Philosophy of science books

Investigates the role that Michael Polanyi and several of his contemporaries played in the emergence of the social...  Read More >>

Few issues cause academics to disagree more than gender and race, especially when topics are addressed in terms...  Read More >>

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Argues that taking on some of the characteristics of plants will help us and our relationship to our world.  Read More >>

First published in 1988, the aim of this book can be stated in Nietzsche’s words: ‘To look at science from the perspective...  Read More >>

Ulrich Meyer defends a novel theory about the nature of time, and argues against the consensus view that time and...  Read More >>

The publication in 1632 of Galileo’s Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican marked a...  Read More >>

The publication in 1632 of Galileo’s Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems, Ptolemaic and Copernican marked a...  Read More >>

Facts change all the time. Smoking has gone from doctor recommended to deadly. We used to think the Earth was the...  Read More >>

Vibratory Modernism...  Read More >>

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This indispensable reference source and guide to the major themes, debates, problems and topics in philosophy of...  Read More >>

Most people appreciate science on an obvious level. Modern medicine, electric lighting, rapid transportation, and...  Read More >>

This book intends to show that radical naturalism (or physicalism), nominalism and strict finitism account for the...  Read More >>

In our contemporary era, two dominant theories in physics exist, and often clash. Einstein's relativity theory is...  Read More >>

A Science-extrapolation History. The Genesis of our Universe is primarily based on the conservative emptiness of...  Read More >>

it explains how science writing works and argues that it can do better at promoting public discussions about science-related...  Read More >>

Benjamin K. Sovacool applies concepts from justice and ethics theory to contemporary energy problems, and illustrates...  Read More >>

Benjamin K. Sovacool applies concepts from justice and ethics theory to contemporary energy problems, and illustrates...  Read More >>

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As such things happen, several manuscripts in the present volume were under review prior to the ones that appeared...  Read More >>

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Kaons are easier to detect and will soon be used to discriminate between quantum mechanics and local realism. The...  Read More >>

This expanded edition adds new chapters that explore Leibniz's revolutionary deciphering machine.  Read More >>

Vitalism is understood as impacting the history of the life sciences, medicine and philosophy, representing an epistemological...  Read More >>