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This title was first published in 2000: This book addresses issues
which are central in the philosophy of science, exploring a large
and relevant literature. It should be of broad interest in the
philosophy of science community." Professor Peter Lipton,
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of
Cambridge, UK. How can the complexities of understanding science be
dealt with as a whole? Is philosophical realism still a defensible
philosophical position? Exploring such fundamental questions, this
book claims that science ought to be understood in terms of
universal practices and that such an understanding supports an
attractive version of scientific realism. Holism is attracting
renewed scholarly attention but is still loosely used in a range of
different contexts, from semantics to medicine. This book presents
a detailed philosophical analysis of holism, concentrating on two
complementary aspects of holism - cognitive and social - to
investigate its relevance to science studies. Bridging the gap
between analytical, historical and sociological accounts of
science, Caruana draws together results from recent research by
Davidson, Dummett, Quine, Wright and others, on Wittgenstein's
later philosophy. Demonstrating that holism, both cognitive and
social, is not only essential for a full understanding of science
but also compatible with a particular version of scientific
realism, this book presents important new perspectives for the
philosophers of science and scholars of the history of science in
particular. Louis Caruana is Assistant Lecturer in Philosophy of
Science and Nature at the Gregorian University, Rome, Italy.
Charting new territory in the interface between science and ethics,
Science and Virtue is a study of how the scientific mentality can
affect the building of character, or the attainment of virtue by
the individual. Drawing on inspiration from virtue-ethics and
virtue-epistemology, Caruana argues that science is not just a
system of knowledge but also an important factor determining a way
of life. This book goes beyond the normal strategy evident in the
science-ethics realm of examining specific ethical dilemmas posed
by scientific innovations. Here Caruana deals with more fundamental
issues, uncovering morally significant tendencies within the very
core of the scientific mentality and explaining how science, its
method, history and explanatory power can shape a conception of the
good life.
This title was first published in 2000: This book addresses issues
which are central in the philosophy of science, exploring a large
and relevant literature. It should be of broad interest in the
philosophy of science community." Professor Peter Lipton,
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of
Cambridge, UK. How can the complexities of understanding science be
dealt with as a whole? Is philosophical realism still a defensible
philosophical position? Exploring such fundamental questions, this
book claims that science ought to be understood in terms of
universal practices and that such an understanding supports an
attractive version of scientific realism. Holism is attracting
renewed scholarly attention but is still loosely used in a range of
different contexts, from semantics to medicine. This book presents
a detailed philosophical analysis of holism, concentrating on two
complementary aspects of holism - cognitive and social - to
investigate its relevance to science studies. Bridging the gap
between analytical, historical and sociological accounts of
science, Caruana draws together results from recent research by
Davidson, Dummett, Quine, Wright and others, on Wittgenstein's
later philosophy. Demonstrating that holism, both cognitive and
social, is not only essential for a full understanding of science
but also compatible with a particular version of scientific
realism, this book presents important new perspectives for the
philosophers of science and scholars of the history of science in
particular. Louis Caruana is Assistant Lecturer in Philosophy of
Science and Nature at the Gregorian University, Rome, Italy.
Charting new territory in the interface between science and ethics,
Science and Virtue is a study of how the scientific mentality can
affect the building of character, or the attainment of virtue by
the individual. Drawing on inspiration from virtue-ethics and
virtue-epistemology, Caruana argues that science is not just a
system of knowledge but also an important factor determining a way
of life. This book goes beyond the normal strategy evident in the
science-ethics realm of examining specific ethical dilemmas posed
by scientific innovations. Here Caruana deals with more fundamental
issues, uncovering morally significant tendencies within the very
core of the scientific mentality and explaining how science, its
method, history and explanatory power can shape a conception of the
good life.
This book features an exploration of the interaction between
Darwinian ideas and Catholic doctrine. This coherent collection of
original papers marks the 150 year anniversary since the
publication of Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" (1859).
Although the area of evolution-related publications is vast, the
area of interaction between Darwinian ideas and specifically
Catholic doctrine has received limited attention. This interaction
is quite distinct from the one between Darwinism and the Christian
tradition in general. Interest in Darwin from the Catholic
viewpoint has recently been rekindled. The major causes of this
include: John Paul II's "Message to the Pontifical Academy of
Sciences on Evolution" in 1996; (2) the document "Communion and
Stewardship: Human Persons Created in the Image of God" issued in
2002; by the International Theological Commission under the
supervision of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the present Pope Benedict
XVI; Cardinal Christoph Schonborn apparent endorsement of
Intelligent Design in his "New York Times" article "Finding Design
in Nature" of July 7, 2005; and, Pope Benedict XVI's contributions
in the recent collection of papers "Schopfung und Evolution"
("Creation and Evolution"), published in Germany in April, 2007.
Responding to this heightened interest, the book offers a valuable
collection of work from outstanding Catholic scholars in various
fields.
This is a book that attempts to propose itself as a new trigger in
the wide world of anorexia nervosa. The originality of its proposal
consists in approaching anorexia nervosa, not only by
endocrinological and psychological perspectives, but also by
anthropological, philosophical and ethical point of view. In this
way it's not only an update of specific literature, but also an
integration with a new method to study this condition. The purpose
of the book is to approach anorexia nervosa from different points
of view, to reach a new interpretation which involves notions from
biological and human sciences interpreted in a unique model and
which could allow a new method of treatment.
Many philosophers adopt methods that emulate those of the natural
sciences. They call such an overall approach naturalism, and
consider it indispensable for fruitful philosophical debate in
various areas. In spite of this consensus however, little is ever
said about how naturalism depends on the underlying idea of nature,
which we often endorse unconsciously. If we can determine how
naturalism reflects an underlying account of nature, we would be in
a better position to distinguish between different kinds of
naturalism and to assess the merits of each. This book undertakes a
sustained study of the concept of nature to answer this need. It
examines in detail how conceptual, historical, and scientific
constraints affect the concept of nature in various domains of
philosophy, and how, in the opposite sense, these constraints are
themselves affected by the concept of nature. In so doing, this
book relates the conceptual framework of scientific inquiry back to
the lived experience that is proper to everyday self-understanding.
This book features an exploration of the interaction between
Darwinian ideas and Catholic doctrine. This coherent collection of
original papers marks the 150 year anniversary since the
publication of Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" (1859).
Although the area of evolution-related publications is vast, the
area of interaction between Darwinian ideas and specifically
Catholic doctrine has received limited attention. This interaction
is quite distinct from the one between Darwinism and the Christian
tradition in general. Interest in Darwin from the Catholic
viewpoint has recently been rekindled. The major causes of this
include: John Paul II's "Message to the Pontifical Academy of
Sciences on Evolution" in 1996; (2) the document "Communion and
Stewardship: Human Persons Created in the Image of God" issued in
2002; by the International Theological Commission under the
supervision of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the present Pope Benedict
XVI; Cardinal Christoph Schonborn apparent endorsement of
Intelligent Design in his "New York Times" article "Finding Design
in Nature" of July 7, 2005; and, Pope Benedict XVI's contributions
in the recent collection of papers "Schopfung und Evolution"
("Creation and Evolution"), published in Germany in April, 2007.
Responding to this heightened interest, the book offers a valuable
collection of work from outstanding Catholic scholars in various
fields.
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