Philosophy of science books

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<p>The first monograph on the philosophy of game theory, this is a bold attempt to combine insights from epistemic...  Read More >>

A history of the modern concept of water that traces how a scientific abstraction has helped to produce a global...  Read More >>

The Golden Age Of Science has arrived with leading thoughts from this book full of philosophical and mathematical...  Read More >>

This book contains plenary and invited papers presented at the 6th European Congress of Analytical Philosophy, held...  Read More >>

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Science aims at the discovery of general principles of special kinds that are applicable for the explanation and...  Read More >>

What follows when quantum theory is applied to the whole universe? This is one of the greatest puzzles of modern...  Read More >>

The question of the meaning of “truth” is central to many areas of contemporary debate, whether between those subscribing...  Read More >>

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

The author's Grammar of Science is the first sustained exposition, in English, of Ernst Mach's sensationalism...  Read More >>

A major statement of the language, method, and concepts of the physical sciences, this volume traces the history...  Read More >>

The moving tale of one man's quest to crack the mystery of altruism, an evolutionary enigma that has haunted scientists...  Read More >>

The primary focus of this work is the mathematical, philosophical, and historical interest in the analytic solution...  Read More >>

This book breaks new ground by drawing attention to certain kinds of biases that permeate many parts of science...  Read More >>

The 15 essays in this volume by the distinguished philosopher of science Peter Achinstein address three fundamental...  Read More >>

Many people assume that the claims of scientists are objective truths. This title argues that the acts of observing...  Read More >>

First published in 1976, this is a volume of studies on the problems of theory-appraisal in the physical sciences...  Read More >>

Bringing together fourteen world-leading physicists and philosophers of physics, this interdisciplinary volume addresses...  Read More >>

Finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction: “Nicholas Carr has written a Silent Spring for the literary...  Read More >>

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Today's belief in an endless progress tends toward an almost total rejection of spiritual wisdom's world views as...  Read More >>

Welchen Regeln unterliegt die wissenschaftliche Praxis? Mit diesen und anderen Fragen nimmt die Forschungsethik...  Read More >>

Bringing together the latest scientific advances and some of the most enduring subtle philosophical puzzles and...  Read More >>

The esteemed historian and philosopher of science Evelyn Fox Keller addresses the nature-nurture debate, arguing...  Read More >>