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The body of work presented in this book comes from research carried out since 2017 as part of the international "Actualit de Ren Thom" project. This project was initially entitled "Morphology and qualitative dynamics: Knowledge of forms / Forms of knowledge". Subsequently, the name "Relevance of Ren Thom" was chosen for its clarity and evocative power. The aim of this research project is to promote the scientific relevance of Ren Thom's thinking on forms, and to demonstrate the importance of his method and discoveries. It is based on discussions of Thom's thinking and the method he proposes - i.e., to seek out dynamic structures in order to understand changes of form in nature and at the human-social level, to explain the transformation of these dynamic forms, to study the morphologies of process in various fields in order to advance scientific knowledge... The relevance of this thinker has manifested itself in the form of monthly sessions of a research seminar, held from 2017 to 2022, as well as in the form of international congresses (2018, 2019), bringing together the greatest friends and continuators, both of the work of Ren Thom himself, and of reflection on morphogenetic dynamics in the most diverse disciplines. This created a space for dialogue and listening between the exact sciences and the social and human sciences. Indeed, the fields of study are necessarily interdisciplinary, since, as Ren Thom teaches us, morphological organization, or form, in its exchanges with matter, must be considered as "independent" of its substrate, i.e. the environment in which this morphogenesis unfolds. Finally, this book marks a symbolic moment: it takes shape in the year that marks the centenary of the birth of Ren Thom, who was born in the French town of Montbliard in 1923. To mark this centenary (1923-2023), a number of initiatives have been launched to celebrate the discoveries and advances of this mathematician-philosopher, as he liked to call himself The publication of the present book is one more, which we hope will shed light that will stimulate the morphological gaze Thom so urged us to adopt
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monografia Rebiun36449961 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun36449961 m o d cr un|---aucuu 240902s2024 sz o 000 0 eng d 1453649506 1455137736 9783031549823 electronic bk.) 3031549821 electronic bk.) 3031549813 9783031549816 10.1007/978-3-031-54982-3 doi AU@ 000077791552 UPNA0579356 UAM 991008356349804211 UPVA 998667176603706 UCAR 991008471676004213 CUNEF 991000507206308131 CBUC 991010976530806709 CBUC 991013347481006708 YDX eng YDX EBLCP GW5XE OCLCO OCLKB UKAHL The relevance of René Thom the morphological dimension in today's sciences Isabel Marcos, Clément Morier, editors Cham Springer 2024 Cham Cham Springer 1 online resource 1 online resource Text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Lecture Notes in Morphogenesis References Intro -- Contents -- 1 What if Science Thought? The Relevance of René Thom or Introducing Topology into Today's Sciences -- 1.1 The Relevance of René Thom: A Morphological Look at Neo-Liberal and Logico-Combinatorial Formalism -- 1.2 The Relevance of René Thom: A Shift in Philosophical Perspective -- 1.3 The Relevance of René Thom: An Issue About Rationality in Modernity -- 1.4 The Relevance of René Thom: The Challenges of His Thesis of "Involuted" Meaning in Phusis [11] -- 1.5 The Relevance of René Thom: A Plurality of Morphological Perspectives Engaged in Their Disciplines -- References Part I René Thom Between Philosophy and Semiotics -- 2 The Form as a Morphology of Process: The Relevance of René Thom for Understanding Individuation -- 2.1 The Form: The Issue of a "Morphological Turn" -- 2.2 Thom and Simondon Between "Morphology and Individuation" -- 2.3 Simondon as Read by Thom -- 2.4 Thomian Forms as Seen in Simondon's Terms -- 2.5 Towards the Form of a "Morphology of Process" -- 2.6 Summary Topological Description of a Dynamical System and Its Canalisation -- 2.7 Two Elementary Catastrophes: From the Fold to the Swallowtail 2.8 The Phases of the Process and the Dimension of Internal Transformation -- References -- 3 Chorematics. The Dynamics of Lived Space -- 3.1 Social Chorematics -- 3.2 Urban Chorematics -- 3.3 Morphological Chorematics. Aspect, Time, Mode -- 3.4 Topological Thinking. Ontology -- References -- 4 Topological and Dynamic Morphologies in Semiotics -- 4.1 Catastrophe Theory and Its Applications in Semiotics in Their Historical and Contemporary Context -- 4.2 Morphological Principles as Deep Structures in the Lexicon of Verbs and Basic Syntax 4.2.1 The Geometry and Dynamics of Elementary Catastrophes: The Example of the Cusp -- 4.2.2 Actantial Schematizations Derived from the Cusp -- 4.3 Sketch of a Morphogenetic Explanation of Human Language -- 4.4 Geometric and Dynamic Morphologies of Visual Signs -- 4.5 Geometric and Dynamic Morphologies of Musical Signs -- 4.6 The Relevance of (Qualitative) Mathematics for Semiotics -- References -- Part II René Thom Between Geography and Urbanism -- 5 What Can Catastrophe Theory Contribute to the Study of Cities? Two Examples and a Question -- 5.1 Introduction 5.2 What Can Catastrophe Theory Contribute to Geography? -- 5.3 The Structural Path of Human Settlement Through the Prism of Catastrophe Theory -- 5.4 An Attempt to Model Urban Development Using Catastrophe Theory -- 5.5 What Does Catastrophe Theory Lack for Geography? -- References -- 6 Structural, Semiotic and Morphodynamic Geography, Thirty Years On -- 6.1 G. Ritchot's Analogical Approach: From Geomorphology to Human Geography -- 6.2 The Strengths of the Analogy -- 6.3 Complexity and Specificities of Abstract Forms in Human Geography -- 6.4 Work in Progress in Structural Human Geography The body of work presented in this book comes from research carried out since 2017 as part of the international "Actualit de Ren Thom" project. This project was initially entitled "Morphology and qualitative dynamics: Knowledge of forms / Forms of knowledge". Subsequently, the name "Relevance of Ren Thom" was chosen for its clarity and evocative power. The aim of this research project is to promote the scientific relevance of Ren Thom's thinking on forms, and to demonstrate the importance of his method and discoveries. It is based on discussions of Thom's thinking and the method he proposes - i.e., to seek out dynamic structures in order to understand changes of form in nature and at the human-social level, to explain the transformation of these dynamic forms, to study the morphologies of process in various fields in order to advance scientific knowledge... The relevance of this thinker has manifested itself in the form of monthly sessions of a research seminar, held from 2017 to 2022, as well as in the form of international congresses (2018, 2019), bringing together the greatest friends and continuators, both of the work of Ren Thom himself, and of reflection on morphogenetic dynamics in the most diverse disciplines. This created a space for dialogue and listening between the exact sciences and the social and human sciences. Indeed, the fields of study are necessarily interdisciplinary, since, as Ren Thom teaches us, morphological organization, or form, in its exchanges with matter, must be considered as "independent" of its substrate, i.e. the environment in which this morphogenesis unfolds. Finally, this book marks a symbolic moment: it takes shape in the year that marks the centenary of the birth of Ren Thom, who was born in the French town of Montbliard in 1923. To mark this centenary (1923-2023), a number of initiatives have been launched to celebrate the discoveries and advances of this mathematician-philosopher, as he liked to call himself The publication of the present book is one more, which we hope will shed light that will stimulate the morphological gaze Thom so urged us to adopt Thom, René 1923-2002) Science- Philosophy Morphology Morphologie Marcos, Isabel Morier, Clément Original 3031549813 9783031549816 (OCoLC)1418829839 Lecture notes in morphogenesis