For all things early modern science studies, including: history and philosophy of science, science in/as culture, scientific print and performance, transatlantic and global studies of science in empire
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Francesco Luzzini deposited Harvesting Underground: (re)generative theories and vegetal analogies in the early modern debate on mineral ores (I) in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 1 week, 2 days ago
The early modern use of vegetal terms to explain the origin and growth of ores was widespread in mining industry, alchemy, and natural philosophy. In the writings of authors from many different backgrounds, mineral veins were often described as ‘trees’ which moved upwards, bore fruits, and underwent a life cycle. Accordingly, the existence in ore…[Read more]
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Elisabeth Moreau deposited Simple and Compound Drugs in Late Renaissance Medicine: The Pharmacology of Andrea Cesalpino (1593) in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 1 week, 2 days ago
From antiquity, Galenic physicians extensively discussed the active powers of simple and compound drugs. In their views, simple drugs, that is, single ingredients, acted according to their material qualities and the properties of their substance. As for compound drugs, their efficacy resulted from the mutual interaction of their ingredients and…[Read more]
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Sarah Lowengard deposited Expanding on the (Already Global) History of Turkey Red in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 weeks, 4 days ago
This essay, which expands on my talk at the Colors and Cultures / Couleurs et Cultures conference in April 2021, charts the history and my plans for a broad exploration of Turkey red as both subject and as object in global history. In it, I move between the personal—the compulsions that led me to undertake this series of studies, and which c…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Théorie du chaos – Théorie de la synchronicité ; Le nombre 42 et le sens de la vie + Viktor Frankl & Dr. Wong & Conscience collective auto-organisée – Synchronicité.- Fandom, C Cusack & C Hall – Symbolisme spirituel inconscient+ Spiritual Prism Paradigm in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 1 month, 1 week ago
La théorie du chaos n’est pas aussi complexe qu’on le prétend souvent Comme l’observe Robert Juliano, le principe sous-jacent est que “dans le caractère aléatoire apparent des systèmes complexes chaotiques, il existe des modèles sous-jacents, des interconnexions, des boucles de rétroaction constantes, la répétition, l’auto-similarité , fractales…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Chaos Theory- Theory of Synchronicity; The Number 42 & the Meaning of Life + Viktor Frankl, Dr. Wong. Self-Organizing Collective Consciousness-Synchronicity.+ Fandom C Cusack-C Hall – unconscious spiritual symbolism, Spiritual-consciousness Prism Paradigm in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 1 month, 1 week ago
Chaos theory is not as complex as it si often made out to be As Robert Juliano observes, the underlying principle is that “within the apparent randomness of chaotic complex systems, there are underlying patterns, interconnectedness, constant feedback loops, repetition, self-similarity, fractals, and self-organization.”
“Chaos has been for…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Pagkahabag vs Extreme Indibidwalismo ng Selfish Gene Fallacy-False Premise ni Dawkin gene makasarili ay karaniwang magbubunga ng pagkamakasarili sa indibidwal na pag-uugali = “limitadong anyo ng altruismo” vs 7 argumento na sinusuportahan ng mga pag-aaral in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Ang pagtanggi na ang “pagkamakasarili” ay ang laganap na pamantayan at mayroon lamang “limitadong mga anyo ng altruismo” Upang magsimula, idiin ko na, “Kahit na ang bakterya ay mas matagumpay sa pagpaparami sa presensya ng iba sa kanilang sariling mga species.” Ang ibig kong sabihin ay may connectivity ang bacteria para sa Diyos!
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Theory of Four Needs that [adequately] Explain and Describe Religion: The Four Primary Drives: The Need for Meaning, the Need to Belong, the Need for Ideology, and the Spiritual Drive in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Four Primary Drives: The Need for Meaning, the Need to Belong, the Need for Ideology, and the Spiritual Drive
Religious beliefs are primarily created and generated by four very basic and fundamental “Needs” or “Drives.” From a rather practical and pragmatic approach, in general, religions could be said to involve meaning or purpose, others…[Read more] -
Charles Peck Jr deposited Critique Endorsed by Drs Koenig, Wong, Farra,- Materialist argue that Spirituality is unreal”- being beyond measurement [Miller and Thompson] = Definist fallacy = Maladaptive stereotype & .by the same logic Death is a Figment of Your Imagination. in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Academic Materialist driven Extreme Escapism of Materialist Psychologists
and Jung’s Accurate “Mar’s Prophecy” – so Recently Proven True.
A journalist’s question to Carl Jung: Do you think that, in twenty years, anyone will care about the spirit of symbols, fully in the era of interplanetary journeys, with the Sputniks, the Gagarins, and…[Read more] -
Charles Peck Jr deposited Drive to Understand & Need for Meaning! – “The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.”- Leonardo Da Vinci – William James, Clifford Geertz, Roy Rappaport Albert Einstein, Lev Tolstoy – w Baumeister’s Paradigm w/ Order, Categorization, and Bargh So in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Geertz, perhaps the most influential of the anthropologists, contends that symbolism and meaning are central to religion: “The view of man as a symbolizing, conceptualizing, meaning-seeking animal, which has become increasingly popular both in the social sciences and in philosophy over the past several years, opens up a whole new approach not o…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Materialism as Ideology = “There is no psychology of groups ” (Allport 1927), Geertz w/ no community + Social Cognitive theory w/o motivation + self-fulfilling prophecy vs Historical Evidence – Dharma, Confucianism, Kapwa-loob cultural values – ethics ( in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 months, 3 weeks ago
There is a consensus among scientists that human beings are social animals Hinduism has the pivotal concept of Dharma – social order and roles Confucianism had the central concept of self as others. The Filipino culture has the “Kapwa [shared identity] norm and value which si embedded in Filipino culture.
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Rodrigo Fernos deposited El Primer Congreso Científico Pan Americano, 1908 in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Summary of the book “Science Still Born” (2001), presented at the XXIst International Congress of History of Science, Mexico City, Mexico, July 8-14, 2001. // Resumen del libro “Amistad y Progreso” (2001), presentado en el XXI Congreso Internacional de la Historia de la Ciencia, Ciudad de Mexico, 8-14 de julio del 2001.
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Sarah Lowengard deposited On the Disappearance of the Animal Body in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Part of a special issue “Making Animal Materials in Time” (HSNS 53, no. 3)
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Evolutionary Adaptive Traits: “religions, spirituality are… meaning systems.. acquired through social relationships + Neuroscience: “selectivity…. as a design feature” in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 3 months, 2 weeks ago
1. Gergen argues that situations which human beings didn’t understand or deal with appropriately would inflict painful lessons – providing a conditioning or predisposition for learning. “In the Darwinian sense, the ability to conceptualize has survival value. To be more specific, concepts are valuable tools in problem solving.” (p.23) “In ess…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited A Sketch of Emotions: Goal striving, Directing attention & selectivity, meaning and making sense in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 3 months, 2 weeks ago
There is no doubt whatsoever that emotions are very important and highly significant in the processing of data and information, as well as in the day-to day functioning of the human being. Eric Klinger, whose expertise is in personality psychology and motivation theory, focuses on the influences of motivation and emotion on cognition. Klinger…[Read more]
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Martin Boehnert deposited Methodologische Signaturen : Ein philosophischer Versuch zur Systematisierung der empirischen Erforschung des Geistes von Tieren in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 7 months, 1 week ago
How do we know if animals can think? In extension of the previous debate on human-animal relations, this book analyzes the conditions and contexts of the scientific acquisition of our knowledge of animals. The current discussions within animal philosophy revolve around the three central questions of whether we can attribute a mind to animals, what…[Read more]
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Martin Boehnert deposited Grundzüge einer Philosophie der Tierforschung in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 7 months, 1 week ago
In current debates about the relationships between humans and nonhuman animals, knowledge about animals is often adopted from the sciences. However, this largely ignores the fact that relationships of this kind also exist in empirical animal research and that these constellations between researchers and the researched have both ethical and…[Read more]
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Martin Boehnert deposited When Controversies Flare Up, Matters-of-Fact Become Matters-of-Concern in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 7 months, 1 week ago
Animal welfare and animal rights issues have reached the curricula, agendas and priorities of a wide range of educational institutions and initiatives. Their actors are faced with the challenge of not only explaining the relevance of animal ethics and animal rights, but also conceptualising how to teach them: How can animal protection and animal…[Read more]
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Martin Boehnert deposited Nicht-triviale Trivialitäten in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 7 months, 1 week ago
On the example of “The Walking Dead”, we demonstrate in how far the reception of pop culture narratives can serve not merely trivial entertainment, but epistemological interest as well. For this purpose, we introduce the term pop cultural secondary worlds and formulate the thesis that these can be used analogously to thought experiments. The…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited कोरोना के संक्रामक आतंक को जरा ‘जूम’ करके देखें in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 8 months ago
कोरोना की आड़ में जो कुछ हुआ है, उस पर नजर रखना आवश्यक है। ऐसी अनेक छोटी-छोटी घटनाएं हैं, जिनकी ओर प्राय: हमारी नजर नहीं जाती। वैश्विक स्वास्थ्य बाजार के किंग पिन माने जाने बिल गेट्स इनमें से अधिकांश घटनाओं से आपको जुड़े हुए दिखाई देते हैं। ऐसा ही एक मामला वीडियो कॉलिंग की सर्विस देने वाले ‘जूम’ से संबंधित था।
वस्तुत: यह सब सिर्फ व्यापा…[Read more]
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Pramod Ranjan deposited Der Offenbarungseid in the group
Science Studies and the History of Science on Humanities Commons 10 months ago
Wissenschaftler und Denker haben sich widerstandslos für die Durchsetzung der herrschenden Corona-Agenda einspannen lassen.
Der durch das Coronavirus veranlasste Lockdown hat nicht nur unsere körperliche Freiheit ausgehöhlt, sondern auch unsere geistige Freiheit untergraben. In vielen Ländern wurde für das Denken Käfighaltung angeordnet. Offen…[Read more]
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