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Wie entsteht Neues? : Analogisches Denken, Kreativität und Leibniz' Idee der Erfindung

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Ob Neues erschaffen, erfunden oder entdeckt wird, stellt das Denken immer wieder vor ein Rätsel. Was ist das Neue? Kann es Neues in Kunst und Wissenschaft geben? Und was heißt es überhaupt, von »neu« und »alt«, von »erfinden« und »hervorbringen« zu sprechen?Analogiebildungen sind nach Douglas Hofstadter und Emmanuel Sander konstitutiv für die Hervorbringung des Neuen und durchziehen die gesamte Erkenntnis in Alltagserfahrung, Wissenschaft und Kunst. Bei Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz spielen Analogie und Kombination für die Erfindung neuer »möglicher Welten« eine ebenso zentrale Rolle wie die Schöpfung der Welt für die Idee des radikal Neuen. Im Sinne seiner Multiperspektivik werden in diesem Buch Kreativität, Erfindungskraft und analogisches Denken interdisziplinär analysiert, um aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln die Entstehung des Neuen in Wissenschaft und Kunst auszuleuchten.Mit Beiträgen von Horst Bredekamp (Kunstgeschichte, Bildtheorie), Rüdiger Campe (Literaturwissenschaft), Douglas Hofstadter und Emmanuel Sander (Kognitionswissenschaft), Jürgen Mittelstraß (Philosophie, Wissenschaftstheorie), Constanze Peres (Philosophie, Ästhetik), Martina Plümacher (Philosophie, Kulturphilosophie), Christina Schneider (Philosophie, Mathematik) und mit Einführungen von Martin Grötschel und Thomas de Maizière.


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Soul dust : the magic of consciousness.
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ISBN: 9780691138626 0691138621 9780691156378 0691156379 9786613001320 140083807X 1283001322 Year: 2011 Publisher: Princeton (N.J.) Princeton university press

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How is consciousness possible? What biological purpose does it serve? And why do we value it so highly? In Soul Dust, the psychologist Nicholas Humphrey, a leading figure in consciousness research, proposes a startling new theory. Consciousness, he argues, is nothing less than a magical-mystery show that we stage for ourselves inside our own heads. This self-made show lights up the world for us and makes us feel special and transcendent. Thus consciousness paves the way for spirituality, and allows us, as human beings, to reap the rewards, and anxieties, of living in what Humphrey calls the "soul niche.? Tightly argued, intellectually gripping, and a joy to read, Soul Dust provides answers to the deepest questions. It shows how the problem of consciousness merges with questions that obsess us all--how life should be lived and the fear of death. Resting firmly on neuroscience and evolutionary theory, and drawing a wealth of insights from philosophy and literature, Soul Dust is an uncompromising yet life-affirming work--one that never loses sight of the majesty and wonder of consciousness.

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Consciousness. --- Bewusstsein. --- Evolution. --- Theorie. --- Consciousness --- Apperception --- Mind and body --- Perception --- Philosophy --- Psychology --- Spirit --- Self --- Aldous Huxley. --- Analogy. --- Anthony Marcel. --- Anthropologist. --- Behavior. --- Buddhism. --- Cheating death. --- Childlessness. --- Chimpanzee. --- Christopher Isherwood. --- Concept. --- Culture. --- Daniel Dennett. --- Death anxiety (psychology). --- Decision-making. --- Delay differential equation. --- Developmental psychology. --- Douglas Hofstadter. --- Dualism (philosophy of mind). --- Dylan Evans. --- Emergence. --- Enthusiasm. --- Existence. --- Explanation. --- Faber and Faber. --- Feeling. --- George Santayana. --- God. --- Hard problem of consciousness. --- Heat death of the universe. --- Human. --- Illustration. --- Incorruptibility. --- Indication (medicine). --- Individualism. --- Individuation. --- Ineffability. --- Instance (computer science). --- Instant. --- Intentionality. --- Johansson. --- Lecture. --- Literary agent. --- Ludwig Wittgenstein. --- Matt Ridley. --- Mental representation. --- Mescaline. --- Midwife. --- Mortality salience. --- Narrative. --- Niche construction. --- Penguin Books. --- Perception. --- Personhood. --- Pessimism. --- Phenomenon. --- Philosopher. --- Philosophical zombie. --- Philosophy. --- Pity. --- Precognition. --- Principle. --- Probability. --- Psychology. --- Qualia. --- Reality. --- Reason. --- Religion. --- Requirement. --- Ross Anderson. --- Rupert Sheldrake. --- Ruth Brandon. --- Science. --- Scientist. --- Self-concept. --- Self-consciousness. --- Self-image. --- Seminar. --- Sense. --- Special Period. --- Spirituality. --- Stimulation. --- Strange loop. --- Suffering. --- Suggestion. --- Termite. --- Terror management theory. --- The Dog Beneath the Skin. --- The Philosopher. --- The Various. --- Theory. --- Thomas Kuhn. --- Thought experiment. --- Thought. --- Uncertainty. --- Uniqueness. --- Visual system. --- W. H. Auden. --- What Is Your Dangerous Idea?.


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The secret life of science : how it really works and why it matters
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ISBN: 1400889308 Year: 2018 Publisher: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press,

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A revealing and provocative look at the current state of global scienceWe take the advance of science as given. But how does science really work? Is it truly as healthy as we tend to think? How does the system itself shape what scientists do? The Secret Life of Science takes a clear-eyed and provocative look at the current state of global science, shedding light on a cutthroat and tightly tensioned enterprise that even scientists themselves often don't fully understand.The Secret Life of Science is a dispatch from the front lines of modern science. It paints a startling picture of a complex scientific ecosystem that has become the most competitive free-market environment on the planet. It reveals how big this ecosystem really is, what motivates its participants, and who reaps the rewards. Are there too few scientists in the world or too many? Are some fields expanding at the expense of others? What science is shared or published, and who determines what the public gets to hear about? What is the future of science? Answering these and other questions, this controversial book explains why globalization is not necessarily good for science, nor is the continued growth in the number of scientists. It portrays a scientific community engaged in a race for limited resources that determines whether careers are lost or won, whose research visions become the mainstream, and whose vested interests end up in control.The Secret Life of Science explains why this hypercompetitive environment is stifling the diversity of research and the resiliency of science itself, and why new ideas are needed to ensure that the scientific enterprise remains healthy and vibrant.

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Science --- Scientists --- Communication in science. --- Discoveries in science. --- Social aspects. --- Methodology. --- Training of. --- Professional employees --- Scientific method --- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical --- Breakthroughs, Scientific --- Discoveries, Scientific --- Scientific breakthroughs --- Scientific discoveries --- Creative ability in science --- Research --- Communication in research --- Science communication --- Science information --- Scientific communications --- Science and society --- Sociology of science --- Academic publishing. --- Advertising. --- Analogy. --- Applied science. --- Apprenticeship. --- Author. --- Basic research. --- Basic science (psychology). --- Big Science. --- Biochemistry. --- Biologist. --- Biology. --- Blog. --- Brand. --- Career. --- Climate change. --- Collaboration. --- Competition. --- Competitiveness. --- Consortium. --- Credibility. --- Currency. --- Diagram. --- Dissemination. --- Doctor of Philosophy. --- Douglas Hofstadter. --- Ecology. --- Ecosystem services. --- Ecosystem. --- Editorial. --- Electron microscope. --- Electronic publishing. --- Emerging technologies. --- Employment. --- Energy development. --- Engineering. --- Experiment. --- Funding of science. --- Funding. --- Globalization. --- High tech. --- Human resources. --- IT Works. --- Impact factor. --- Income. --- Infrastructure. --- Institution. --- Internship. --- James Gleick. --- Journalism. --- Know-how. --- Lecture. --- Materials science. --- Molecule. --- Nanotechnology. --- Narrative. --- Natural resource. --- Nature of Science. --- New Scientist. --- Newspaper. --- Nobel Prize. --- Particle accelerator. --- Particle physics. --- Peer review. --- Physical chemistry. --- Physicist. --- Politician. --- Popular science. --- Postdoctoral researcher. --- Prediction. --- Problem solving. --- Project. --- Publication. --- Publicity. --- Publishing. --- Quantum mechanics. --- Reputation. --- Research and development. --- Research associate. --- Research program. --- Salary. --- Scaffolding. --- Science fiction. --- Science journalism. --- Science policy. --- Science project. --- Science. --- Scientific American. --- Scientific method. --- Scientist. --- Statistic. --- Subatomic particle. --- Subsidy. --- Suggestion. --- Tax. --- Technology. --- Wealth. --- Web of Science. --- Writing. --- Year.

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