Philosophy of science books

The material in this booklet is a reprint (with some revisions and additions) of monthly lessons sent out by The...  Read More >>

Scientific and philosophical literature on causality has become highly specialised. It is hard to find suitable...  Read More >>

Each chapter includes an introduction, summary and study questions and there is a glossary of technical terms. Designed...  Read More >>

Each chapter includes an introduction, summary and study questions and there is a glossary of technical terms. Designed...  Read More >>

The consideration of 'Decadence' is essential in the scientific study of environmental and other problems and their...  Read More >>

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This manual pulls together—and illustrates with interesting case studies—the variety of specialized and generalized...  Read More >>

Economists increasingly recognise that engagement with social ontology – the study of the basic subject matter and...  Read More >>

This is a book about ideas, patterns, and broad unifying themes in physics. Each chapter focuses on a different...  Read More >>

Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question...  Read More >>

Economists increasingly recognise that engagement with social ontology – the study of the basic subject matter and...  Read More >>

A landmark exploration of the vast and expanding impact of technology, rivetingly told through the lens of a deadly...  Read More >>

In the process, the book offers a significant new approach to technology assessment, one which operates in real-time,...  Read More >>

Is critical argumentation an effective way to overcome disagreement? And does the exchange of arguments bring opponents...  Read More >>

Scholars in philosophy, law, economics and other fields have widely debated how science, environmental precaution,...  Read More >>

The Origins of Civilization in Greek and Roman Thought, first published in 1986, comprehensively examines to what...  Read More >>

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014 This revelatory tour de force by an acclaimed and internationally bestselling...  Read More >>

The monograph is an examination of the fuzzy rational foundations of the structure of exact and inexact sciences...  Read More >>

This book offers a meta-theory of knowledge-production process and the logical pathway that connects epistemic possibility...  Read More >>

Deliberative democracy answers these questions, but what is deliberative democracy? His conclusion might not delight...  Read More >>

And how can we use findings about scientific discovery to boost funding policies, thus fostering a deeper impact...  Read More >>

2014 Reprint of 1952 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software....  Read More >>

2014 Reprint of 1934 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software....  Read More >>

With the recent landing of the Mars rover Curiosity, it seems safe to assume that the idea of being curious is alive...  Read More >>

Previously published under title: Rip it up.  Read More >>