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Philosophers say what art is and then scientists and then other scholars study how we are equipped, cognitively and socially, to make art and appreciate it. This time-honoured approach will not work. Recent science reveals that we have poor intuitive access to artistic and aesthetic phenomena. Dominic McIver Lopes argues for a new approach that mandates closer integration, from the start, between aesthetics and the human sciences. In these eleven essays he proposes a methodology especially suited to aesthetics, where problems in philosophy are addressed principally by examining how aesthetic phenomena are understood in the human sciences. Since the human sciences include much of the humanities as well as the social, behavioural, and brain sciences, the methodology promises to integrate arts research across the academy. Aesthetics on the Edge opens with a four essays outlining the methodology and its potential. The following essays put the methodology to work, shedding light on the perceptual and social-pragmatic capacities that are implicated in responding to works of art, especially images, but also music, literature, and conceptual art.

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Mathematical ecology is an area of applied mathematics concerned with the application of mathematical concepts, tools and techniques, usually in the form of mathematical models, to problems arising in population dynamics, ecology and evolution. This Special Issue is designed to provide a snapshot of the state of the art in mathematical ecology. Topics of interest are (in no particular order) biological invasions, biological control, ecological pattern formation, ecologically relevant multiscale models, food webs, individual movement and dispersal, eco-epidemiology, evolutionary ecology, agroecosystems, regime shifts and early warning signals, synchronization and chaos. The list is inclusive rather than exclusive, and a few other relevant topics will also be considered.

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Mit Chaos und Zufälligkeit werden zwei wissenschaftstheoretische Themenkomplexe gegenübergestellt, die bislang unabhängig voneinander in unterschiedlichen Disziplinen diskutiert wurden: in der Chaostheorie und allgemeiner der Theorie dynamischer Systeme einerseits und in der Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie und später der Algorithmentheorie andererseits. Durch den Vergleich wird geklärt, inwiefern man bei chaotischen Systemen tatsächlich von zufälligem Verhalten sprechen kann. Intuitiv wurde dies zwar bisher oft als richtig angenommen, wobei aber ungeklärt blieb, was mit solchem Verhalten eigentlich gemeint sei. Der Inhalt Charakteristika der Zufälligkeitsdefinitionen Chaos und Vorhersagbarkeit Chaos und Stochastizität Regularität bei Chaos Zufälligkeit bei dynamischen Systemen Chaotische Prozesse als Zufallszahlengeneratoren? Die Zielgruppen Forschende, Dozierende und Studierende der Philosophie, Mathematik, Physik und Informatik Mathematiker, Physiker, Informatiker, Designer von Zufallszahlengeneratoren Der Autor Jens Kirchner studierte Physik und Philosophie und promovierte in beiden Fächern. Er ist derzeit Gruppenleiter für den Bereich Medizinelektronik am Lehrstuhl für Technische Elektronik der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU).

Philosophy and science. --- Philosophy of Science.

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What things count as individuals, and how do we individuate them? It is a classic philosophical question often tackled from the perspective of analytic metaphysics. This volume proposes that there is another channel by which to approach individuation - from that of scientific practices. From this perspective, the question then becomes: How do scientists individuate things and, therefore, count them as individuals? This volume collects the work of philosophers of science to engage with this central philosophical conundrum from a new angle, highlighting the crucial topic of experimental individuation and building upon recent, pioneering work in the philosophy of science. An introductory chapter foregrounds the problem of individuation, arguing it should be considered prior to the topic of individuality. The following chapters address individuation and individuality from a variety of perspectives, with prominent themes being the importance of experimentation, individuation as a process, and pluralism in individuation's criteria. Contributions examine individuation in a wide range of sciences, including stem cell biology, particle physics, and community ecology. Other chapters examine the metaphysics of individuation, its bearing on realism/antirealism debates, and interrogate epistemic aspects of individuation in scientific practice. In exploring individuation from the philosophy of biology, physics, and other scientific subjects, this volume ultimately argues for the possibility of several criteria of individuation, upending the tenets of traditional metaphysics. It provides insights for philosophers of science, but also for scientists interested in the conceptual foundations of their work.

Haecceity (Philosophy) --- Individuation (Philosophy) --- Philosophy and science --- Science --- Philosophy --- Science - Philosophy

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Mathematics --- Religion and science. --- Judaism and science. --- Philosophy and science. --- Religion et sciences --- Judaïsme et sciences --- Philosophie et sciences