Philosophy of science books

Exploring the ferocious opposition which once surrounded the theory of relativity, this fascinating account details...  Read More >>

Francis Bacon (1561–1626), the English philosopher, statesman and jurist, is best known for devising the empiricist...  Read More >>

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Many philosophers in the analytic tradition are now convinced that metaphysical questions are worth pursuing, but...  Read More >>

This meticulous critical assessment of the ground-breaking work of philosopher Stanislaw Leśniewski focuses exclusively...  Read More >>

In the last decade, the familiar problem of the regress of reasons has returned to prominent consideration in epistemology....  Read More >>

While we may like the idea of Einstein as a genius besotted by extra dimensions and too out-of-this-world to wear...  Read More >>

First published in 1931, this book examines what scientific discoveries in many different branches of science reveal,...  Read More >>

The problem of images – how one thing can represent another – has been a central issue in philosophy since Plato...  Read More >>

Con la preponderancia del Derecho Positivista, las investigaciones recientes sobre el iusnaturalismo son muy pocas...  Read More >>

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The first extended study of Bruno Latour’s legal theory, this book presents a critical reconstruction of the whole...  Read More >>

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Offers an account of how biologists discover mechanisms. Drawing on examples from across the life sciences and through...  Read More >>

Tal como o titulo sugere, o livro Engenharia Genetica, Bioetica e Religiao aborda este assunto fazendo uma passagem...  Read More >>

Elucidates the historical context and the subsequent influence of Paine's text, as well as the major problems in...  Read More >>

In this book, Veikko Rantala makes a systematic attempt to understand cognitive characteristics of translation by...  Read More >>

In fact, the difference is that between a philosophical doctrine (or, perhaps, simply a philosophical tenet or claim)...  Read More >>

What was then projected as the third part of a modest discussion of then current issues has, through some fifteen...  Read More >>

This collection shows how allegory offers highlights for culture, with its fluctuations and transformation. This...  Read More >>

In this post-modern darkness, the Phenomenology of Life and of the Human Condition excavate and bring to light...  Read More >>

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Damit füllt der Autor eine wichtige Lücke in der Einsteinliteratur.In der Neuauflage kommt noch ein Abschnitt hinzu,...  Read More >>

During his lifetime, Henri Poincare published three major philosophical books which achieved great success: ""La...  Read More >>

Offers an account of how biologists discover mechanisms. Drawing on examples from across the life sciences and through...  Read More >>