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Scientific representation
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ISBN: 100900915X 1009003577 1009007343 1009007998 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press,

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This Element presents a philosophical exploration of the notion of scientific representation. It does so by focussing on an important class of scientific representations, namely scientific models. Models are important in the scientific process because scientists can study a model to discover features of reality. But what does it mean for something to represent something else? This is the question discussed in this Element. The authors begin by disentangling different aspects of the problem of representation and then discuss the dominant accounts in the philosophical literature: the resemblance view and inferentialism. They find them both wanting and submit that their own preferred option, the so-called DEKI account, not only eschews the problems that beset these conceptions, but further provides a comprehensive answer to the question of how scientific representation works. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.


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Deep Learning in Solar Astronomy
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ISBN: 9789811927461 Year: 2022 Publisher: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore :Imprint: Springer

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Deep learning in solar astronomy
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ISBN: 9811927456 9811927464 Year: 2022 Publisher: Gateway East, Singapore : Springer,

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Exercices d'observation
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ISBN: 2850611417 9782850611414 Year: 2022 Publisher: [Paris] : Premier Parallèle,

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Retrouver une sensibilité au monde, aux êtres et aux choses qui le composent, cultiver l'art d'observer. Cette invitation, aussi nécessaire que louable, est sur toutes les lèvres. Les manuels abondent, de la botanique à l'analyse de paysages en passant par l'anthropologie ou l'urbanisme. Mais dans ces ouvrages, les modalités d'observation tiennent en général en quelques pages de conseils ; comme si les manières de construire l'attention perceptive au monde étaient déjà acquises. Or, il s'agit là d'une capacité cognitive qui s'apprend, se cultive et se nourrit. Dès lors, comment faire concrètement ? Par où démarrer ? Avec quoi se lancer ? Ce livre répond à ces questions au moyen d'une série d'exercices inspirés des façons de faire des écrivains, des anthropologues, des ethnographes, des designers ou des artistes. Présenté sous la forme de consignes à mettre en pratique, ce livre-ressource invite le lecteur à devenir lui-même un explorateur de ce que Georges Perec appelait l'"infra-ordinaire".


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How knowledge grows : the evolutionary development of scientific practice
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ISBN: 026237160X 0262371596 0262544458 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press,

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"An argument that science is indeed 'socially constructed' but in a way that exposes it to a Darwinian version of variability and selection which ensures its success"--


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Art, science, and the politics of knowledge
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ISBN: 0262369583 0262369591 0262543680 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press,


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Constructing science : connecting causal reasoning to scientific thinking in young children
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ISBN: 0262370611 0262044684 Year: 2022 Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press,


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The disordered cosmos : a journey into dark matter, spacetime, and dreams deferred
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ISBN: 9781541724686 9781541724709 9781541724693 1541724682 Year: 2022 Publisher: New York Bold Type Books


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Our Transgenic Future : Spider Goats, Genetic Modification, and the Will to Change Nature
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ISBN: 9781479814442 147981444X Year: 2022 Publisher: New York, NY : New York University Press,

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How scientific advances in genetic modification will fundamentally change the natural worldThe process of manipulating the genetic material of one animal to include the DNA of another creates a new transgenic organism. Several animals, notably goats, mice, sheep, and cattle are now genetically modified in this way. In Our Transgenic Future, Lisa Jean Moore wonders what such scientific advances portend. Will the natural world become so modified that it ceases to exist? After turning species into hybrids, can we ever get back to the original, or are they forever lost? Does genetic manipulation make better lives possible, and if so, for whom?Moore centers the story on goats that have been engineered by the US military and civilian scientists using the DNA of spiders. The goat's milk contains a spider-silk protein fiber; it can be spun into ultra-strong fabric that can be used to manufacture lightweight military body armor. Researchers also hope the transgenically produced spider silk will revolutionize medicine with biocompatible medical inserts such as prosthetics and bandages. Based on in-depth research with spiders in Florida and transgenic goats in Utah, Our Transgenic Future focuses on how these spidergoats came into existence, the researchers who maintain them, the funders who have made their lives possible, and how they fit into the larger science of transgenics and synthetics. This book is a fascinating story about the possibilities of science and the likely futures that may come.


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The joy of science
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ISBN: 069123566X Year: 2022 Publisher: Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press,

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Quantum physicist, New York Times bestselling author, and BBC host Jim Al-Khalili reveals how 8 lessons from the core of science can help you get the most out of lifeToday’s world is unpredictable and full of contradictions, and navigating its complexities while trying to make the best decisions is far from easy. The Joy of Science presents 8 short lessons on how to unlock the clarity, empowerment, and joy of thinking and living a little more scientifically.In this brief guide to living a more rational life, acclaimed physicist Jim Al-Khalili invites readers to engage with the world as scientists have been trained to do. The scientific method has served humankind well in its quest to see things as they really are, and underpinning the scientific method are core principles that can help us all navigate modern life more confidently. Discussing the nature of truth and uncertainty, the role of doubt, the pros and cons of simplification, the value of guarding against bias, the importance of evidence-based thinking, and more, Al-Khalili shows how the powerful ideas at the heart of the scientific method are deeply relevant to the complicated times we live in and the difficult choices we make.Read this book and discover the joy of science. It will empower you to think more objectively, see through the fog of your own preexisting beliefs, and lead a more fulfilling life.

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