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Contemporary Natural Philosophy and Philosophies [PDF]
Philosophies, 2018 In this Editorial note, Guest Editors introduce the theme of the Special Issue of the journal Philosophies, titled Contemporary Natural Philosophy and Philosophies.
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The Naturalization of Natural Philosophy [PDF]
Philosophies, 2018 A new demarcation is proposed between Natural Philosophy and non-Natural Philosophy—philosophy tout court—based on whether or not they follow a non-standard logic of real processes.
Joseph E. Brenner
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The Natural Philosophy of Work [PDF]
Entropy, 2007 Work, by dissipative structures (DS), imposes delay on energy gradientdegradation. It diverts energy flow into DS maintenance while enhancing energy degradation.DS can be viewed as tradeoffs between enhancing entropy production maximization (themaximum ...
Stanley N. Salthe
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Natural Philosophy and Natural Logic
Philosophies, 2018 1. Nature has its own logic, which does not follow the human will. Nature is itself; it exists, moves, changes, and evolves according to its own intrinsic ways. Human and human society, as a product of a specific stage of natural development, can only be
Kun Wu, Zhensong Wang
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Philosophia Naturalis Rediviva: Natural Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century
Philosophies, 2018 A revitalized practice of natural philosophy can help people to live a better life and promote a flourishing ecosystem. Such a philosophy is natural in two senses.
Bruce J. MacLennan
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História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2022 Biology, like most scientific disciplines, emerged in the nineteenth century. However, disciplinary institutionalisation processes are not linear; a concept can be proposed, but not develop.
Juan Manuel Rodriguez-Caso
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Journal for the History of Knowledge, 2021 This article offers new insights into the relationship between science and art in the early modern period by focusing on the concepts and practices of disegno (meaning a physical drawing or a mental design) in two Roman academies around 1600: the ...
Matthijs Jonker
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Daniel Sennert’s Corpuscularian Reforms to Natural Philosophy
Histories, 2023 Daniel Sennert (1572–1637), professor of medicine and natural philosophy in Wittenberg, defended a highly unusual philosophical system. This paper examines Sennert’s vision of natural philosophy within the context of the rapidly changing environment of ...
Gabriel Müller
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Natural philosophy versus philosophy of naturalness [PDF]
Modern Physics Letters A, 2020 I reflect on some of the basic aspects of present day Beyond the Standard Model particle physics, focusing mostly on the issues of naturalness, in particular on the so-called hierarchy problem. To all of us, physics as natural science emerged with Galileo and Newton, and led to centuries of unparalleled success in explaining and often predicting new ...
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Contemporary Natural Philosophy and Philosophies—Part 2
Philosophies, 2020 This is a short presentation by the Guest Editors of the series of Special Issues of the journal Philosophies under the common title “Contemporary Natural Philosophy and Philosophies” in which we present Part 2. The series will continue, and the call for
Marcin J. Schroeder +1 more
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