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Wie verändern Computer und Simulationsmodelle die Praxis in den Wissenschaften? Lenhard charakterisiert Computersimulationen in methodologischer und epistemischer Hinsicht. Die in der Geschichte der modernen Wissenschaften so wirkmächtige Konzeption der mathematischen Modellierung erfährt eine Neubestimmung: Theorie und Technologie werden miteinander verzahnt, wobei sich die Natur- und die Ingenieurswissenschaften einander annähern.

Arabic theories of astral influences: Abu Mashar al-Balkhi -- Arabic theories of astral magic: the De radiis and the Picatrix -- Textual and intellectual reception of Arabic astral theories in the twelfth century -- Magic in the thirteenth century: Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas and Roger Bacon -- Early modern astral magic: Marsilio Ficino -- True magic and astrology of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola -- The magic and astrology of John Dee -- Celestial souls and cosmic daemons

"This volume explores the political implications of the first five books of Livy's celebrated history of Rome, challenging the common perception of the author as an apolitical moralist. Ann Vasaly argues that Livy intended to convey through the narration of particular events crucial lessons about the interaction of power and personality, including the personality of the Roman people as a whole. These lessons demonstrate the means by which the Roman republic flourished in the distant past and by which it might be revived in Livy's own corrupt time. Written at the precise moment when Augustus' imperial autocracy was replacing the republican system that had existed in Rome for almost 500 years, the stories of the first pentad offer invaluable insight into how republics and monarchies work. Vasaly's innovative study furthers the integration in recent scholarship of the literary brilliance of Livy's text and the seriousness of its purpose"--

Contents: Aristotle, borders and the coming of the social – Liberalism, consent and the problem of seclusion – Utilitarianism, radical transparency and moral truffles – Pragmatism: Jettisoning normativity – Heidegger (Part 1): Concerning a-historical being and events – Heidegger (Part 2): On moods and empathic media – Latour: Raising the profile of immaterial actants – Phenomenology: The rise of intentional machines – The subject: Caring for what is public – Alienation: The value in being public – Spinoza: Politics of affect – Whitehead: Privacy events – Community facts.

This book draws on an array of philosophers to offer a refreshingly novel approach to privacy matters. Theorizing privacy as an affective principle of interaction between human and non-human agents, the author makes unique arguments on transparency, the publicness of subjectivity, our contemporary techno-social condition, and the nature of empathic media in an age of intentional machines. -- Publisher description

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements ('Thanks for All the Fish') -- Notes on the Contributors -- Introduction -- Part I Ethics -- 1 'Eat Me': Vegetarianism and Consenting Animals -- 2 Mostly Harmless? Hitchhiker's and the Ethics of Entertainment -- Part II The Meaning of Life -- 3 Life, the Universe, and Absurdity -- 4 The Wowbagger Case: Immortality and What Makes Life Meaningful -- Part III Metaphysics and Artificial Intelligence -- 5 'I Think You Ought to Know I'm Feeling Very Depressed': Marvin and Artificial Intelligence

China is a rising economic and political power. But what is the message of this rise? Tongdong Bai addresses this increasingly pressing question by examining the rich history of political theories and practices from China's past, and showing how it impacts upon the present. Part of Zed?s World Political Theories series, this ground-breaking work offers a remarkable insight into the political history and thought of a nation that is becoming increasingly powerful on the world stage