Search Results - "Reductionism"

X-ray contrast agent technology : a revolutionary history / by Haën, Christoph de

Table of Contents: “…The Failure of One-Dimensional ReductionismTechnical Knowledge from Interference of Different Knowledge Cultures; Interference as Communication and Individuation of Knowledge; The Emergence of a Technological Vision; Synchronization and Interference; The Functions of the Technological Vision; Technology Espousal and Resistance; Technology-Shaping Phase; History; Perfecting Ionic Uro-Angiographic Contrast Agents; The Controversial Prehistory of Nonionic Contrast Agents; Nonionic Contrast Agents; The Dynamics of Technology Shaping; The Failure of One-Dimensional Reductionism…”
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Nutritionism : the science and politics of dietary advice / by Scrinis, Gyorgy

Table of Contents: “…A clash of nutritional ideologies -- The nutritionism paradigm : reductive approaches to nutrients, food, and the body -- The era of quantifying nutritionism : protective nutrients, caloric reductionism, and vitamania -- The era of good-and-bad nutritionism : bad nutrients and nutricentric dietary guidelines -- The macronutrient diet wars : from the low-fat campaign to low-calorie, low-carb, and low-GI diets -- Margarine, butter, and the trans-fats fiasco -- The era of functional nutritionism : functional nutrients, superfoods, and optimal dietary patterns -- Functional foods : nutritional engineering, nutritional marketing, and corporate nutritionism -- The food quality paradigm : alternative approaches to food and the body -- After nutritionism.…”
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Critical neuroscience a handbook of the social and cultural contexts of neuroscience /

Table of Contents: “…Cheon -- Re-socializing psychiatry : critical neuroscience and the limits of reductionism / Laurence J. Kirmayer and Ian Gold -- Are mental illnesses diseases of the brain? …”
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