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Semiotics --- Metaphysics --- Theory of knowledge --- Biological anthropology. Palaeoanthropology --- Comparative literature --- philosophy --- epistemology --- biology --- ontologie --- biologie --- filosofie --- epistomologie --- kennisleer --- existentialisme --- pragmatisme

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Different from traditional research on the mind-body problem often discussed from an epistemological viewpoint, which assumes that mental processes are internal to the person, this book demonstrates the crucial role of contextual relevance in the workings of the mind and illustrates how mind emerges from the individual's interactions with her physical, social, and cultural environments. It also develops the interpersonal and social aspects of embodied mind. The body that creates meaning is not only an emotional, kinesthetic, and aesthetically experiencing body; the body that creates meaning is a social body. It suggests that mind-body relations are not only achieved through the interaction between our own mind and body, but by other minds in our intersubjective interactions. It is related to epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, value theory, action theory, and the philosophies of mind, science, logic, and technology. The readership may include graduate and undergraduate students studying philosophy, law, political science, sociology, psychology, etc., educators, researchers, scholars, and anyone who shows an interest in philosophy.

Psychology --- Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy of science --- wetenschapsfilosofie --- kennisleer --- persoonlijkheidsleer --- Knowledge, Theory of. --- Philosophy of mind. --- Science—Philosophy. --- Epistemology. --- Philosophy of Mind. --- Philosophy of Science.

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This book is unusual in many respects. It was written by a prolific author whose tragic untimely death did not allow to finish this and many other of his undertakings. It was assembled from numerous excerpts, notes, and fragments according to his initial plans. Zilberman’s legacy still awaits its true discovery and this book is a second installment to it after The Birth of Meaning in Hindu Thought (Kluwer, 1988). Zilberman’s treatment of analogy is unique in its approach, scope, and universality for Western philosophical thought. Constantly compared to eastern and especially classical Indian interpretations, analogy is presented by Zilberman as an important and in many ways primary method of philosophizing or philosophy-building. Due to its universality, this method can be also applied in linguistics, logic, social analysis, as well as historical and anthropological research. These applications are integral part of Zilberman’s book. A prophetic leap to largely uncharted territories, this book could be of considerable interest for experts and novices in the field of analogy alike. .

kennisleer --- Theory of knowledge --- Logic --- filosofie --- epistomologie --- logica --- epistemologists --- Philosophy --- Philosophy of science --- Indian religions --- India --- Philosophy. --- Epistemology. --- Logic. --- Philosophy, Asian. --- Philosophy, general. --- Non-Western Philosophy. --- Asian philosophy --- Oriental philosophy --- Philosophy, Oriental --- Argumentation --- Deduction (Logic) --- Deductive logic --- Dialectic (Logic) --- Logic, Deductive --- Intellect --- Psychology --- Science --- Reasoning --- Thought and thinking --- Epistemology --- Mental philosophy --- Humanities --- Methodology --- Analogy. --- Philosophy, Comparative. --- Indian philosophy. --- Philosophy, Modern. --- Indians --- Philosophy, Indian --- Comparative philosophy --- Knowledge, Theory of --- Modern philosophy --- Philosophy (General). --- Genetic epistemology. --- Developmental psychology --- Analogy --- Philosophy, Comparative --- Philosophy, Indic --- Philosophy, Modern --- Indic philosophy --- Philosophy, East Indian --- Hindu philosophy

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Tussen het feminisme en de biologische wetenschappen heeft het nooit echt geboterd. Veel feministen beschouwen het darwinistische denkkader als een uiting van genetisch determinisme en seksisme. Op hun beurt verdenken evolutionaire wetenschappers feministen ervan te ideologisch en antiwetenschappelijk te werk te gaan. In hoeverre kloppen hun argumenten? En wat hebben beiden partijen erbij te winnen als ze naar elkaar luisteren? Griet Vandermassen is filosofe en, zoals zij zichzelf noemt, 'darwinistisch feministe'. In 'Darwin voor dames' brengt zij het spanningsveld tussen feminisme, wetenschap en evolutietheorie in kaart. Zij stelt dat femininsme en biologische wetenschappen - en dan vooral de evolutionaire psychologie - elkaar niet alleen nodig hebben, maar dat er tussen beide disciplines zelfs een vruchtbare kruisbestuiving mogelijk is. De evolutionaire psychologie kan wetenschappelijk inzicht verschaffen in de ultieme oorzaken van de 'strijd der seksen'. Het feminisme kan die bevindingen gebruiken om een haalbaar programma van sociale hervormingen te ontwerpen. Tegelijk kan het ingaan tegen eventuele seksistische vooronderstellingen binnen de evolutionaire theorievorming.

feminisme --- wetenschapsfilosofie --- Evolution. Phylogeny --- Philosophy of science --- evolutieleer --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Feminisme --- Darwin, Charles --- Evolutieleer --- 657 Vrouwenemancipatie --- 094 Biologie --- Feminism --- Theory --- Women's studies --- Science --- Biology --- Book --- Sex differences --- Epistemology

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The Structures of Practical Knowledge investigates the nature of practical knowledge – why, how, when and by whom it is codified, and once codified, how this knowledge is structured. The inquiry unfolds in a series of fifteen case studies, which range in focus from early modern Italy to eighteenth century China. At the heart of each study is a shared definition of practical knowledge, that is, knowledge needed to obtain a certain outcome, whether that be an artistic or mechanical artifact, a healing practice, or a mathematical result. While the content of practical knowledge is widely variable, this study shows that all practical knowledge is formally equivalent in following a defined workflow, as reflected in a construction procedure, a recipe, or an algorithm. As explored in the volume’s fifteen contributions, there are three levels at which structures of practical knowledge may be understood and examined. At the most immediate level, there are the individual workflows that encompasses practical knowledge itself. Probing further, it is possible to examine the structure of practical knowledge as it is externalized and codified in texts, drawings, and artifacts such as models. Finally, practical knowledge is also related to social structures, which fundamentally determine its dissemination and evolution into new knowledge structures. The social structures of professionals and institutions represent the critical means by which practical knowledge takes form. These actors are the agents of codification, and by means of selection, appropriation, investment, and knowledge development, they determine the formation of new structures of practical knowledge. On a more abstract level, the creation of new knowledge structures is understood as constituting the basis for the further development of scientific knowledge. Rich in subject matter and incisive in the theory it lays out, this volume represents an important contribution to the history of science and epistemology. Individually, the fifteen case studies – encompassing the history of architecture, mining, brewing, glass production, printing, ballistics, mechanics, cartography, cosmology and astronomy – are replete with original research, and offer new insights into the history of science. Taken together, the contributions remodel historical epistemology as a whole, elucidating the underlining knowledge structures that transcend disciplinary boundaries, and that unite practitioners across time and space.

Theory of knowledge --- Philosophy of science --- Logic --- Pure sciences. Natural sciences (general) --- History --- wetenschapsgeschiedenis --- geschiedenis --- epistomologie --- wetenschapsfilosofie --- kennisleer --- History. --- Epistemology. --- Philosophy and science. --- History of Science. --- Philosophy of Science.