Philosophy of science books

Patrick Suppes is a philosopher and scientist whose contributions range over probability and statistics, mathematical...  Read More >>

But in such passages the extent of treatment could not - as was otherwise the case - be made to depend solely on...  Read More >>

The growth of knowledge and practice in human and medical genetics raises significant questions about the social...  Read More >>

Earlier in this century, many philosophers of science (for example, Rudolf Carnap) drew a fairly sharp distinction...  Read More >>

This book provides an entirely new interpretation of the impact of the early-modern Aristotelian tradition upon...  Read More >>

An analysis of the optical revolution in the context of early 19th century Britain. People's judgements about...  Read More >>

Advances in genetics, such as the Human Genome Project's successful mapping of the human genome and the discovery...  Read More >>

This study began as an attempt to understand mechanics in the nineteenth century. The search for the particulars...  Read More >>

This book offers a theoretical examination of the process of imagining science in education, describing the opposing...  Read More >>

Patrick Suppes is a philosopher and scientist whose contributions range over probability and statistics, mathematical...  Read More >>

In the midst of the current defiance of the transcendental certainties of cognition, this turn to the creative...  Read More >>

In medicine the understanding and interpretation of the complex reality of illness currently refers either to an...  Read More >>

GOD IS: A Matter of Fact. Therefore, God not only withstands but clearly emerges from a rigorous Scientific Study...  Read More >>

Considers the possibility of understanding ethics not as a natural science but as representing a different stratum...  Read More >>

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Some philosophers think that Paul Feyerabend is a clown, a great many others think that he is one of the most exciting...  Read More >>

As a society, we have the tendency to see the universe as a collection of separate objects rather than a unified...  Read More >>

The local justification of beliefs and hypotheses has recently become a major concern for epistemologists and philosophers...  Read More >>

The three-volume set presents a representative collection of reports on current research in the major topics of...  Read More >>

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In three volumes, a distinguished group of scholars from a variety of disciplines in the natural and social sciences,...  Read More >>

Rationality in its various expressions and innumerable applications sustains understanding and our sense of reality....  Read More >>

Modern physical science is constituted by specialized scientific fields rooted in experimental laboratory work...  Read More >>

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The term 'model' comprises both internal and external representations. The models are intended as interpretations...  Read More >>