188711

Springer, Dordrecht

2011

352 Pages

ISBN 978-90-481-9421-6

Brazilian studies in philosophy and history of science

an account of recent works

Edited by

Décio Krause , Antônio Augusto Passos Videira

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Full citation:

Krause, D. , Passos Videira, A.A. (eds) (2011). Brazilian studies in philosophy and history of science: an account of recent works, Springer, Dordrecht.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Paty Michel

1-56

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Galileo and modern science

Rubén Mariconda Pablo

57-69

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Newton and inverse problems

Assis A.K.T.

71-76

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Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke and the mystery of the orbit

Cardoso Dias Penha Maria; Stuchi Teresinha J.

77-94

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Sciences in Brazil

Mascarenhas Dantes Maria Amélia; Figueirôa Silvia

95-105

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Henri Becquerel and radioactivity

de Andrade Martins Roberto

107-117

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Regeneration as a difficulty for the theory of natural selection

Pereira Martins Lilian Al-Chueyr

119-129

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On the nature of mathematical knowledge

Da Silva Jairo José

151-160

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Human evolution

Abrantes Paulo C.

171-183

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Functional explanations in biology, ecology, and earth system science

Freitas Nunes-Neto Nei; Niño El-Hani Charbel

185-199

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Contextualizing the contexts of discovery and justification

Antônio Augusto Passos Videira

233-243

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Echoes from the past

de Camargo Kenneth Rochel

245-256

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The metaphysics of non-individuality

Krause Décio

257-267

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Einstein, Gödel, and the mathematics of time

Doria Francisco Antonio

269-279

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A contemporary view of population genetics in evolution

M. Magalhães João Carlos; Gondro Cedric

281-290

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Continuity and change

Freire Olival

291-299

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Quasi-truth and quantum mechanics

da Costa Newton C.A.; Bueno Otávio

301-312

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