Libri di Filosofia della scienza

The book includes several essays written by prominent contemporary philosophers as well as by younger researchers in honor of Mario Alai on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The book also includes an extensive reply written by Alai himself, which amply testifies to his lifelong commitment to passionate yet fair-minded philosophical debate.

Representation and explanation are distinct notions in the philosophy of science, since the first can be defined as an answer to a how-question, and the second as an answer to a why-question. In particular, the task of providing explanations has been traditionally attributed to scientific theories. These notions, however, are also strictly interrelated, like shown by the variety of the approaches offered by the papers included in this volume.

Il volume si propone di analizzare criticamente le cause dell’involuzione del tradizionale rapporto paternalistico medico-paziente, correlandole ai profondi cambiamenti culturali, sociali e comunicativi relazionali di questi anni, per individuare una rete dinamica della formazione professionale che permetta di recuperare e rivalorizzare il vecchio tradizionale rapporto, modificandolo culturalmente.

The contributions of this book investigate systematically and historically many aspects of the relations between science, metaphysics and religion.

Un modulo innovativo sperimentato in Italia con giovani europei e americani, che si serve di metodi e argomenti scientifici per risvegliare le menti più aperte alla “intelligenza amativa”, cioè al senso profondo del ragionamento morale. Il volume tocca temi scottanti quali: clima e Ogm, farmaco-genetica e biodiversità.