Philosophy of science books

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Science at Centurys End

Science at Centurys End

Author: Martin Carrier ,  Professor of Philosophy Laura Ruetsche (University of Michigan)
ISBN: 9781306555715
Format: Undefined
$92.27

To most laypersons and scientists, science and progress appear to go hand in hand, yet philosophers and historians...  Read More >>

On Comparing and Evaluating Scientific Theories

On Comparing and Evaluating Scientific Theories

Author: Adam Jonkisz ,  Leon Koj
ISBN: 9789042012639
Format: Hardback
$271.92

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Discovery Science: Second International Conference, DS'99, Tokyo, Japan, December 6-8, 1999 Proceedings

Discovery Science: Second International Conference,...

Author: Setsuo Arikawa ,  Koichi Furukawa
ISBN: 9783540667131
Format: Paperback
$205.79

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Discovery Science, DS'99,...  Read More >>

Godel Meets Einstein: Time Travel in the Godel Universe

Godel Meets Einstein: Time Travel in the Godel Universe...

Author: Palle Yourgrau
ISBN: 9780812694086
Format: Paperback
$57.99

An introduction to Godel's ideas on cosmology, physics, maths, and their philosophical implications. By explaining...  Read More >>

A Culture of Fact: England, 1550–1720

A Culture of Fact: England, 1550–1720

Author: Barbara J. Shapiro
ISBN: 9780801436864
Format: Hardback
$155.63

The author traces the genesis of the ""fact"", a modern concept that, she demonstrates, originated not in natural...  Read More >>

Of Minds and Molecules: New Philosophical Perspectives on Chemistry

Of Minds and Molecules: New Philosophical Perspectives...

Author: Nalini Bhushan ,  Stuart Rosenfeld (Smith College, Massachusetts)
ISBN: 9786610831128
Format: Electronic book text
$290.11

An anthology devoted to work in the philosophy of chemistry. The essays, written by both chemists and philosophers,...  Read More >>

Natural Laws in Scientific Practice

Natural Laws in Scientific Practice

Author: Marc Lange (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
ISBN: 9786610833238
Format: Electronic book text
$117.40

Laws of nature have long been thought to have special significance for aspects of scientific reasoning such as counterfactual...  Read More >>

Luminous Web

Luminous Web

Author: Barbara Brown Taylor
ISBN: 9781283602648
Format: Electronic book text
$34.29

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Unweaving the Rainbow

Unweaving the Rainbow

Author: Charles Simonyi Chair of Public Understanding of Science Richard Dawkins (Oxford University)
ISBN: 9781299880856
Format: Electronic book text
$39.57

Did Newton unweave the rainbow by reducing it to its prismatic colors, as Keats contended? Did he, in other words,...  Read More >>

Love Upon the Chopping Board

Love Upon the Chopping Board

Author: Claire Maree ,  Dr Marou Izumo
ISBN: 9781306102964
Format: Electronic book text
$34.19

This autobiography, duobiography, love story, cross-cultural reflection, and lesbian history explores the personal...  Read More >>

Reasoning with the Infinite: From the Closed World to the Mathematical Universe

Reasoning with the Infinite: From the Closed World to...

Author: Michel Blay ,  M. B. DeBevoise
ISBN: 9780226058351
Format: Paperback
$49.95

Blay traces the origins of the mathematical tools developed by natural philosophers to be used to explain and predict...  Read More >>

Duration and Simultaneity: Bergson and the Einsteinian Universe

Duration and Simultaneity: Bergson and the Einsteinian...

Author: Henri Bergson ,  Leon Jacobson
ISBN: 9781903083017
Format: Paperback
$43.96

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Complexity: Metaphors, Models and Reality

Complexity: Metaphors, Models and Reality

Author: George A. Cowan ,  David Pines
ISBN: 9780738202327
Format: Paperback
$190.08

There has been a remarkable growth in collaborative academic research focused on complexity in recent years. This...  Read More >>

Bartlett, Culture and Cognition

Bartlett, Culture and Cognition

Author: Akiko Saito
ISBN: 9780415201728
Format: Hardback
$213.71

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Bayesian and Non-Inductive Methods

Bayesian and Non-Inductive Methods

Author: Lawrence Sklar ,  Lawrence Sklar
ISBN: 9780815334927
Format: Hardback
$369.60

About the Series Contemporary philosophy of science combines a general study from a philosophical perspective of...  Read More >>

The Philosophy of Physics

The Philosophy of Physics

Author: Lawrence Sklar ,  Lawrence Sklar
ISBN: 9780815334934
Format: Hardback
$252.00

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

The Nature of Scientific Theory

The Nature of Scientific Theory

Author: Lawrence Sklar ,  Lawrence Sklar
ISBN: 9780815327011
Format: Hardback
$336.00

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Probability and Confirmation

Probability and Confirmation

Author: Lawrence Sklar ,  Lawrence Sklar
ISBN: 9780815327035
Format: Hardback
$83.99

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Theory Reduction and Theory Change

Theory Reduction and Theory Change

Author: Lawrence Sklar ,  Lawrence Sklar
ISBN: 9780815327028
Format: Hardback
$189.00

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

The Art of the Intelligible: An Elementary Survey of Mathematics in its Conceptual Development

The Art of the Intelligible: An Elementary Survey of...

Author: J. Bell
ISBN: 9780792359722
Format: Hardback
$419.76

Certain topics - such as Greek mathematics, abstract algebra, set theory, geometry and the philosophy of mathematics...  Read More >>

Model-Based Reasoning in Scientific Discovery

Model-Based Reasoning in Scientific Discovery

Author: L. Magnani ,  N.J. Nersessian
ISBN: 9780306462924
Format: Hardback
$1053.36

The volume is based on the papers that were presented at the Interna­ tional Conference Model-Based Reasoning in...  Read More >>

Einstein's Revolution: A Study in Heuristic

Einstein's Revolution: A Study in Heuristic

Author: Elie Zahar
ISBN: 9780812690675
Format: Paperback
$113.52

The author applies the methodology of scientific research programmes to the origins of relativity, showing how Eddington,...  Read More >>

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