Philosophy of science books

I am becoming increasingly disturbed by the lack of under­ standing of science revealed by politicians, industrialists...  Read More >>

Collects articles on the Philosophy of Science. This book looks at various points of view of practitioners, as well...  Read More >>

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Er zeigt, dass die von Vielen geforderte Abschaffung der Kernwaffen und damit das Ende des Atomzeitalters erst möglich...  Read More >>

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Science and scientific development are increasingly subject to differentiations and specializations that are ever...  Read More >>

Science and scientific development are increasingly subject to differentiations and specializations that are ever...  Read More >>

Were one to characterize the aims of this book ambitiously, it could be said to sketch the philosophical foundations...  Read More >>

The papers in this volume were presented at the colloquium ""Reduktion in der Wissenschaft: Struktur, Beispiele,...  Read More >>

Preamble We understand in the following the Theory of Decisions in a broader sense than is presently customary,...  Read More >>

Naturalistic epistemologists differ in their explications of theses (a) and (b) and also in their conceptions of...  Read More >>

Life and work of a philosopher cannot be unravelled into separate strands. Outwardly, Kant's life ran smoothly and...  Read More >>

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Scientific communication is challenging. The subject matter is complex and often requires a certain level of knowledge...  Read More >>

In this work, the author portrays a vision of the future of human discovery and knowledge, expressing his aspirations...  Read More >>

It is a commonplace that scientific inquiry makes extensive use of probabilities, many of which seem to be objective...  Read More >>

1 Decision problems such as Newcombe's Problem and some versions of the Prisoner's Dilemma where an act counts as...  Read More >>

In the wake of so many other keys to the treasure, whoever undertakes still another book of criticism on the novels...  Read More >>

This book presents an introduction to the study of personality and indi­ vidual differences, but it is not a textbook...  Read More >>

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""The Most Human Human"" is a provocative, exuberant, and profound exploration of the ways in which computers are...  Read More >>

This book collects papers from four workshops organized by the ESF Research Networking Programme ""The Philosophy...  Read More >>

Outside there are no truths or sense—only nonsense. Through close readings of the texts based on lessons drawn...  Read More >>

Velikovsky relates both the writing of and the reaction to the publication of his epochal work ""Worlds in Collision.""...  Read More >>

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