rules are derived directly from evolutionary principles, and therefore have no independent status of their own. Laws of decision theory, utility theory, induction, and deduction are reinterpreted as natural consequences of evolutionary processes. Cooper's connection of logical law to evolutionary theory ultimately results in a unified foundation for an evolutionary science of reason. It will be of interest to professionals and students of philosophy of science, logic, evolutionary theory, and cognitive science.
Download or read book On an Evolutionist Theory of Axions written by John Cook Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evolition written by Daniel Evergreen and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-08-30 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why should you read “Evolition” versus other philosophies or Theories of Everything? “Evolition” probes into primary concepts of knowledge, nature, goodness, and beauty, linking them all together into one grand evolutionary pattern. This pattern is deduced from four “axiomatic concepts,” first postulated by Ayn Rand and other Objectivist philosophers, but explored more critically in “Evolition,” uncovering how they function not only as basic mental standards, but as infinite, “a priori” fundamentals for everything, meaning they are (or are within) everything all the time, and thus ultimately cannot be escaped either physically or mentally. An “axiomatic structure” starting from such concepts (existence, knowledge, self and identity) splits into eight, then sixteen other basic concepts… ideas like essence and reality, cause and effect, individual and collective, content and form, as well as other concepts like quantity, entity, change, reason, value, truth, and good. The structure demonstrates a natural hierarchy, reciprocal and simultaneous relations, as well as a transitional, four-part balance that explains why basic systems (like four-dimensional space-time and four fundamental forces) likely reduce in this way. Also, “metaphysical” things (like essences) are posited as physical things that do not end in time, as contrasted from the purely “physical,” helping to alleviate any “mind-body” dichotomies that often saturate traditional philosophies. Another key idea is that choice comes as a natural evolution from self-regulated change; if knowledge can be regulated within individuals, it alleviates the need for evolutionary “randomness” by offering us in turn, limited individual powers in an otherwise deterministic universe. Not only this, but over 150 different principles and elements across five different fields—epistemology, physics, ethics, aesthetics and visual art—are defined and ordered from primal concepts. The principles and elements of physics are outlined in a logical, not overly technical way, by using current scientific information and axiomatic structure as a guide, and geometrically visualizing the process from very broad-based mathematics. Additionally, what may be the first comprehensively organized, axiomatic structures for ethics, aesthetics and visual art, are flushed out, uncovering an uncanny synergy between the humanities, sciences and philosophy, all without compromising the creative possibilities that often give humanities their purpose and relevancy. So if you are wondering how everything can connect without the need for reductionism, dichotomies, randomness, or supernatural causes, “Evolition” provides a noteworthy answer. However, it is one that can be adapted to many philosophies pragmatically, no matter one's belief or disbelief in God.
Download or read book Why Darwin Was Wrong written by Emerson Cooper and published by Pleasant Word. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Repeating a false statement doesn¿t make it true. Public schools and popular media would have us believe that Darwin¿s theory of evolution is a fact simply because they tell us so over and over again. Parents and those interested in digging deeper into both science and the Bible will find Why Darwin Was Wrong to be an invaluable resource in uncovering the truth about the beginnings of life. Using knowledge gained over half a century of studying science and the Bible, Emerson A. Cooper presents twelve well-researched, biblical, and scientifically accurate arguments to show the theory was not and still is not a valid explanation for the origins of the universe. Why Darwin Was Wrong will inspire you to reflect on the limitless creativity, complexity, and imagination of God, and say confidently with the apostle Paul, ¿For by him were all things created, . . . and he is before all things and by him all things consist¿ (Col. 1:16¿17).
Download or read book Mind and Cosmos written by Thomas Nagel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-22 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern materialist approach to life has conspicuously failed to explain such central mind-related features of our world as consciousness, intentionality, meaning, and value. This failure to account for something so integral to nature as mind, argues philosopher Thomas Nagel, is a major problem, threatening to unravel the entire naturalistic world picture, extending to biology, evolutionary theory, and cosmology. Since minds are features of biological systems that have developed through evolution, the standard materialist version of evolutionary biology is fundamentally incomplete. And the cosmological history that led to the origin of life and the coming into existence of the conditions for evolution cannot be a merely materialist history, either. An adequate conception of nature would have to explain the appearance in the universe of materially irreducible conscious minds, as such. Nagel's skepticism is not based on religious belief or on a belief in any definite alternative. In Mind and Cosmos, he does suggest that if the materialist account is wrong, then principles of a different kind may also be at work in the history of nature, principles of the growth of order that are in their logical form teleological rather than mechanistic. In spite of the great achievements of the physical sciences, reductive materialism is a world view ripe for displacement. Nagel shows that to recognize its limits is the first step in looking for alternatives, or at least in being open to their possibility.
Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology written by Todd K. Shackelford and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2021-08-04 with total page 2222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolutionary psychology is an important and rapidly expanding area in the life, social, and behavioral sciences, and this Handbook represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date reference text in the field today. Over three volumes, the Handbook provides a rich overview of the most important theoretical and empirical work in the field. Chapters cover a broad range of topics, including theoretical foundations, the integration of evolutionary psychology with other life, social, and behavioral sciences, as well as with the arts and the humanities, and the increasing power of evolutionary psychology to inform applied fields, including medicine, psychiatry, law, and education. Each of the volumes has been carefully curated to have a strong thematic focus, covering: - The foundations of evolutionary psychology; - The integration of evolutionary psychology with other disciplines, and; - The applications of evolutionary psychology. The SAGE Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, and advanced undergraduate students in all areas of psychology, and in related disciplines across the life, social, and behavioral sciences.
Download or read book Chance and Error written by Marsh Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Foundations of Biophilosophy written by Martin Mahner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past three decades, the philosophy of biology has emerged from the shadow of the philosophy of physics to become a respectable and thriving philosophical subdiscipline. The authors take a fresh look at the life sciences and the philosophy of biology from a strictly realist and emergentist-naturalist perspective. They outline a unified and science-oriented philosophical framework that enables the clarification of many foundational and philosophical issues in biology. This book will be of interest both to life scientists and philosophers.
Download or read book Solving Partial Differential Equation Applications with PDE2D written by Granville Sewell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solve engineering and scientific partial differential equation applications using the PDE2D software developed by the author Solving Partial Differential Equation Applications with PDE2D derives and solves a range of ordinary and partial differential equation (PDE) applications. This book describes an easy-to-use, general purpose, and time-tested PDE solver developed by the author that can be applied to a wide variety of science and engineering problems. The equations studied include many time-dependent, steady-state and eigenvalue applications such as diffusion, heat conduction and convection, image processing, math finance, fluid flow, and elasticity and quantum mechanics, in one, two, and three space dimensions. The author begins with some simple "0D" problems that give the reader an opportunity to become familiar with PDE2D before proceeding to more difficult problems. The book ends with the solution of a very difficult nonlinear problem, which requires a moving adaptive grid because the solution has sharp, moving peaks. This important book: Describes a finite-element program, PDE2D, developed by the author over the course of 40 years Derives the ordinary and partial differential equations, with appropriate initial and boundary conditions, for a wide variety of applications Offers free access to the Windows version of the PDE2D software through the author’s website at www.pde2d.com Offers free access to the Linux and MacOSX versions of the PDE2D software also, for instructors who adopt the book for their course and contact the author at www.pde2d.com Written for graduate applied mathematics or computational science classes, Solving Partial Differential Equation Applications with PDE2D offers students the opportunity to actually solve interesting engineering and scientific applications using the accessible PDE2D.
Download or read book Mathematics and the Real World written by Zvi Artstein and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this accessible and illuminating study of how the science of mathematics developed, a veteran math researcher and educator looks at the ways in which our evolutionary makeup is both a help and a hindrance to the study of math. Artstein chronicles the discovery of important mathematical connections between mathematics and the real world from ancient times to the present. The author then describes some of the contemporary applications of mathematics—in probability theory, in the study of human behavior, and in combination with computers, which give mathematics unprecedented power. The author concludes with an insightful discussion of why mathematics, for most people, is so frustrating. He argues that the rigorous logical structure of math goes against the grain of our predisposed ways of thinking as shaped by evolution, presumably because the talent needed to cope with logical mathematics gave the human race as a whole no evolutionary advantage. With this in mind, he offers ways to overcome these innate impediments in the teaching of math.
