Philosophy of science books

Although this book is about physics, it is required reading for anyone interested in the controversy between creationism...  Read More >>

Puts forward unorthodox ideas about the philosophy of and sociology of science, starting from the conviction that...  Read More >>

In this volume the author correlates the development of ideas with trends in the Cultural Revolution and against...  Read More >>

This book is concerned with the conflict between ""Darwinism"" as the Victorians called it, and Christianity, a...  Read More >>

This volume discusses many aspects of ESP. The general theme is that the phenomena is very valid and can no longer...  Read More >>

The main concern of this book is the nature of the gap between the theoretical issues, raised at an abstract level...  Read More >>

Evolution and Human Behaviour considers man’s biological and cultural development within the framework of Darwinian...  Read More >>

This volume outlines some of the important innovations in astronomy, natural philosophy and medicine which took...  Read More >>

Originally presented as author's thesis, Universitèat Regensburg, 2003.  Read More >>

Already aware that chalk, limestone and coal seams are the residues of ancient life, the author suggests that this...  Read More >>

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This book is a critical survey of the views of scientific inference that have been developed since the end of World...  Read More >>

This book explains what is wrong with the traditional methodology of ""inductive"" reasoning.  Read More >>

This book deals with issues of bureaucracy in science threatening its creativity and the failure of industry to...  Read More >>

The first part of the study is concerned with the role of warrant statements in theoretical discourse; while the...  Read More >>

Scientific Knowledge and Sociological Theory centres on the problem of explaining the manifest variety and contrast...  Read More >>

This volume explores some features of modern philosophy of science from the point of view of their utility for sociology’s...  Read More >>

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This is a 'popular science' book, designed as a sequel to our About Life, though readers need not be familiar...  Read More >>

Rejects the tradition of Western thought with its notions of truth and God, good and evil. This work demonstrates...  Read More >>

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Every day, we produce loads of data about ourselves just by living in the modern world. Now, a group of mathematicians...  Read More >>

Every day, we produce loads of data about ourselves just by living in the modern world. Now, a group of mathematicians...  Read More >>

The book is concerned with the laws of nature and in particular with the laws of physics. The authors discuss three...  Read More >>

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