Philosophy of science books

In explaining aspects of the natural world scientists have frequently used the concept of function. But what are...  Read More >>

This is a collection of some works of Polish philosophers and physicists on philosophical problems of time and spacetime....  Read More >>

This text can be read by specialists working in philosophy of science or formal semantics, by logicians working...  Read More >>

Provides a general summation of, and introduction to, the essentialist position. This title exposes the philosophical...  Read More >>

Part of the Neurosurgical Topics series, this is an examination of the philosophy of neurological surgery. Subjects...  Read More >>

Big city boy grabs scholarship to escape L.A. insanity to small-town America. Meets, wins, loses ?  Read More >>

Topics include: a history of teleology and functional explanation; evolutionary biology and teleological thinking;...  Read More >>

Topics include: a history of teleology and functional explanation; evolutionary biology and teleological thinking;...  Read More >>

Animals and Science examines the debates, from the Renaissance to the present, surrounding issues of animal rights,...  Read More >>

Ideas for Hermeneutic Phenomenology of Natural Sciences (published in 1993 as volume 15 of this series) comprised...  Read More >>

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The William of Moerbeke Translation Series, under the general editorship of Stuart D. Warner, is devoted to publishing...  Read More >>

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Asks what is meant by complexity and how it might be handled within knowledge practices without generating a chaos...  Read More >>

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Central to this change were the advent of paraconsistent logics, the shift in attention from finished theories to...  Read More >>

The term 'model' comprises both internal and external representations. The models are intended as interpretations...  Read More >>

Exploring the work of Howard Stein, these essays treat such topics as: Plato's conception of exact science; the...  Read More >>

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This work presents a simple idea with profound implications for science and philosophy. It develops a new foundation...  Read More >>

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This brilliant ensemble of the world's most visionary scientists provides--in 25 never-before-published essays--original...  Read More >>

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