Philosophy of science books

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Handbook of Philosophical Logic: Volume 14

Handbook of Philosophical Logic: Volume 14

Author: Dov M. Gabbay ,  Franz Guenthner
ISBN: 9789048176083
Format: Paperback
$580.77

These are: • a chapter on non-monotonic logic • a chapter on combinatory logic and ?-calculus We felt at the time...  Read More >>

Fragmentation of Rings and Shells: The Legacy of N.F. Mott

Fragmentation of Rings and Shells: The Legacy of N.F....

Author: Dennis Grady
ISBN: 9783642066023
Format: Paperback
$578.16

The present book surveys the theoretical analysis put forth by Mott with particular focus on his efforts to characterize...  Read More >>

A Logical Approach to Philosophy: Essays in Honour of Graham Solomon

A Logical Approach to Philosophy: Essays in Honour of...

Author: David DeVidi ,  Tim Kenyon
ISBN: 9789048168927
Format: Paperback
$290.37

Solomon was well liked by those who got the chance to know him—it was a revelation to ?nd out, when helping to sort...  Read More >>

Creative Space: Models of Creative Processes for the Knowledge Civilization Age

Creative Space: Models of Creative Processes for the...

Author: Andrzej P. Wierzbicki ,  Yoshiteru Nakamori
ISBN: 9783642066702
Format: Paperback
$356.40

Creative Space summarizes and integrates the various up-to-date approaches of computational intelligence to knowledge...  Read More >>

The Physical Basis of The Direction of Time

The Physical Basis of The Direction of Time

Author: H. Dieter Zeh
ISBN: 9783642087608
Format: Paperback
$158.27

However, the classical theoryofstatisticalmechanicso?ersmanyproblemsandmisinterpretationsof its own, which are in...  Read More >>

The Character of Consciousness

The Character of Consciousness

Author: David J. Chalmers (Professor of Philosophy, Director of Centre for Consciousness, Professor of Philosophy, Director of Centre for Consciousness, Australian National University)
ISBN: 9780195311112
Format: Paperback
$74.95

In this book David Chalmers follows up and extends his thoughts and arguments on the nature of consciousness that...  Read More >>

Ludwig Boltzmann: His Later Life and Philosophy, 1900-1906: Book Two: The Philosopher

Ludwig Boltzmann: His Later Life and Philosophy, 1900-1906:...

Author: J.T. Blackmore
ISBN: 9789048145478
Format: Paperback
$586.08

After his failure to replace metaphysics by a linguistic approach, Ludwig Boltzmann came to identify the philosophy...  Read More >>

Rational Reconstructions of Modern Physics

Rational Reconstructions of Modern Physics

Author: Peter Mittelstaedt
ISBN: 9789400700765
Format: Hardback
$340.56

This deeply analytical volume shows that, on the basis of Newton's classical physics and by rational reconstruction,...  Read More >>

The Character of Consciousness

The Character of Consciousness

Author: David J. Chalmers (Professor of Philosophy, Director of Centre for Consciousness, Professor of Philosophy, Director of Centre for Consciousness, Australian National University)
ISBN: 9780195311105
Format: Hardback
$286.95

In this book David Chalmers follows up and extends his thoughts and arguments on the nature of consciousness that...  Read More >>

Collective Beings

Collective Beings

Author: Gianfranco Minati ,  Eliano Pessa
ISBN: 9781441942050
Format: Paperback
$393.36

Microscopic models 226 The intrinsic limitations of the theory of phase transitions 229 5. 5 Non-ideal models of...  Read More >>

Phenomenology and Psychological Science: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives

Phenomenology and Psychological Science: Historical...

Author: Peter Ashworth ,  Man Cheung Chung
ISBN: 9781441922199
Format: Paperback
$224.27

I would characterize the current book, in contrast to the above, as having phenomenologically-based research in...  Read More >>

Panofsky on Physics, Politics, and Peace: Pief Remembers

Panofsky on Physics, Politics, and Peace: Pief Remembers...

Author: Wolfgang K.H. Panofsky ,  Jean Deken
ISBN: 9781441924131
Format: Paperback
$211.07

” Thus this volume suffers from many “sins of omission,” including full att- bution of deserved credits, but, it...  Read More >>

Science and Its History: A Reassessment of the Historiography of Science

Science and Its History: A Reassessment of the Historiography...

Author: Joseph Agassi
ISBN: 9789048174140
Format: Paperback
$419.76

Professor Joseph Agassi has published his Towards an Historiography of Science in 1963. Here it appears in a revised...  Read More >>

The Beginnings of Piezoelectricity: A Study in Mundane Physics

The Beginnings of Piezoelectricity: A Study in Mundane...

Author: Shaul Katzir
ISBN: 9789048171675
Format: Paperback
$462.00

Examines how diverse influences led to the discovery of the Piezoelectricity phenomenon in 1880, and how they shaped...  Read More >>

Issues in Theoretical Diversity: Persistence, Composition, and Time

Issues in Theoretical Diversity: Persistence, Composition,...

Author: Kristie Lyn Miller
ISBN: 9789048173242
Format: Paperback
$290.37

Our world is full of composite objects that persist through time: dogs, persons, chairs and rocks. But in virtue...  Read More >>

Interactions: Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy, 1860-1930

Interactions: Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy, 1860-1930...

Author: Vincent F. Hendricks ,  Klaus F. Jørgensen
ISBN: 9789048173068
Format: Paperback
$448.77

Covers the theme of the interaction between mathematics, physics and philosophy during the beginning of the 20th...  Read More >>

Cartographies of the Mind: Philosophy and Psychology in Intersection

Cartographies of the Mind: Philosophy and Psychology...

Author: Massimo Marraffa ,  Mario De Caro
ISBN: 9789048173709
Format: Paperback
$527.97

In the last three decades, the level of interaction between philosophy and psychology has increased dramatically....  Read More >>

Logos of Phenomenology and Phenomenology of The Logos. Book Four: The Logos of Scientific Interrogation, Participating in Nature-Life-Sharing in Life

Logos of Phenomenology and Phenomenology of The Logos....

Author: Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
ISBN: 9789048169467
Format: Paperback
$525.36

Prompted and ever diversified by the specifically human interrogative logos, scientific inquiries seek a common...  Read More >>

The Influence of Genetics on Contemporary Thinking

The Influence of Genetics on Contemporary Thinking

Author: Anne Fagot-Largeault ,  Shahid Rahman
ISBN: 9789048174195
Format: Paperback
$498.96

Reflects on the effects of discoveries in genetics on a broad range of scientific fields. This book shows the way...  Read More >>

What Can Nanotechnology Learn from Biotechnology?: Social and Ethical Lessons for Nanoscience from the Debate Over Agrifood Biotechnology and Gmos

What Can Nanotechnology Learn from Biotechnology?: Social...

Author: Mr Kenneth David ,  Paul B Thompson
ISBN: 9781281272812
Format: Electronic book text
$275.46

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Forging the Methodology That Enlightened Modern Civilization

Forging the Methodology That Enlightened Modern Civilization...

Author: Richard H Schlagel
ISBN: 9781299414211
Format: Electronic book text
$184.67

Forging the Methodology that Enlightened Modern Civilization presents a review of two millennia of human strivings...  Read More >>

Rocks of Ages

Rocks of Ages

Author: The Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology Stephen Jay Gould (Harvard University)
ISBN: 9781299046757
Format: Electronic book text
$126.72

People of good will wish to see science and religion at peace. . . . I do not see how science and religion could...  Read More >>

Most Human Human

Most Human Human

Author: Brian Christian
ISBN: 9781299065567
Format: Electronic book text
$118.80

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

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