Philosophy of science books

The Quantum Revolution discusses how quantum theory overthrew the objective, materialist and determinist worldviews...  Read More >>

Methoden sind aber nichts absolut Vorgegebenes: Andere Methoden greifen anderes auf, und das ursprüngliche Bild...  Read More >>

Berkeley's philosophy has been much studied and discussed over the years, and a growing number of scholars have...  Read More >>

Among the extraordinary Polish philosophers of the past one hundred years, Zygmunt Zawirski deserves to be given...  Read More >>

Legal statements are the most basic elements of the law. This book presents an analysis of the different types of...  Read More >>

Presents the basic ontological issues that must be raised with respect to the meaning and function of natural science....  Read More >>

To help promote cooperation between physics and mathematics Rockefeller funds supported the erection of the new...  Read More >>

The present publication is a continuation of two earlier series of chronicles, Philosophy in the Mid-Century (Firenze...  Read More >>

Kawalec's monograph is a novel defence of the programme of inductive logic, developed initially by Rudolf Carnap...  Read More >>

Special emphasis is given to the development of the objective, materialist, and deterministic worldview of classical...  Read More >>

This book reconstructs aspects of the early career of Descartes, tracing the overlapping, intertwined development...  Read More >>

Am I Making Myself Clear? shows scientists how to speak to the public, handle the media, and describe their work...  Read More >>

An approach to critical thinking that inhabits, elaborates, and feeds on scientific theory, holding feminist theory...  Read More >>

Grometstein explains modern physics with enthusiasm, wit and insight. As he presents the usual milestones in the...  Read More >>

In a provocative book that is sure to be controversial, Connie Barlow puts forth a compelling case for breaching...  Read More >>

The papers contained in this volume were given at the International Con- ference on Scientific and Religious Belief...  Read More >>

The general view of Russell's work amongst philosophers has been that repeat­ edly, during his long and distinguished...  Read More >>

"" Such pessimism, he continued, ""is fed by growing doubts about soci­ ety's ability to rein in the seemingly runaway...  Read More >>

An introduction to the philosophy of natural science, organized around the central theme of scientific realism,...  Read More >>

The nonlocality phenomena exhibited by entangled quantum systems are certainly one of the most extraordinary aspects...  Read More >>

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Agnew * R. Ashenhurst * K. Baclawski * G. Baker * N. Balazs * J.A. Freed * R. Hamming * M. Hawrylycz * O. Judd *...  Read More >>

Scientists often try to understand the world by building simplified and idealised models of it. Adam Toon develops...  Read More >>

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