Philosophy of science books

What counts as an individual in the living world? What does it mean for a living thing to remain the same through...  Read More >>

I have proposed an intuitive, some would say a naive, presentation as I want to reach as large an audience as possible...  Read More >>

This set of lectures is the outgrowth of a new course in the Department of Materials Science at Stanford University....  Read More >>

However, there is an equally fashionable tendency to minimize or even eschew the historical aspects of logical and...  Read More >>

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God is a thing, not a person. Whether there is an aether or not is finally answered: the Aether is but does not...  Read More >>

First published in English in 1821, this treatise of scientific botany brings together the writings of two leading...  Read More >>

These essays discuss the nature of referring, concentrating on the way perceptual reference links us with the observable...  Read More >>

This book is a collection of essays on the reception of Leibniz’s thinking in the sciences and in the philosophy...  Read More >>

Wissenschaft und wissenschaftliche Entwicklung sind zunehmend von Differenzierungen und Spezialisierungen gekennzeichnet,...  Read More >>

This book aims to show that the arguments offered in support of the most prevalent versions of scientific realism...  Read More >>

For 100 years, the conceptual pair of Erklaren (explanation) and Verstehen (understanding) has fostered philosophical...  Read More >>

A multiplicity of stakeholders have begun to analyze the implications of nanotechnology. In the course of these...  Read More >>

Rudolph Koenig was one of the more prolific and colourful instrument makers in the renowned nineteenth-century precision...  Read More >>

Logic and Philosophy of Mathematics in the Early Husserl focuses on the first ten years of Edmund Husserl’s work,...  Read More >>

The 20th Century rise of scientific philosophy is linked to the interaction between the Logical Empiricists of Central...  Read More >>

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From Aristotle to the present, memory has been grasped as a trace or impression of lost reality – bridging physiological...  Read More >>

A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 Title At the heart of human experience lies an obsession with the...  Read More >>

'"" This philosophy has re­ sulted in women refusing mammography for the detection of breast cancer even though...  Read More >>

J. Robert Oppenheimer, a leading physicist in the Manhattan Project, recognized that scientific inquiry and discovery...  Read More >>

Born of the synchronicity the author experienced in meditation, this fractal vision of creation and evolution links:...  Read More >>

Discover a New View of You in the Universe! For the visual reader, this color companion offers a peek at the main...  Read More >>

The impact of genomics on society has been the focus of debate and conflict across the world. Contrasting views...  Read More >>

In a world that peers over the brink of disaster more often than not it is difficult to find specific assignments...  Read More >>