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Ursula Klein (2016)
Kuhns Theorie wissenschaftlicher Revolutionen in der neueren Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Klein, U. (2016). Kuhns Theorie wissenschaftlicher Revolutionen in der neueren Wissenschaftsgeschichte. Acta Historica Leopoldina, 65, 207-220.
The Cerebral Subject: Brain, Self, and Body in Contemporary Culture
The goal of this group project was to study the emergence, functioning, and topography in contemporary culture of the idea, epitomized by the expressi
Publications, Francisco Ortega and Ferndando Vidal (eds.), Neurocultures: glimpses into an expanding universe, (Frankfurt am Main et al.: Peter Lang, 2011), Funding Institutions, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
The Impact of Neurosciences in the Psychosomatic Field
This research project was concerned with the development of current practices in the psychosomatic field that are influenced by the neurosciences. Raf
Funding Institutions, CAPES Brazil, Instituto de Medicina Social (IMS), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Neurophilosophers, Neuroscientists, and the Dreaming Brain
In recent decades, brain research has led to a neurobiologization of our self-image. In the 1980s, the anthropological, epistemological, and ethical c
Being Brains
In the context of the collaborative project “The Cerebral Subject: Brain and Self in Contemporary Culture,” Fernando Vidal and Francisco Javier Guerre
Neuromythology: A Pamphlet against the Interpretative Authority of Brain Research
Since the proclamation of the "Decade of the Brain" in the 1990s, the neurosciences worked a triumphant success without precedent. Far beyond the boun
Cold War Rationality
A loose conglomerate of game theory, nuclear strategy, operations research, Bayesian decision theory, systems analysis, rational choice theory, and ex
How Reason Became Rationality
In the second half of the twentieth century, in the works of philosophers, mathematicians, engineers, and social scientists, the faculty of reason was
Strangelovean Sciences
As part of the Working Group "Cold War Rationality," Paul Erickson's work explores the development and spread of mathematical theories of rationa
Character Drives: Vitality and the Victorian Novel
Literary historians have long aligned the emergence of the English novel with the rise of individualism in Europe. As scholars argue, with its focus o