Philosophy of science books

This is a concise, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the philosophy of biology written by a leading...  Read More >>

A noted mathematician and teacher traces the history of science from Aristotle to Einstein, illustrating philosophy's...  Read More >>

Assessment of error and uncertainty is a vital component of both natural and social science. This edited volume...  Read More >>

What the Church teaches -- and why -- on issues of euthanasia, in vitro fertilization, genetic counseling, assisted...  Read More >>

The contributors to The Harmony of the Sphere include professional historians of science, philosophers of science,...  Read More >>

Biotechnology and the Good Life explores the relationship between bioscience and thegood life, drawing from the...  Read More >>

This is the first interdisciplinary exploration of the philosophical foundations of the Web, a new area of inquiry...  Read More >>

Intensive Science and Virtual Philosophy cuts to the heart of the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and of todayAEs science...  Read More >>

How science can convey a profound sense of wonder, connectedness, and optimism about the human condition. This book...  Read More >>

A proposal for the development of a planetary ethics based on universal human rights and scientific wisdom. It lays...  Read More >>

This history of atomism, from Democritus to the recent discovery of the Higgs boson, chronicles one of the most...  Read More >>

This thought-provoking analysis evaluates the progress that global society has made since the Enlightenment. The...  Read More >>

This volume explores abduction (inference to explanatory hypotheses), an important but neglected topic in scientific...  Read More >>

The first translation into English of this commentary, written by the sixth-century philosopher Philoponus on Aristotle's...  Read More >>

The modern materialist approach to life has conspicuously failed to explain such central mind-related features of...  Read More >>

This volume examines the New Science of the 17th century in the context of Baroque culture, analysing its emergence...  Read More >>

Have you ever thought about-and, when I say thought about, I mean really carefully considered the question of-the...  Read More >>

Art as mirror of life, human life as participating in a stage play, corresponds to the fervent search human being...  Read More >>

The blind forces of evolution brought us this far, but the future is our own to forge. So concludes writer, researcher,...  Read More >>

The philosopher Patrick Suppes has developed a unique and influential approach to studying the foundations of science...  Read More >>

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G.K. Chesterton was one of few who understood the false theory and dangerous ethics behind the popular eugenics...  Read More >>

One is in terms of tendencies, movements, and schools of thought and the other is in terms of traditional sub-disciplines....  Read More >>

The history of Einstein's theory of general relativity and its role in modern cosmology have presented a challenge...  Read More >>

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