Philosophy of science books

The consideration of 'Decadence' is essential in the scientific study of environmental and other problems and their...  Read More >>

This book explores the various historical and cultural aspects of scientific, medical and technical exchanges that...  Read More >>

A pivotal volume in the collected works of Hans Jonas (1903-1993), one of most important German-American philosophers...  Read More >>

Ce seul titre fera débat. Plongeons dans la recherche vive en histoire des mathématiques avec quatre questions d'érudition...  Read More >>

The exposition includes historical details and explains, for instance, why the entropy law is inadequate for time...  Read More >>

Mathematics has stood as a bridge between the Humanities and the Sciences since the days of classical antiquity....  Read More >>

Generally, however, such authors do not actually make any great effort to make good on their claim to completeness:...  Read More >>

Descartes made a sharp distinction between matter and mind. Is such interaction possible, however, without either...  Read More >>

In Figuring Space Gilles Chatelet seeks to capture the problem of intuition of mobility in philosophy, mathematics...  Read More >>

This book is for physicists, historians and philosophers of physics as well as students seeking an introduction...  Read More >>

Features essays that are complemented by three studies on, respectively, the import of Husserl's early philosophy...  Read More >>

Papers of a Conference held in Bonn, November 10-13, 2000  Read More >>

This book gives a state-of-the-art survey of current research in logic and philosophy of science, as viewed by...  Read More >>

This book suggests the novel thesis that there has been a pervasive misunderstanding in research on teaching. In...  Read More >>

There is an interweaving of biographical and philosophical themes, not only in Peter Geach's philosophical autobiography,...  Read More >>

Developed in the context of a radical arithmetization of mathematics and logic, this book covers the many-faceted...  Read More >>

Contains papers which are presented by New Zealand and American philosophers of biology. This volume reflects the...  Read More >>

This is the first of two volumes containing papers submitted by the invited speakers to the 11th International Congress...  Read More >>

Every philosopher of science, and every student of the philosophy of science, has heard of Paul Feyerabend: the...  Read More >>

This book is a historical-epistemological study of one of the most consequential breakthroughs in the history of...  Read More >>

I am very grateful to Kluwer Academic Publishers for the opportunity to republish these articles about knowledge...  Read More >>

In relation to the problems faced, in contemplation and in practical affairs, philosophers must confront the question...  Read More >>

In this book, 11 leading scholars contribute to the understanding of the scientific and philosophical works of...  Read More >>

Case studies drawn from the history of all branches of science (including chemistry and the earth sciences) and...  Read More >>

Over the past twenty-five years - since the very large collection of Newton's papers became available and began...  Read More >>