Philosophy of science books

In a detailed reconstruction of the genesis of Feynman diagrams the author reveals that their development was constantly...  Read More >>

Victorian philosopher William James had a theory about emotion and behavior: It isn't that our feelings guide our...  Read More >>

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The theory of dynamics is riddled with conceptual issues and differing philosophical interpretations. This book...  Read More >>

Brian Skyrms presents a set of influential essays which deploy formal methods to address epistemological and metaphysical...  Read More >>

This book reconfigures metaphysics (and the role of metaphysics in semantics) in radical ways that allow the accommodation...  Read More >>

The theory of dynamics is riddled with conceptual issues and differing philosophical interpretations. This book...  Read More >>

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In these essays, distinguished philosopher Philip Kitcher argues for a reconstruction of philosophy along the lines...  Read More >>

Questions the promises and pitfalls of associating beauty with truth, showing how ideas of mathematical elegance...  Read More >>

An exploration into the nature of scientific knowledge and why it has proved so successful.  Read More >>

This text provides an overview of the burgeoning field of science and technology communication─the issues with which...  Read More >>

Chiefly proceedings of a conference held in Aug. 2008 in Athens, Greece.  Read More >>

Maybe the most positive, exciting, new, major event in humankind history will be upon us in less than five decades....  Read More >>

Humanitarian intervention is a many layered and complex concept. While moral society has an obligation to stop deliberate...  Read More >>

By taking account of the ways in which early modern women made use of formal and generic structures to constitute...  Read More >>

Our social, educational, professional, and political ethics play a significant role in every aspect of our life....  Read More >>

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The first full length discussion of the Berlin Group, this book also re-examines the role of the Vienna Circle in...  Read More >>

How do scientists and engineers discover, select and use the information and communications resources available...  Read More >>

I know my own mind.I am able to assess others in a fair and accurate way. These self-perceptions are challenged...  Read More >>

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Should alternatives to evolution be taught in American public schools or rejected as an establishment of religion?...  Read More >>

This volume is a serious attempt to open up the subject of European philosophy of science to real thought, and provide...  Read More >>

The term used in the title of this volume--thinking practices--evokes questions that the authors of the chapters...  Read More >>