Philosophy of science books

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Apocalypse and Paradigm: Science and Everyday Thinking

Apocalypse and Paradigm: Science and Everyday Thinking...

Author: Errol E. Harris
ISBN: 9780275968304
Format: Hardback
$103.00

This text seeks to demonstrate the continuing influence of Newtonian scientific paradigms in 20th-century philosophic,...  Read More >>

English Transcription Course

English Transcription Course

Author: Maria Lecumberri ,  J. A. Maidment
ISBN: 9780340759783
Format: Paperback
$88.99

Introduces the basics of phonetic terminology, and gives practice in transcribing texts involving the major phonologically...  Read More >>

Pliny the Elder on Science and Technology

Pliny the Elder on Science and Technology

Author: John F. Healy (Emeritus Professor of Classics, Emeritus Professor of Classics, University of London)
ISBN: 9780198146872
Format: Hardback
$458.95

This book examines the massively important contribution of Pliny the Elder (AD 23/4 - 79) to the physical and applied...  Read More >>

Technologies of Knowing: A Proposal for the Human Sciences

Technologies of Knowing: A Proposal for the Human Sciences...

Author: John Willinsky
ISBN: 9780807061077
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Using the fictitious Automata Data Corporation as the vehicle for a thought experiment, John Willinsky plays out...  Read More >>

Proper Ambition of Science

Proper Ambition of Science

Author: M.W.F. Stone (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) ,  Jonathan Wolff
ISBN: 9780415186179
Format: Hardback
$356.40

What is the relation between the scientific world view and other aspects of human knowledge and experience? Nine...  Read More >>

The Thirteen Books of the Elements, Vol. 1

The Thirteen Books of the Elements, Vol. 1

Author: Euclid ,  Sir Thomas L. Heath
ISBN: 9780486600888
Format: Paperback
$75.00

Volume 1 of 3-volume set containing complete English text of all 13 books of the Elements plus critical analysis...  Read More >>

The Thirteen Books of the Elements, Vol. 2

The Thirteen Books of the Elements, Vol. 2

Author: Euclid Euclid ,  Sir Thomas L. Heath
ISBN: 9780486600895
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Volume 2 of 3-volume set containing complete English text of all 13 books of the Elements plus critical analysis...  Read More >>

Doomsday: The Science of Catastrophic Events

Doomsday: The Science of Catastrophic Events

Author: Antony Milne
ISBN: 9780275967475
Format: Hardback
$140.00

Puts ""End-of-the-millennium"" fears, both ancient and modern, in a scientific context.  Read More >>

The Baltimore Case: A Trial of Politics, Science, and Character

The Baltimore Case: A Trial of Politics, Science, and...

Author: Daniel J. Kevles (Yale University)
ISBN: 9780393319705
Format: Paperback
$42.11

""You read with a rising sense of despair and outrage, and you finish it as if awakening from a nightmare only Kafka...  Read More >>

The Luminous Web: Essays on Science and Religion

The Luminous Web: Essays on Science and Religion

Author: Barbara Brown Taylor
ISBN: 9781561011698
Format: Paperback
$21.95

An introduction to the contemporary debate between science and religion. The author describes her journey as a preacher...  Read More >>

Science and its limits: Natural Sciences In Christian Perspective

Science and its limits: Natural Sciences In Christian...

Author: D Ratzsch
ISBN: 9780851114668
Format: Paperback
$39.57

A thoughtful perspective on current trends and useful advice on how to approach faith and science issues.  Read More >>

Unnatural Harvest: How Genetic Engineering is Altering Our Food

Unnatural Harvest: How Genetic Engineering is Altering...

Author: Ingeborg Boyens
ISBN: 9780385257893
Format: Paperback
$36.83

Do you know what you're eating? Do you know what you're feeding your children? Chances are, the last time you visited...  Read More >>

Philosophy Of Biology

Philosophy Of Biology

Author: Elliott Sober
ISBN: 9780813391267
Format: Paperback
$112.00

A guide to some of the developments that have occurred in the philosophy of biology. Covering such issues as evolutionary...  Read More >>

Science & Its Limits: The Natural Sciences in Christian Perspective

Science & Its Limits: The Natural Sciences in Christian...

Author: Del Ratzsch ,  Delvin Lee Ratzsch
ISBN: 9780830815807
Format: Paperback
$42.24

Now updated to reflect current discussions of intelligent design and postmodern views of science, this book by Del...  Read More >>

Thoughts on the Interpretation of Nature: And Other Philosophical Works

Thoughts on the Interpretation of Nature: And Other...

Author: Denis Diderot ,  David Adams (Reader in French, University of Manchester)
ISBN: 9781903083055
Format: Paperback
$38.79

This anthology includes an English translation of Pensees sur l'Interpretation de la Nature , a work attacking...  Read More >>

A Companion to the Philosophy of Science

A Companion to the Philosophy of Science

Author: W. H. Newton-Smith (University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9780631170242
Format: Hardback
$340.95

* Newly-commissioned essays by international assembly of leading philosophers of science. * Provides comprehensive...  Read More >>

Squaring the Circle: The War between Hobbes and Wallis

Squaring the Circle: The War between Hobbes and Wallis...

Author: Douglas M. Jesseph
ISBN: 9780226399003
Format: Paperback
$80.95

This text presents an account of the argument between Thomas Hobbes and John Wallis, from the core mathematics to...  Read More >>

Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence

Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence

Author: Gregory Cajete
ISBN: 9781574160413
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Five centuries ago Europeans arrived on the American continent, but they did not listen to the people who had lived...  Read More >>

Heidegger's Philosophy of Science

Heidegger's Philosophy of Science

Author: Trish Glazebrook
ISBN: 9780823220380
Format: Paperback
$61.95

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Controlling Our Destinies: Historical, Philosophical, Ethical, and Theological Perspectives on the Human Genome Project

Controlling Our Destinies: Historical, Philosophical,...

Author: Phillip R. Sloan
ISBN: 9780268008208
Format: Paperback
$66.00

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A Random Walk in Science

A Random Walk in Science

Author: Robert L. Weber ,  E Mendoza
ISBN: 9780750306492
Format: Paperback
$118.00

Offers insight into the wit and intellect of the scientific mind through a blend of amusing and serious contributions...  Read More >>

Heidegger's Philosophy of Science

Heidegger's Philosophy of Science

Author: Trish Glazebrook
ISBN: 9780823220373
Format: Hardback
$159.95

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Controlling Our Destinies: Human Genome Project from Historical, Philosophical, Social and Ethical Perspectives

Controlling Our Destinies: Human Genome Project from...

Author: Phillip R. Sloan
ISBN: 9780268008185
Format: Hardback
$132.00

This work considers the complex, far reaching issues surrounding the Human Genome Project - an international scientific...  Read More >>

Squaring the Circle: The War between Hobbes and Wallis

Squaring the Circle: The War between Hobbes and Wallis...

Author: Douglas M. Jesseph
ISBN: 9780226398990
Format: Hardback
$238.95

This text presents an account of the argument between Thomas Hobbes and John Wallis, from the core mathematics to...  Read More >>

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