SCIENCE MATTERS: HUMANITIES AS COMPLEX SYSTEMS - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9812835938 ISBN 13: 9789812835932

Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc, 2008

Synopsis

All earnest and honest human quests for knowledge are efforts to understand Nature, which includes both human and nonhuman systems, the objects of study in science. Thus, broadly speaking, all these quests are in the science domain. The methods and tools used may be different; for example, the literary people use mainly their bodily sensors and their brain as the information processor, while natural scientists may use, in addition, measuring instruments and computers. Yet, all these activities could be viewed in a unified perspective — they are scientific developments at varying stages of maturity and have a lot to learn from each other.That “everything in Nature is part of science” was well recognized by Aristotle, da Vinci and many others. Yet, it is only recently, with the advent of modern science and experiences gathered in the study of statistical physics, complex systems and other disciplines, that we know how the human-related disciplines can be studied scientifically.Science Matters is about all human-dependent knowledge, wherein humans (the material system of Homo sapiens) are studied scientifically from the perspective of complex systems. It includes all the topics covered in the humanities and social sciences. Containing contributions from knowledgeable humanists, social scientists and physicists, the book is intended for those — from artists to scientists — who are curious about the world and are interested in understanding it with a unified perspective.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9812835938
• ISBN 13: 9789812835932
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 271
• Editor: Maria Burguete, Lui Lam