Philosophia Naturalis et Geometricalis

ISSN: 1424-8425

La collection a pour but la publication et la promotion de travaux originaux et inédits concernant les différentes conceptualisations philosophiques de la pensée physique et mathématique contemporaine. Plus qu'à décrire les faits empiriques par des méthodes et des outils purement quantitatifs, ces travaux doivent viser à proposer des modèles explicatifs qui permettent d'élucider un ou plusieurs aspects conceptuels de la création mathématique et de l'invention physique. Ainsi, on privilégiera les travaux qui accordent une place fondamentale au rôle des idéalisations géométriques dans l'intelligibilité du réel et même de phénomènes très concrets. La collection entend accueillir tout particulièrement les recherches qui explorent philosophiquement et approfondissent expérimentalement des idées essentielles à l'interface entre certaines théories mathématiques, notamment géométriques et topologiques, et les sciences de la nature comme la physique et la biologie, ou toute autre discipline théorique qui s'y rattache. Sa raison d'être réside dans l'exigence de repenser, selon une démarche philosophique à la fois critique et rigoureuse, les grandes découvertes scientifiques du XXe siècle qui ont changé en profondeur notre perception de la réalité, et de développer une réflexion autour des perspectives épistémologiques nouvelles qui s'en sont récemment dégagées. Un certain nombre d'études et de recherches récentes montrent l'intérêt de réactualiser des idées issues de ce qu'on appelait à une époque la tradition «scientifique» de la philosophie naturelle. Ceci a permis de renouer avec certaines théories élaborées par les Naturphilosophen, de réhabiliter les idées des fondateurs de la psychophysique, de reprendre les intuitions et les analyses des phénoménologues et théoriciens de la Gestalt, de développer la pensée des pionniers de la morphologie et de la biologie théorique. Un des buts de la collection est de permettre que ces idées soient développées, débattues et mieux connues d'un plus grand nombre de chercheurs et de lecteurs. Cette collection aspire à devenir un laboratoire d'idées: elle entend d'abord susciter l'élaboration d'une véritable «philosophie géométrique» des formes naturelles et des êtres organiques, ainsi que contribuer à renouveler les grands débats scientifiques et métaphysiques sur les concepts d'espace et de temps et sur leur rôle dans la compréhension des rapports entre les structures mathématiques et les phénomènes physiques. On souhaite aussi s'interroger sur les limites de la science actuelle et sur les conséquences que comportent ses récentes retombées technicistes. Il s'agit notamment de contribuer au développement d'une vision non réductionniste de la science et de la connaissance, moins pragmatique et plus spéculative, moins attachée à ses applications technologiques immédiates que soucieuse de construire une pluralité de modèles possibles du réel et d'en dévoiler les différents niveaux de sens. La collection a pour but la publication et la promotion de travaux originaux et inédits concernant les différentes conceptualisations philosophiques de la pensée physique et mathématique contemporaine. Plus qu'à décrire les faits empiriques par des méthodes et des outils purement quantitatifs, ces travaux doivent viser à proposer des modèles explicatifs qui permettent d'élucider un ou plusieurs aspects conceptuels de la création mathématique et de l'invention physique. Ainsi, on privilégiera les travaux qui accordent une place fondamentale au rôle des idéalisations géométriques dans l'intelligibilité du réel et même de phénomènes très concrets. La collection entend accueillir tout particulièrement les recherches qui explorent philosophiquement et approfondissent expérimentalement des idées essentielles à l'interface entre certaines théories mathématiques, notamment géométriques et topologiques, et les sciences de la nature comme la physique et la biologie, ou toute autre discipline théorique qui s'y rattache. Sa raison d'être réside dans l'exigence de repenser, selon une démarche philosophique à la fois critique et rigoureuse, les grandes découvertes scientifiques du XXe siècle qui ont changé en profondeur notre perception de la réalité, et de développer une réflexion autour des perspectives épistémologiques nouvelles qui s'en sont récemment dégagées. Un certain nombre d'études et de recherches récentes montrent l'intérêt de réactualiser des idées issues de ce qu'on appelait à une époque la tradition «scientifique» de la philosophie naturelle. Ceci a permis de renouer avec certaines théories élaborées par les Naturphilosophen, de réhabiliter les idées des fondateurs de la psychophysique, de reprendre les intuitions et les analyses des phénoménologues et théoriciens de la Gestalt, de développer la pensée des pionniers de la morphologie et de la biologie théorique. Un des buts de la collection est de permettre que ces idées soient développées, débattues et mieux connues d'un plus grand nombre de chercheurs et de lecteurs. Cette collection aspire à devenir un laboratoire d'idées: elle entend d'abord susciter l'élaboration d'une véritable «philosophie géométrique» des formes naturelles et des êtres organiques, ainsi que contribuer à renouveler les grands débats scientifiques et métaphysiques sur les concepts d'espace et de temps et sur leur rôle dans la compréhension des rapports entre les structures mathématiques et les phénomènes physiques. On souhaite aussi s'interroger sur les limites de la science actuelle et sur les conséquences que comportent ses récentes retombées technicistes. Il s'agit notamment de contribuer au développement d'une vision non réductionniste de la science et de la connaissance, moins pragmatique et plus spéculative, moins attachée à ses applications technologiques immédiates que soucieuse de construire une pluralité de modèles possibles du réel et d'en dévoiler les différents niveaux de sens.

5 publications

Yearbook of the Artificial

ISSN: 1660-1084

In the different areas of the artificial - defined as the attempt to reproduce natural objects or processes by means of the available technology - researchers and designers often work within their disciplines with little or no information about research being carried out in other areas. Bioengineers, for instance, know little about the problems of Artificial Intelligence researchers, while roboticians often neglect the efforts of medical engineering, etc. The Yearbook of the Artificial discusses current theories, projects and models from a wide range of areas without going into too many technical details. The main assumption is that there are common logical and methodological problems for all disciplines that are concerned with the reproduction of natural objects and processes. The Yearbook provides a forum for all of them, and covers areas such as bioengineering, robotics, A.I., artificial neural networks, artificial life, multimedia, the history of technology, communications, art and music. In the different areas of the artificial - defined as the attempt to reproduce natural objects or processes by means of the available technology - researchers and designers often work within their disciplines with little or no information about research being carried out in other areas. Bioengineers, for instance, know little about the problems of Artificial Intelligence researchers, while roboticians often neglect the efforts of medical engineering, etc. The Yearbook of the Artificial discusses current theories, projects and models from a wide range of areas without going into too many technical details. The main assumption is that there are common logical and methodological problems for all disciplines that are concerned with the reproduction of natural objects and processes. The Yearbook provides a forum for all of them, and covers areas such as bioengineering, robotics, A.I., artificial neural networks, artificial life, multimedia, the history of technology, communications, art and music. In the different areas of the artificial - defined as the attempt to reproduce natural objects or processes by means of the available technology - researchers and designers often work within their disciplines with little or no information about research being carried out in other areas. Bioengineers, for instance, know little about the problems of Artificial Intelligence researchers, while roboticians often neglect the efforts of medical engineering, etc. The Yearbook of the Artificial discusses current theories, projects and models from a wide range of areas without going into too many technical details. The main assumption is that there are common logical and methodological problems for all disciplines that are concerned with the reproduction of natural objects and processes. The Yearbook provides a forum for all of them, and covers areas such as bioengineering, robotics, A.I., artificial neural networks, artificial life, multimedia, the history of technology, communications, art and music.

5 publications

The Reshaping of Psychoanalysis

10 publications

New Visions of the Cosmopolitan

ISSN: 1664-3380

New Visions of the Cosmopolitan explores how the forces of contemporary social change release a cosmopolitan energy that dilutes the relevance of the nation-state. The «‘transnational turn»’ creates tendencies toward greater world openness. A more pluralist, multi-perspectivist late modernity requires a cosmopolitan research framework capable of illustrating how world histories and futures are intricately connected under these new conditions. This series offers a body of work exploring how cosmopolitan ideas, emerging from encounters between local and global currents, generate impulses towards social, cultural, legal, political and economic transformation. The series invites contributions that focalize this contemporary situation using theories, perspectives and methodologies drawn from multiple disciplines. Of particular, although not exclusive, interest are proposals exploring: transnational visions of justice and solidarity; cosmopolitan publics; researching cosmopolitan worlds; cosmopolitan memory; the cosmopolitics of contemporary global capitalism; borders of the cosmopolitan; cosmopolitanism in the non-western world; security, war and peace in a cosmopolitan age; multiple modernities; divergence and convergence; political culture and multi-level governance. This peer-reviewed series publishes monographs and edited collections.

6 publications

Literature and the Sciences of Man

16 publications

Studies in the History of Medicine

ISSN: 1424-7933

Studies in the History of Medicine provides an outlet for academic monographs devoted to both the social and the intellectual dimensions of the history of medicine. No limitations are imposed with respect to period or place, providing the approach adopted is analytical and historical. The series encourages investigations relating to previously neglected aspects of medicine and health care such as the history of nursing or other occupations associated with health care, case studies of particular disease and illness phenomena, health care in colonial and postcolonial settings, or indeed complementary medicine, dentistry or veterinary medicine. The monographs inevitably evaluate the impact of modern high-technology medicine, but they also give appropriate weight to health care as it relates to the elderly, the mentally ill or other vulnerable social groups. Except in special circumstances the series will not include general biographies, histories of individual institutions and organisations, or studies of parochial interest. The monographs included in this series reflect the leading edge of research in the now well-established and still expanding field of medical history. Studies in the History of Medicine provides an outlet for academic monographs devoted to both the social and the intellectual dimensions of the history of medicine. No limitations are imposed with respect to period or place, providing the approach adopted is analytical and historical. The series encourages investigations relating to previously neglected aspects of medicine and health care such as the history of nursing or other occupations associated with health care, case studies of particular disease and illness phenomena, health care in colonial and postcolonial settings, or indeed complementary medicine, dentistry or veterinary medicine. The monographs inevitably evaluate the impact of modern high-technology medicine, but they also give appropriate weight to health care as it relates to the elderly, the mentally ill or other vulnerable social groups. Except in special circumstances the series will not include general biographies, histories of individual institutions and organisations, or studies of parochial interest. The monographs included in this series reflect the leading edge of research in the now well-established and still expanding field of medical history. Studies in the History of Medicine provides an outlet for academic monographs devoted to both the social and the intellectual dimensions of the history of medicine. No limitations are imposed with respect to period or place, providing the approach adopted is analytical and historical. The series encourages investigations relating to previously neglected aspects of medicine and health care such as the history of nursing or other occupations associated with health care, case studies of particular disease and illness phenomena, health care in colonial and postcolonial settings, or indeed complementary medicine, dentistry or veterinary medicine. The monographs inevitably evaluate the impact of modern high-technology medicine, but they also give appropriate weight to health care as it relates to the elderly, the mentally ill or other vulnerable social groups. Except in special circumstances the series will not include general biographies, histories of individual institutions and organisations, or studies of parochial interest. The monographs included in this series reflect the leading edge of research in the now well-established and still expanding field of medical history.

4 publications

The Literature and Poetry of Exile

ISSN: 1077-0194

This series aims to publish literary and poetic texts, as well as studies, commentaries, and interpretations of the experiences and reactions to exile. The purpose of the series is to encourage responses to those enigmatic but essential questions: What is the meaning of exile? What imaginative and concrete imagery does it evoke? This series is committed to the belief that exile is a fundamental characteristic of our age and bears witness to its existential reality. We want this series to provide a forum for writers in exile and to make it possible for their voices to be heard.

1 publications

The Age of Revolution and Romanticism

This series publishes and promotes significant works concerned with a crucial period in European cultural and literary history: from the Enlightenment to the post-revolutionary era. The emphasis is on studies that transcend traditional boundaries between disciplines and that focus on interactions of literature, art, philosophy and politics. This series publishes and promotes significant works concerned with a crucial period in European cultural and literary history: from the Enlightenment to the post-revolutionary era. The emphasis is on studies that transcend traditional boundaries between disciplines and that focus on interactions of literature, art, philosophy and politics. This series publishes and promotes significant works concerned with a crucial period in European cultural and literary history: from the Enlightenment to the post-revolutionary era. The emphasis is on studies that transcend traditional boundaries between disciplines and that focus on interactions of literature, art, philosophy and politics.

32 publications