The Two Cultures: Shared Problems
Published on 8. June 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIV, 324 pages
978-88-470-0868-7 (ISBN)
Description
The aim of the book is to encourage an in-depth discussion of problems of fundamental importance that are common to the two cultures, but that are traditionally seen from different perspectives. The forum will bring together scientists, philosophers, humanists, musicians with the aim of fostering comprehension of problems that have traditionally troubled humankind, and establish more fertile grounds for the communication between the two cultures. The themes of the contributions are the followings: the concept of time, infinity, the concept and meaning of nothingness, numbers, intelligence and the human mind, basic mechanisms in the production of thought and of artistic creation, the relationship between artistic and scientific creativity.
More details
Edition
2009 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Milano
Italy
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
115 farbige Abbildungen
XIV, 324 p. 115 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
648 gr
ISBN-13
978-88-470-0868-7 (9788847008687)
DOI
10.1007/978-88-470-0869-4
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Ernesto Carafoli | Gian Antonio Danieli | Giuseppe O. Longo
The Two Cultures: Shared Problems
E-Book
06/2010
1st Edition
Springer
€96.29
Available for download
Content
Time, Infinity, Cosmology.- Did Time Have a Beginning? A Meeting Point for Science and Philosophy.- The Flowand the Map: On the Dynamic and Static Views of Time.- The Evolution of the Universe.- And the Eternal Zeno Springs to Mind.- Creating the Physical World ex nihilo? On the Quantum Vacuum and Its Fluctuations.- Worldly Nihilism and Theological Nihilism - A Possible Definition.- General Discussion on the Themes of the First Section.- Intelligence and Emotions.- Original Knowledge and the Two Cultures.- The Many Faces of Intelligence.- Cycles of Re-Creation - A Psychoanalytical Approach to Music.- Beauty and Creativity.- Symmetry: A Bridge Between the Two Cultures.- The Dynamics of Beauty.- Scientific and Artistic Creativity: In Search of Unifying Analogies.- The Artworld and the World of Works of Art.- Architecture Between Science and Art.- The Mirror: An Optical Prosthesis that Multiplies the Reflective Abilities of the Mind.