Cognition in geosciences : the feeding loop between geo-disciplines, cognitive sciences and epistemology / Paolo Dell' Aversana ; special editor: Peter Hubral.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dell' Aversana, Paolo, author.

Contributor:

Hubral, Peter, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earth sciences.

Geophysics.

Cognition.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Place of Publication:

Netherlands : EAGE Publications, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cognition in Geosciences: The Feeding Loop Between Geo-disciplines, Cognitive Sciences and Epistemology presents the basic idea that the geosciences can contribute to elucidate some unsolved problems of epistemology and cognition. This book introduces the fundamental concept of a semantic system, which comprises information plus human resources and technology. Organized into nine chapters, this book begins with an overview of the fundamental processes of macro-cognition, including spatial perception, creativity, information clustering, information processing, and concept formation. This text t

Contents:

""Front Cover""; ""Cognition in Geosciences: The Feeding Loop between Geo-Disciplines, Cognitive Sciences and Epistemology""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Dedication""; ""Introduction by the special editor""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Summary of the book""; ""Key ideas""; ""Chapter 1. The debate about human mind""; ""Summary""; ""1.1 Introduction: the role of geosciences""; ""1.2 Cognitive sciences: an overview""; ""1.3 Final remarks""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 2. Circular thinking in geophysics""; ""Summary""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 Inversion: an overview""

""2.3 Cooperative inversions""""2.4 Integration loop of seismic, electromagnetic and gravity data in a thrust belt region""; ""2.5 Looking at geophysics from a different point of view""; ""2.6 Final remarks""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 3. Significance in philosophy and in geosciences""; ""Summary""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Theories of the significance""; ""3.3 Significance in geosciences""; ""3.4 A geological puzzle""; ""3.5 Integration""; ""3.6 Joint operators in geosciences""; ""3.7 Semantic entropy""; ""3.8 A simple experiment""; ""3.9 Entropies""

""3.10 Examples of entropy trend in geophysics""""3.11 Biology of the significance""; ""3.12 The significance of significance""; ""3.13 Final remarks""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 4. From significance to creativity""; ""Summary""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 Semantic systems""; ""4.3 Dynamics of semantic systems""; ""4.4 Semantic transformations: from integration to creativity""; ""4.5 Oscillations""; ""4.6 An example of creativity in the geoscience community""; ""4.7 Semantic landscapes""; ""4.8 Final remarks""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 5. Biological, semantic and neural populations""; ""Summary""

""5.1 Introduction""""5.2 Recursive processes, convergences and oscillations""; ""5.3 Dynamical systems, attractors and chaos""; ""5.4 Attractors in geosciences""; ""5.5 Attractors in neural activity""; ""5.6 Practical implications""; ""5.7 Final remarks""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 6. Knowledge and complexity in the geosciences""; ""Summary""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 Knowledge: an historical overview""; ""6.3 Complexity""; ""6.4 Dissipative systems""; ""6.5 Complexity in the geosciences""; ""6.6 Dissipative systems in the geosciences""

""6.7 Semantic systems, complexity and dissipative systems""""6.8 Semantic systems in the geosciences""; ""6.9 Final remarks""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 7. Language and communication in the geosciences""; ""Summary""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 Language""; ""7.3 Language in the geosciences""; ""7.4 Communication in the geosciences""; ""7.5 Final remarks""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 8. Aesthetics and geosciences""; ""Summary""; ""8.1 Introduction""; ""8.2 The modern concept of aesthetics""; ""8.3 The aesthetics of the significance: shape and process""; ""8.4 Aesthetics and geosciences""

""8.5 Final remarks""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 4, 2015).

ISBN:

90-73834-68-6

OCLC:

904209975